The fourth volume of Stories from the Blue Moon Caf? presents a selection of the most talented practitioners of Southern writing, including Chip Livingston, Diane McWhorter, and Charles Simic.
Includes:
Our Uncle Willem Stanfield by Howard Bahr The good neighbors by John Boyer Dear friend by Rick Bragg Those summer Sundays by Andrea Hollander Budy An explanation by Andrea Hollander Budy In the thirteenth year of the jonquil by David E. Campbell Joe and Sheila by Marshall Chapman Like kudzu by Ryan Clark Pulp fishin' by Jim Dees Taking off from Welty by Ellen Douglas Spleen by Ann Fisher-Wirth Where, beneath the magnolia by Ann Fisher-Wirth Strawberry fizzle by Kristin Grant When the fish don't bite by Jason Headley The beauty seat by Ingrid Hill The thing with feathers by Suzanne Hudson Cicadas by Cecilia Johnson In the tall grass by Bret Anthony Johnston The midwife's son by Suzanne Kingsbury Ghost dance by Chip Livingston Lost, not lost by Humphreys McGee Jimmy the playwright began to slur by Jeff McNeil Talk by Diane McWhorter Broad and Jackson by Carol Megathlin Rehab by Janet Nodar Chicken bone man by Anna Olswanger The cryptograph by Nic Pizzolatto Chitlins by Robert St. John The turkey hunt by Philip Shirley Down there on a visit by Charles Simic Shadow and Solomon by Mac Walcott A full boat by Daniel Wallace The Freddies by M.O. Walsh A map of the forest by Marly Youmans
Sonny Brewer is the author of four novels, including The Poet of Tolstory Park and The Widow and the Tree. He edited the anthology series Stories from the Blue Moon Café and most recently, Don't Quit Your Day Job - Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs they Quit published by MP Publishing in 2010.