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Honest Advice from My Diddy at the Rattlesnake Rodeo in Ezekiel, Mississippi • Maudlin House
Honest Advice from My Diddy at the Rattlesnake Rodeo in Ezekiel, Mississippi • Maudlin House
Pen Pals from Ezekiel (Webelo) • Does It Have Pockets?
Pen Pals from Ezekiel (Webelo) • Does It Have Pockets?
Three Halloweens with the Mayor of Ezekiel, MS • THE AIRGONAUT
Three Halloweens with the Mayor of Ezekiel, MS • THE AIRGONAUT
– 1. Last Halloween, a kid dressed like a Tarot Lady, or a Crazy Cat Lady, or something in between, had told me “luck is coming your way.” I don’t know why, but I took that Tarot-Crazy Cat La…
Depressed for Panda Express (Ms. Wanda) • Maudlin House
Depressed for Panda Express (Ms. Wanda) • Maudlin House
See, in Ezekiel, Mississippi we were all on tenterhooks. There wasn’t much to tether us to life. Weeks before, rumors that we had a Panda Express coming flooded the local news. But when it was found to be untrue, a spiritual despair covered the town. Folks devised strange ways to kill themselves. Ms. Jenks drank enough soy sauce to stop her heart. Kitternoodle came down so hard with the Jesus-feels, he laid down in a pile of kalanchoes and swore he’d never move again. For us in Ezekiel, outrage was everything. Our emotional pendulum swung between grievance and despair. Some
Bad News from The Ezekiel Trumpet Newspaper • Rougarou: Journal of Arts & Literature
Bad News from The Ezekiel Trumpet Newspaper • Rougarou: Journal of Arts & Literature
The Mayor of Ezekiel Gets Shitshape for Christmas • BULL
The Mayor of Ezekiel Gets Shitshape for Christmas • BULL
The Prophet of Ezekiel, Mississippi and the Curse of Bad Love — Blood+Honey
The Prophet of Ezekiel, Mississippi and the Curse of Bad Love — Blood+Honey
Rolled by Carol “Credenza” at Rooms to Go Ezekiel • Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Rolled by Carol “Credenza” at Rooms to Go Ezekiel • Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Faux Bros • Bending Genres
Faux Bros • Bending Genres
The Mordor Lamentations of Samwise Gamgee as He Prepares a Brace of Coneys • JAKE
The Mordor Lamentations of Samwise Gamgee as He Prepares a Brace of Coneys • JAKE
Before hooking up with Mr. Frodo, I was in a bad way.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Kevin McCallister • The Gorko Gazette
What We Talk About When We Talk About Kevin McCallister • The Gorko Gazette
The Second Dumbing • Maudlin House
The Second Dumbing • Maudlin House
TEXARKANABAMA'S REVENGE • BRUISER
TEXARKANABAMA'S REVENGE • BRUISER
Last Wednesday, Ms. Wanda had soured on me inside our love lair, Room 122 of the Lewd Dude Motel. In a pique of passion, Ms. Wanda hopped off our
Waingro’s Wines: or How, After a Lonesome Stay in Folsom Prison, an Ex-Heister Tried to Live, Laugh, and Love in Napa Valley • PINCH
Waingro’s Wines: or How, After a Lonesome Stay in Folsom Prison, an Ex-Heister Tried to Live, Laugh, and Love in Napa Valley • PINCH
All’s County Fair • Bending Genres
All’s County Fair • Bending Genres
When Terri Locked Me Out of Our Doomsday Bunker • Maudlin House
When Terri Locked Me Out of Our Doomsday Bunker • Maudlin House
Terri, six months ago I went on a whiskey bender and you fled our Big Bad Marriage into the doomsday bunker. I don’t want to “gloss over” here (my therapist, Dr. Hypnos says “glossing over” is what got us into trouble). So just to clarify, Terri, you locked me out of our bunker, where we were supposed to survive the end of the world, not the end of our marriage. But here’s what you don’t know. The bungalow turned rather lonely. All my bad feelings rose to the top of my head. I felt like a ghost, Terri, roaming around
Jurassic Jerks: The Life and Times of Dr. Alan Grant • Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
Jurassic Jerks: The Life and Times of Dr. Alan Grant • Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
BAD LOVE JR. • Cleaver Magazine
BAD LOVE JR. • Cleaver Magazine
Mike Itaya lives in southern Alabama, where he works in a library. His work appears in New Orleans Review, BULL, and Storm Cellar.
Bad Love • BULL
Bad Love • BULL
Quit This Town (Ezekiel, Mississippi) • Rougarou
Quit This Town (Ezekiel, Mississippi) • Rougarou
Taken • LandLocked Magazine
Taken • LandLocked Magazine
Friday Supper • JAKE
Friday Supper • JAKE
I Knew Conway Boom: Toot Maudlin’s True Hollywood Story • Does It Have Pockets?
I Knew Conway Boom: Toot Maudlin’s True Hollywood Story • Does It Have Pockets?
Bullet Journaling for Retired Detective Barry Borscht • The Offing
Bullet Journaling for Retired Detective Barry Borscht • The Offing
Losing Chang Clement • Sierra Nevada Review
Losing Chang Clement • Sierra Nevada Review
the mayor of ezekiel, mississippi flies solo • Oracle Review of Fine Arts
the mayor of ezekiel, mississippi flies solo • Oracle Review of Fine Arts
An Elegy for the Quest • BarBar
An Elegy for the Quest • BarBar
Rescuing Jacobi • BULL
Rescuing Jacobi • BULL
Becoming Regulars at Beanvenidos Grill • HAD
Becoming Regulars at Beanvenidos Grill • HAD
Mandible, Old Man Dooley, and Ms. Martha, the Mannequin • The Airgonaut
Mandible, Old Man Dooley, and Ms. Martha, the Mannequin • The Airgonaut
Southern Living • New Orleans Review
Southern Living • New Orleans Review
THE OREGON TRAIL • Cleaver Magazine
THE OREGON TRAIL • Cleaver Magazine
Rasthole Flats • New World Writing Quarterly
Rasthole Flats • New World Writing Quarterly
An Account of the Terribleness of Robinson Crusoe by His Man Friday • Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
An Account of the Terribleness of Robinson Crusoe by His Man Friday • Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
Jean de Créquy • Canned
Jean de Créquy • Canned
Cubicle Talk • Swamp Ape Review
Cubicle Talk • Swamp Ape Review
PURITANICAL LIFE • Four Way Review
PURITANICAL LIFE • Four Way Review
Jamboree • Hypnopomp
Jamboree • Hypnopomp
SENIORS ON THE MOVE • XRAY
SENIORS ON THE MOVE • XRAY
Shame • Belletrist Magazine
Shame • Belletrist Magazine
The Woodcutter • Heavy Feather Review
The Woodcutter • Heavy Feather Review
The View From Ship • decomP magazinE
The View From Ship • decomP magazinE
Euro Disney • Bending Genres
Euro Disney • Bending Genres
Bad Bear at the Flying J • The Airgonaut
Bad Bear at the Flying J • The Airgonaut
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