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Welcome to the thirtieth edition of Kudzu Monthly, a noncommercial literary ezine that celebrates southern culture and good writing - wherever it's found. We've included some stories and articles from the last issue in case you missed them. (Remember to use your back button on your browser to return to this page.) And please remember that our writers, both aspiring and accomplished, contribute their work for you, so if you like what you read, leave a supportive comment for the author. |
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Remembering Roxanne The image is etched across Southern consciousness - that of a small, pretty black girl with pigtails and wearing her Sunday best dress standing between two huge U.S. Deputy Marshalls at the door of a public school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Author Sheagren takes us inside the events of that day in this, the story of Roxanne's first day at her new school, as told by a fictional participant.
The Very Curve of the Earth* Farrah Tate is sleeping with her Ph.D. advisor, and if that's not bad enough, she thinks she's fallen madly in with him, even though men can be so exasperating. This story continues with the characters introduced in Anders' Contrition and The Cheshire Smile.
The War Wagon* Horatio B. Zane is a man out to make a name for himself in Civil War photography. Disdainfully dismissing rivals Brady and Gardner for entering the battlefield the next day, after the battle is over, Zane wants to to capture images of "a fresh kill." However, youthful assistant George McKenna is pretty sure that's not a good idea.
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Fiction Waiting for the South to Rise Again Tonight, as usual, the bar patrons are running their mouths. They're going to move somewhere else and make it big. Punch some s.o.b's lights out. Find themselves women who know how to keep a man satisfied. The conversation is always the same, even if the details change a little. Curtis Ray is craving a little action, and that blowsy blonde over there's beginning to look pretty good...
Safe House* New to Kudzu Monthly, Dan Smith is a successful playwright in Connecticut. This story is about what happens when school teacher Chris Rhodes decides to reach out to a friend and coworker that he thinks is being abused by her boyfriend. The Cochran Resolve* Silas Tully is a cop closing in his retirement, but one particular case still gnaws at him. Even though police chief Noel Rebenkern tells Silas he's nuts, Silas decides to throw himself and all of his hard-learned skills on a case nearing the half-century mark that has never been solved.
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What's Your Type? Last month Lisa brought us leeches! This month she's at it again and explores the most frequent human tissue transplant (and it's probably not what you think). A Glimpse of Poetry Kudzu Monthly would like to introduce a sampling of the original and often inspiring work of Oregon wife, mother, and poet Keli Stafford. Here are six of her poems. Please make her feel welcome. Full Moon and the Voo Doo Curse Regular contributor Loren Moore returns with another earthy story of one of his favorite pasttimes - fishing on Caddo Lake. In this one, he relates a fishing trip with a retired buddy and what happened after they ran over the Voo Doo Woman's prize rooster. Enjoy. How the Inquisition Made Witches* We asked British author
and poet Cecile Hare to create a nonfiction article for us suitable for
the October issue some months ago. She's come through with an interesting
and informative article on witches. Here's how it starts, "When you open
the door on Halloween and see a little witch there, asking for trick or
treat, please give her a treat on behalf of all the wretched people who
were tortured and burnt at the stake in years gone by."
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