Tag Archives: Fiction

Under the De Soto, fiction by Barrett Hathcock

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Rusty

We had a roof­ing job in Eure­ka Springs. Stu­pid name for a town. It’s up in the top cor­ner of Arkansas, almost in Mis­souri, stuck in this Ozark gul­ley, every street a down­ward spi­ral. There are no grids in Eure­ka. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Where to Buy Your Weed, fiction by Misty Skaggs

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Rusty

Her trail­er was a ripe patch of excess, bloomed con­spic­u­ous­ly at the base of a cliff on the edge of a bone dry, Bap­tist coun­ty in East Ken­tucky. The half-acre around it was lit­tered with fad­ed Moun­tain Dew cans glint­ing … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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A Happy Ending by Murray Dunlap

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Rusty

“How are you doing, Ben?” The cam­era man crunch­es down to take advan­tage of a bet­ter upshot. “Well, I’d tell you, but there is a stranger in my house who seems to be film­ing us,” I say with sin­cere aston­ish­ment. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Goosy Gus and the Cash Mob, fiction by William Trent Pancoast

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Rusty

(orig­i­nal­ly appeared in Revolver) Gus had acquired the name “Goosy” because of his shell shock and bat­tle fatigue from WWII and now he was no longer allowed in his daughter-in-law’s donut shop in down­town Cranston even though eat­ing donuts was … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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And Rapture, fiction by Sheldon Lee Compton

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Rusty

There was this time I thought Gabriel was blow­ing his horn and dive-bom­b­ing me into Hell.  Turned out it was a Mack coal truck across the road at Dale Trivette’s Truck­ing pulling onto Route 610. I was in bed and think­ing … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Parade, fiction by Henry Hope

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Rusty

“I can’t abide this shit. I can’t and I won’t.” Desmond, my mother’s new boyfriend, jabs his oily knob of a fin­ger into my fore­head. His breath is com­ing in rapid lit­tle spurts, a sign, I have learned, that his … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Feather, fiction by Elizabeth Glass

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Rusty

Wayne leaned back on the rock where he was kneel­ing next to Mandy when she told him she was preg­nant. He could feel the cool moss seep­ing damp­ness into his jeans. He saw Mandy look­ing and act­ing old­er after hav­ing … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Texas Never Whispers, by C.L. Bledsoe

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Rusty

The clos­er it got to Joey’s dad’s birth­day, the more agi­tat­ed he became, and with noth­ing worth­while to do when he wasn’t at work – which was less and less often since Jer­ry had been cut­ting his hours – he … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Toluene, by Max Sheridan

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Rusty

This guy I knew, he thought he could make his shit high stick­ing toluene up his ass. Some peo­ple know more than one guy like that. I fig­ure you talk to enough of them you’ll hear just about any­thing twice. You … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Last Summer, by Kelly Ford

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Rusty

My friends would head to the pool that day. They’d show off their new boobs in their new biki­nis. Point out which boys they want­ed to date. Make plans with­out me for our upcom­ing sopho­more year. Angela paused and spun her … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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