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Southernmost, by Silas House

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Rusty

I've been look­ing for­ward to a new Silas House nov­el for years now. I've fol­lowed his career since I pub­lished his work in Night Train, and was extreme­ly proud to have his blurb for my col­lec­tion Most­ly Red­neck. His nov­els … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Governor Seeks to Kill University Press of Kentucky?

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Rusty

Please don't let this hap­pen.  From Scott Jaschik at Inside High­er Ed. Ken­tucky gov­er­nor Matt Bevin has pro­posed that some 70 small pro­grams in the state bud­get be com­plete­ly elim­i­nat­ed — as he also has pro­posed across-the-board cuts of around … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Quick Hits–Paul D. Brazill

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Rusty

This post intro­duces some­thing I hope will become a fea­ture here at Fried Chick­en and Cof­fee, quick inter­views with writ­ers in the crime or rural/Appalachian fic­tion scenes, and short takes on what­ev­er writ­ers I'm obsessed with at the moment. First … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Ernest Matthew Mickler's White Trash Cooking

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Rusty

by  Michael Adno/Bitter South­ern­er In the 1980s, some folks wrote off Ernie Mick­ler, author of “White Trash Cook­ing,” as a yay­hoo curios­i­ty. Oth­ers thought him one of the most bril­liant South­ern folk­lorists and pho­tog­ra­phers of the 20th cen­tu­ry. But per­haps … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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January Sale Down & Out Books

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Rusty

My pub­lish­er, Shot­gun Hon­ey, oper­ates under the umbrel­la of Down & Out Books. D&O is run­ning a 99-cent sale on two ebooks, for a lim­it­ed time only. D&O has estab­lished itself as a clear­ing­house for great crime fic­tion in all … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Forthcoming from Chris Offutt: Country Dark

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Rusty

This­April 2018 book by Chris Offutt seems to neat­ly cross two of my prime obses­sions, crime fic­tion and Appalachia. Be sure to pick it up. It's a guar­an­teed good read. His first work of fic­tion in near­ly two decades, (Coun­try Dark is … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Summer, poem by Brenda Glasure

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Rusty

Some days I remem­ber, but most­ly the nights. We swal­lowed hard, Ken­tucky bour­bon burn, Cru­dités of pret­zels and Slim Jims and peanuts.  We rubbed our eyes against the soft of dusk, bird­song slept, turned crick­ets and bull­frogs, the tight buzz of mos­qui­toes … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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A Dangerous Man, poem by Julia Shipley

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Rusty

Have you seen my blue-eyed goose? He asks. He keeps one among the reg­u­lar geese in the grain room of his grandfather's barn, where they honk like bro­ken trum­pets as we approach. There are six, though you can't count these beaks, wings, crooked … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Forthcoming Changes

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Rusty

I need to fig­ure out whether or not to go for­ward with the Red­neck Press White Trash anthol­o­gy coedit­ed with Tim­o­thy Gager. I'm feel­ing increas­ing­ly guilty about ask­ing my fel­low writ­ers for sto­ries and poems with­out prop­er com­pen­sa­tion. It's one … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Songbird, fiction by Tiffany Buck

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Rusty

Sarah June 1st. My favorite time of the year. The flow­ers are in bloom and it seems that all is right with the world. I’m walk­ing to church with a song in my heart only it’s not Sun­day, that’s tomor­row. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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