Smokey Mountain Breakdown

I am fragile. But fragile like my grandmother’s hands with their veins crossing like purple highways. My mother sat at her bedside holding t...

My invisible sheep. I've been a bit sheepish about writing about Bonnie, the new Jacob Sheep, because after these pictures were taken sh...

Popcorn Sutton was found dead in his home today from apparent suicide. He was 61. There will be an autopsy tomorrow at UT to confirm the ca...

Hold onto your hats, knickers, pants or anything you deem worth holding onto, my Sloe-eyed darlin's. I'm working the blogroll tonigh...

I hung around in town last night to watch Watchmen , which was playing at the local cinema because they probably thought it was a regular ty...

WEAVE 02 minutes after eating the apple, moments before kissing the snake davka's gorgeous cover art This new magazine based out of Pitt...

I have a story up on Southern Fried Weirdness for you. Unfortunately, it's the last issue of this zine that fills a niche unlike any o...

I have a funny story that just went live on Feathertale called " Mrs. Snodderly's Letter to the Editor ." I think I actually ...

I drove off the mountain into town today to do a few errands. It's funny, I seem to feel the isolation more when the snow and ice keep m...

...inconvenient. This was the view from my bedroom when I woke up at the crack of noon today. I went to bed early--around 2 a.m. so got up e...

It’s finally here! Diet Soap #3 is now available for purchase or download . Diet Soap issue #3 features fiction, non-fiction, poetry and a...

Oh. I think I’m going to get in trouble for this post. But sometimes, things just seem to burst forth and I can’t stop myself. M’kay, Newpor...

So the snow starts falling about 2:30 a.m. last night/morning. Great whopping chunks of it and continued most of today. Pretty, but the road...

I've been thinking about how one approaches something precious. Valuable. Cherished. Desired. How do you do that? Do you roll in like...

Yes, I have come out of hiding to indulge in a bit of shameless self promotion. I just came out of an exhausting writing jag--toward the en...

Winter Fucking Wonderland Already! Jesus Marimba, I am weary of walking around with tampons up my nose. Gee Rosie, is that a tampon in you...

I got three rejections today and spent the better part of the day swimming in the frosty pool of my own shortcomings. I don't find this...

My friend Lee's drawing of Popcorn Well, the sentence came down today for Popcorn Sutton's trial in the Federal Court. The news said...

Happy Inauguration Day! Am I ready for a handsome, articulate man who oozes intelligence to take office? Hell, yeah, beeotches! Let's m...

Thunder fog! We have thunder fog! Wonder what that means? Happy New Year, peeps. I've been battling the mother of all insomnia flares...