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“The Devil Hath a Pleasing Shape” by Terry Roberts
November 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The fabled Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, looms as the intriguing, dark backdrop for Terry Roberts’ novel The Devil Hath a Pleasing Shape (Turner Publishing 10/01/2024). This excellent mystery is the third in the Stephen Robbins Chronicles series. Those familiar with Asheville and those who love mysteries won’t want to miss this engaging […]
Bradley Sides interviews Willie Davis, author of “I Can Outdance Jesus”
November 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Willie Davis’ I Can Outdance Jesus (2024) is a rip-roaring collection of excellent rural short fiction–one that is almost certain to leave a lasting impression on readers. In Davis’ stories, songwriters taunt Episcopalians leaving church, a young girl preaches to chickens, and miracles appear (well—maybe not). It was my pleasure to be able to talk […]
Dawn Major reviews “The Best of the Shortest: a Southern Writers Reading Reunion”
November 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Introduction: A year ago, on the weekend before Thanksgiving I travelled from Atlanta to Fairhope with a fellow author and friend, John Williams, to attend the first (and as I’ve been told) the last Southern Writers Reading Reunion. The Best of the Shortest: a Southern Writers Reading Reunion anthology was going to be introduced and […]
Bradley Sides
November 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Bradley Sides is the author of two short story collections, Those Fantastic Lives and Crocodile Tears Didn’t Cause the Flood. His fiction appears at BULL, Ghost Parachute, Necessary Fiction, Psychopomp, Superstition Review, and elsewhere. His stories have been nominated for Year’s Best Weird Fiction and featured on LeVar Burton Reads. Bradley holds an MFA from […]
An Afternoon of Cocktails and Booktales with M’ville Artist Salon: Sunday Dec. 8th, 2024, Block & Drum
November 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Mix and mingle with M’ville artist salon members at the Vinyl Listening Room Sunday, December 8th, 2024, from 3 -5 PM at BLOCK & DRUM in Chamblee, GA. Listen to music performed by M’ville member Maryann Lozano along with band members Rick Lozano and Scott Pearlman while enjoying an M’ville signature cocktail, The Bitter Bitch. Meet award-winning Atlanta authors, hear their […]
“Ember Days” by Mary Gilliland
November 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
In the calendar of certain western Christian religions — most notably the Roman Catholic and Anglican denominations — ember days are times of prayer and fasting that occur four times during the year, on the successive Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at the beginning of the four seasons of the church year. They are intended as […]