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Marcellus Shale Issues in February Alone

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Rusty

Accord­ing to Steve Reil­ly at the Sayre Morn­ing Times, the hits are already here and will keep com­ing. I'll link the whole arti­cle, but let me just cut to the good stuff (emphases mine): Sev­er­al inci­dents and fines relat­ed to … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Post-War Heat by Murray Dunlap

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Rusty

Slick with sweat, Sweets stops at the car­go train tracks to catch his breath and fan him­self with the Mobile Press Reg­is­ter.  He shuf­fles under the weld­ed arch of the main entrance to the Alaba­ma Dry Docks and a uni­formed … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Tenth Frame Spare, fiction by Timothy Gager

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Rusty

Ben­ji watched Kevin scratch his crotch with his left hand while he poked his meaty fin­gers into a 16-pound bowl­ing ball with his right. The semes­ter had just begun and the place was packed. “So how do I look?” he … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Fried Chicken and Coffee and the Barry Hannah Memorial Competition

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Rusty

Bar­ry Han­nah I learned on Face­book tonight that Bar­ry Han­nah died. I have no con­fir­ma­tion officially–edit in, look here for con­fir­ma­tion– but I have no rea­son to dis­be­lieve my FB acquain­tances, either. After talk­ing it out and over with my … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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New Stylings for the Chicken

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Rusty

I'm mess­ing with lay­out and things, as you no doubt have seen, hence the lack of new con­tent. I'm try­ing to migrate all my links and et ceteras from the orig­i­nal Blog­ger account, and I have to do it piece­meal. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Revelations, fiction by Tamara Linse

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Rusty

And the dev­il, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burn­ing sul­fur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tor­ment­ed day and night for ever and ever. Rev­e­la­tions 20:10 Dan, Killer, and … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Fracking Good/Fracking Bad

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Rusty

This first arti­cle, basi­cal­ly a rehashed press release if you ask me, gives you the gas com­pa­ny per­spec­tive, as well as the web address of the Mar­cel­lus Shale Coali­tion, a group of (wait for it–not gov­ern­ment reg­u­la­tors, not com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Bottom Dog Press's Appalachian Working-Class Fiction

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Rusty

I should have known about these folks long ago, yeah? Some­where along the line I found out about them and for­got until recent­ly, when Charles Dodd White told me about an anthol­o­gy he'd be edit­ing with Page Seay. More on … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Ringlets, fiction by Jim Parks

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Rusty

Rosalie's hair is glossy and black, as glossy and black as a raven's wing. It hangs down over her sun-bronzed shoul­ders and back in ringlets she makes with a curl­ing iron. She reach­es up and back to grasp a sheaf of these … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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A Milk Jug Birdhouse, poem by Helen Losse

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Rusty

A Milk Jug Bird­house My mind rejects what my eyes can see. A girl— using a phone book for a boost­er seat— sits at a table in the yard, beside an aban­doned clothes dry­er. She’s carv­ing a bird­house from an emp­ty milk car­ton. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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