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GET RHYTHM
A little on the music of sentences in fiction (sorry, this isn't about Johnny Cash)
Feb 13
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Neon in the Blood
A prelude to something bigger, too big to write about now: my dual seven-night road trips with a four-month-old — and some updates and shout-outs
Nov 8, 2025
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Brett Puryear
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Criminal Forms
Three kinds of thrillers — books that pull you back in — the Southern Gothic advantage — and a look back at reading and writing in 2025.
Dec 23, 2025
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Brett Puryear
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With Lee Clay Johnson's "Bloodline," Panamerica Rides Hard for American Storytelling
Aug 6, 2025
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Brett Puryear
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Rockabilly Noir!
Feb 19, 2025
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The Stranger from Hohenwald, Tennessee
Jul 1, 2025
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Neon in the Blood
Nov 8, 2025
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Brett Puryear
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Criminal Forms
Dec 23, 2025
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SAVED
Jul 27, 2025
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[SHORT FICTION] — petty crime and wayward lust in south Colorado
Dec 12, 2025
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WEST
[SHORT FICTION] — a couple from rural Tennessee drives West to see the country, get clean, and encounter a tragedy outside a bar called Rattlesnake…
Aug 28, 2025
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With Lee Clay Johnson's "Bloodline," Panamerica Rides Hard for American Storytelling
A new novel by the Tennessee author of "Nitro Mountain," an indie press curated by a legend, and the promise of something to get lit up about—in an age…
Aug 6, 2025
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Barry Hannah's Funny Business
Airships, "Return to Return," and a light defense of being "full of shit"
Jul 30, 2025
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SAVED
[SHORT FICTION] — a hard-luck drive from Tennessee to Florida, wayward lust, and whatever they did to Brent
Jul 27, 2025
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Rebranding the Jukebox
I've always wanted to run a journal called "Pedal Steel"
Jul 22, 2025
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The Stranger from Hohenwald, Tennessee
William Gay's "I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down"
Jul 1, 2025
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