“Lester, the Biscuit, and the Devil” by Stephen Humphries
May 26th, 2022 | by TLV News
My grandfather—Grandy to me, my sisters, and our cousins; Lester Jones to the world—was not a religious man. I never
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“Color Blind Advice at the Seaside”: A short story by Vera P.
July 25th, 2018 | by Nature Humphries
“A change is coming.” Vicky sang that blues song all day, “A change is coming, but I don’t know what
The View from the Balcony: The Untold History of the Double-Decker Arts Festival
May 9th, 2018 | by Randy Weeks
With the stellar cooperation of Mother Nature, this year’s Double Decker Arts Festival was a resounding success. Accolades go out
The Great Magnolia Vagabond No. 11: Mississippi Meat Man
May 8th, 2016 | by Rafael Alvarez
I took some criticism for this bit of travelogue. Not for participating–after all, the Meat Man was giving away advice
The Great Magnolia Vagabond No. 9 / 1993: Schooled by “Rule” in Holly Springs
February 10th, 2016 | by Brittain Thompson
Some two decades after first hiding in a bedroom closet in the middle of the day when some Betty’s husband came home
Bonerama in Baltimore: New Orleans Jazz Festival North
January 11th, 2016 | by Rafael Alvarez
In the 1962 movie Kid Galahad, Elvis Presley belted it out like so. “A poor man wants the oyster, a rich
A Manual For Cleaning Women Lucia Berlin & the American Short Story: Part Two
November 23rd, 2015 | by Rafael Alvarez
“Their agate eyes opened to reflect a pinpoint of dazzle, closed again…” The description of the eyes of cranes
Turkey Necks: A Tutwiler Thanksgiving
November 23rd, 2015 | by Rafael Alvarez
“ …we didn’t have no place to go, so we just walked around and lived in them woods… we were
Poem: “Confusion (For Lindsey)” by Klare Annette
November 17th, 2015 | by TLV News
Confusion (For Lindsey) I don’t deserve this punishment But there is no escape I used to bounce around this town
“Pink Birthday Cakes” by Vera P.
September 18th, 2014 | by TLV News
Diane was turning thirty in August and she wanted her birthday party to be all pink. She was pregnant with
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