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Big Red Cap, fiction by James Leary

Not so long ago there lived a young man who suf­fered great­ly at the death of his father.  The young man, who became known as Red Cap for the old, dusty Marl­boro hat he always wore, was loved by all … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Frogball, poem by CL Bledsoe

We couldn’t afford bats so we scav­enged, bro­ken lengths of PVC pipes, crooked sticks, hands, if that’s all we had. Like­wise, instead of base­balls we used pinecones, dried cow pies, rocks. One kid start­ed catch­ing frogs and smack­ing them into … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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not getting served at the subway inn, poetry by John Grochalski

not get­ting served at the sub­way inn ten min­utes before this we were still in the hos­pi­tal room watch­ing my moth­­er-in-law wres­tle with a peanut but­ter and jel­ly sand­wich just some­thing, the nurse told her to get in her stom­ach to take away … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Hyperhidrosis, fiction by Cassie Adams

The day I found out that grand­ma Dol­ly was a pros­ti­tute, I real­ized that I’d nev­er giv­en much thought to the sex indus­try. But now that I was think­ing about it, it was every­where, from the obvi­ous stuff (pros­ti­tu­tion, strip … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Ry Cooder's musical journey has taken him India, Africa and, finally, Appalachia

by Wayne Bled­soe Just lis­ten­ing to Ry Cooder's cat­a­log is like tak­ing a col­lege course in music, but a lot more fun. His albums have cel­e­brat­ed blues, folk, calyp­so, ear­ly jazz, rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, gospel and the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Buried Treasure, by Benjamin Drevlow

How you’d even react, young buck, if you knew how I ogled, like some long lost uncle, that sliv­er of pale flesh run­ning under the sil­ver cru­ci­fix your girl said she’d nev­er take off, how hard you’ve tried to anoint … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Burying the Johnboat, fiction by Sam Slaughter

Mary stood on her porch with a shov­el rest­ing on her shoul­der. In her oth­er hand, a tall­boy of Miller High Life began to sweat in the sum­mer heat. The sun was up and she’d over­slept, the hang­over punch to … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Matt, poem by John Dorsey

played the piano read bukows­ki to pros­ti­tutes while sip­ping steel reserve and chew­ing on pain pills as if he was doing com­mu­ni­ty out­reach at night he would talk about jazz, art his­to­ry and how he once had sex with his sis­ter to make his … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Joplin, poem by Michael Thompson

Once the war end­ed, there wasn’t any­thing else to do except play the hors­es and hoist a few pints at Tin­horn Flats where the sticky sur­face of no-pest strips hang­ing behind the bar are caked with flies Wait­ing on long shot lives to come in, those who take … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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A Long Row to Hoe, by Meriwether O'Connor

  Old Mr. Wor­thing­ton showed up at half past ten when he shoul­da ough­ta been there at ten sharp. Miss Can­dle­man was ready for him with a cup of cof­fee, hers. She walked out, pleas­ant as pie. Hi, Mr. Wor­thing­ton. … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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