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Birds of Winter, fiction by James Alan Gill
“Last night’s spangles and yesterday’s pearls are the bright morning stars of the barroom girls.” –Gillian Welch, Barroom Girls Little girls don’t dream of growing up to become barmaids, and Lori Thompson was no different, but now she stands behind the bar at … Continue reading
Nearly 1500 Infractions Reported in PA Gas Wells
Speaks for itself, no? Report: Firms commit 1,500 infractions in Pa. in 30 months STEVE MOCARSKY smocarsky@timesleader.com Marcellus Shale gas drilling companies have racked up nearly 1,500 environmental violations in Pennsylvania in the last two and a half years, according … Continue reading
Remodeling, fiction by Sheldon Compton
A weak rain fell and settled across Route 6 like a worn out bed sheet so that oil and grease left from the occasional car and several short-bed coal trucks rose back to the surface of the blacktop. The road … Continue reading
Leviathan: Monster of the Deep, fiction by Michael Gills
This was the Dixie circuit–it was nothing for a Peterbilt to pull off the interstate with a six hundred pound rat, two-headed goats or a Donkey Woman nursing horsey-faced twins. Leviathan was the first whale me or Jimmy'd ever seen, coated in … Continue reading
Email Disaster
I lost a bunch of gmail today, for what reason I'm not sure, and I know some accepted pieces were among that mail. Whatever it was took my address book, too, so I can't contact people unless they're on Facebook … Continue reading
How Do You Fight 3.87 Billion Dollars?
The depressing, cynical answer? You don't. This report was written by the energy industry, so I'd immediately suspect it, except that it dovetails nicely with everything else I've read. See page 19–20 of this report. The Economic Impacts of the … Continue reading
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Two Poems by Michael Hoerman
Stalactites In the cave, my friend J.C., Whose father wouldn’t claim him, Broke stalactites with his fingers. He caught a white cavefish, carried it In cupped hands until clear water ran out, Then bashed it bloody with a rock. He pulled out the pack … Continue reading
Give Up and Go Home, Jasper, fiction by Charles Dodd White
Jasper is schooling us on the finer points of fisting. It's only a touch past midnight and he's already managed to lose his camper from going all in on a drastic Texas Hold 'Em flop, praying for a flush that … Continue reading
When I Get My Attention Span Back
we've got some great fiction coming up, enough to keep me satisfied for a couple weeks, anyway. And by the way, did you know hillbillies had their own bike tires? I learned that today.
Working Class Heroes, by Nick Mamatas
Here's a switch. Writing about class concerns and a hyped TV show that I'm not ashamed to say is one of my few weekly sojourns into boobtubery. The essay won't be free for long, so catch it while you can. Capital … Continue reading
