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Fiction

Where There Are No Trees

Sometimes, a barren landscape offers more comfort than the canopy of the forest.

A Single Green Feather

Ron Rash weaves a haunting tale of obsession, preservation, and the dark lengths some will go to possess beauty.

Wayman

A gritty Southern noir unfolds at a rundown motel, where a bloodied stranger’s arrival disrupts the night’s eerie calm. An excerpt from the upcoming novel Lay Your Armor Down.

The Last Face

When fate chooses your vehicle as its instrument, the road ahead gets mighty hard to travel.

The Devil’s Godson

John Henry wouldn’t be here without the Devil. Where will the Devil be without John Henry?

Shortchanged

Tammy’s about to get her associate’s degree and she’s got a chance to get a real job, with a desk and a chair and vacation days. There’s just this one thing…

Transubstantiation Gone Wrong

In which an impish, six-year-old girl finds solace in the arms of a laughing son of God.

Meet Me There

Three Louisiana men, all fathers of little girls, confront a dark secret that tests their morals and bonds them in unexpected ways. Will they serve justice or be consumed by their own hatred?

Irish Exits

A lost dog brings Janie Doyle face-to-face with her peculiar neighbors, who live only three blocks away—but in a world that’s entirely different from Janie’s.

The Liquor Trailer

Just across the state line, that’s where you go to be a man.

Every Story Is a Confession

Is renewing an old friendship always the right thing to do? Maybe not.

Good Money

The Buckleys were, you might say, entrepreneurial. Particularly on Fourth of July Eve in the Waffle House parking lot.