Monthly Archives: November 2012

Redneck Raindance by Willie Smith

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Rusty

It threat­ened rain, so I got out my gun, got in the car and gunned it on down to the grave­yard, where it was dark and nobody would know, but I knew the clouds would see clear. I got out and got my gun out, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Sparks on the Turnaround, fiction by Marsha Mathews

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Rusty

With her hands clapped over her ears, Birdie Dee tried to read Hobart’s lips. Thick and pink, they curled and stretched, puck­ered and part­ed. But she couldn’t fig­ure if he was com­pli­ment­ing her or cussing her. All she could hear … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Sheldon Compton's The Same Terrible Storm

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Rusty

One of the ways I judge my fic­tion is by its rel­a­tive verac­i­ty. It bugs the hell out of me when writ­ers get easy things wrong: gun details, car details, wildlife, you name it. In Shel­don Compton's The Same Ter­ri­ble … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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I INHERITED A MIXED ANIMAL FROM UNCLE LIVING IN WOODS, novel excerpt from Richard Martin

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Rusty

“There is one small move­ment of the sto­ry that eludes your control,that you can­not even see, one alien thing with no pur­pose oth­er than to teachy­ou that in the dark­est cor­ner of the sto­ry dwells a wild force that is … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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