Category Archives: Good Stories

IT’S ABOUT NOT CARING MUCH By Mona Sides-Smith

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Mona Sides-Smith

Relatives? I don’t much get involved with what most of my relatives do, and vice-versa. I seldom see most of my family of origin and, when we do get together, we say how nice it is to see each other, … Continue reading →

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Snapshots – Remains of the Day by Chip Burson

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Chip Burson

   

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Metamorphosis of the Performing Child by Yancey Tallent

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Yancey Tallent

It is somewhat less painful to document the metamorphosis of “the performing child,” when you are a generation or so removed by the title of grand “anything” to the little creature. When you’re the mother of this unique and gifted … Continue reading →

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Burson On Books – will d…a life in science

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Mary Prater

will d…a life in science, is the recent publication release from our parent company, Front Porch Press, LLC, and was written by our very own Tom Lawrence. As a scientist, Dr. Carpenter participated in many significant scientific events of the twentieth … Continue reading →

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No Hope Divorce by Gary Wright

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Gary Wright

Be sure you’re right, then go ahead – David Crockett While it is true that you should never underestimate the actions of a woman scorned, neither should you miscalculate the thought process of a Redneck who has been wronged. Old … Continue reading →

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Help Save the Earthworms! by Mollie Smith Waters

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Mollie Smith Waters

Every morning when I go walking, I see them: the mummified remains of hundreds of earthworms littering the sidewalks and roadways of my route. Many of the carcasses are straight as if the worms were extending themselves as far as … Continue reading →

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It’s About Marriage by Mona Sides-Smith

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Mona Sides-Smith

I don’t know why I keep getting married. I got married in my twenties. I got married when I was pushing seventy. And I got married several times in between.  You’d think a person would learn not to keep doing … Continue reading →

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A Reflection From A Mississippi Magnolia by Patricia Neely-Dorsey

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Patricia Neely-Dorsey

 

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The Sale – A Short Story by Mollie Smith Waters

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Mollie Smith Waters

“The Sale” The old truck sputtered into the empty lot and came to a stop in the gravel next to the store’s dumpster. From the look of it, the truck wouldn’t make many more trips anywhere, but Sue knew looks … Continue reading →

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The Game by Mollie Smith Waters

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Mollie Smith Waters

I did not want to be an Auburn fan. Instead, I wanted to pull for Ole Miss. At my grammar school, located in the northeastern corner of Mississippi, the supply cart lady sold single subject notebooks: some with the Mississippi … Continue reading →

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