by Do South | Dec 30, 2013 | Southern Verse
[title subtitle=”fiction Ashton Fonville”]3rd Place Adult Winner[/title] The graves were decorated nicely this year, only one new one that I noticed. I rebelled by wearing shorts to decoration—a sin only forgiven when I promised to wear an ankle length...
by Do South | Dec 30, 2013 | Southern Verse
[title subtitle=”fiction Cathy Pattermann”]2nd Place Winner[/title] When Billy Brand moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, he made sure that everyone saw his scar. He cruised Central Mall, opened an account at First National Bank, bought a pair of sturdy boots at...
by Do South | Nov 30, 2013 | Southern Verse
[title subtitle=”fiction: Marla Cantrell”][/title] As soon as Cletus Burkhart crossed the Arkansas border he was no longer Cletus. Everyone he knew here called him Hambone, a nickname his older brother had given him one Sunday when he was four, while he...
by Do South | Oct 31, 2013 | Southern Verse
[title subtitle=”fiction: Marla Cantrell”][/title] Uncle Bud came running down the long path that connected our house to Grandma’s. He stopped at the gate, unhitched the rope that held it shut and didn’t stop to latch it back. If the cows got out, there’d...
