Monthly Archives: July 2009

Rubberband Man

The guy always wears a rub­ber band around his wrist—to remind him of what he is.

July 29, 2009 – 2:58 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Story 6 | Tagged | Comments Off

People’s Song

Woody Guthrie has shown up again in my hos­pi­tal room, and he’s swig­ging from a bot­tle of cheap whiske

July 29, 2009 – 2:54 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Story 5, Story 6 | Tagged | Comments Off

Going for Broke

Thirty miles from the white sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mex­ico, the Florida pan­han­dle became a dense for­est of strag­gly pines

July 29, 2009 – 2:43 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Story 4 | Comments Off

Eating Dirt

The boy played in the dirt yard. His mot­tled back was bare.

July 29, 2009 – 2:29 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Fiction, Story 3 | Tagged | Comments Off

Cut Bait

Do you remem­ber the first time you caught a cat­fish? How about the first time a cat­fish caught you?

July 29, 2009 – 1:24 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Fiction, Story 2 | Comments Off

“Broken Circles” a short story

I have long legs and big feet, and I wear cow­boy boots. So when my flight left LaGuardia, Delta ter­mi­nal, at 6:45 am…

July 29, 2009 – 1:17 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Fiction, Story 1 | Tagged | Comments Off

Take a Little Trip

Did you read this recent arti­cle in PW about the jour­ney that the ARC of Mary Pearson’s newest novel, The Miles Between, is tak­ing? If you’d like the ARC tour to visit your home town, here’s your chance. All you have to do is make a com­ment below by 6PM EST today, and your name will …

July 16, 2009 – 12:50 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog | Comments Off