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Missions after Midnight, poem by Misty Skaggs

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Rusty

The white, hot, halo­gen flash of head­lights splits two lane dark­ness of a Sat­ur­day night in the sticks. We fly around curves. Float up and over hills and hollers. Asphalt slinks over ridges like a fat, black, snake. And we fol­low the snake. Blind, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Ballad of Billy Joe Fitz, fiction by Misty Skaggs

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Rusty

“Well that was a blast!” My fiancée exclaimed as he stuffed his long body and tight Wran­glers into the pas­sen­ger seat of my beat up Ford Focus. I rolled my eyes in a big dra­mat­ic way and turned the key in … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Party Parasites, fiction by Misty Skaggs

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Rusty

When the day slips away, the mos­qui­toes come out. And bare skin brings the bugs. Not so far in the dis­tance, she can hear them shak­ing off stag­na­tion among the cat­tails and she wish­es wist­ful­ly that her jeans weren’t shoved … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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