Tim Hawthorne: State Finals Ping-Pong Champion
To say their description of me under my photo in the newspaper back then was unflattering is to put it mildly: His face was cursed by an ever-rupturing lan ...
Ricky Tango, Hawson’s Bovinery Hoof Rendering Floor Supervisor
Hi. My name is Ricky Tango. I work at Hawson's Bovinery in Teet, TX. Here at Hawson's Bovinery we do everything that can possibly be done with a cow and all und ...
Micro Story: Wicksville, Texas
My town is just like your town, I’m sure. We got more Mexican restaurants than we need and only one of them’s any good, though which one that is depends on who ...
Ricky Tango, Jr. Becomes a Man
I was ten years old the day I became a man. I was out under the pecan tree eating porridge from my favorite armadillo shell when I heard Momma scream. I ...
Book Review: Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis
I just finished reading Lives of the Monster Dogs, the debut novel by author Kirsten Bakis and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. Th ...
Ricky Tango Jr. – Under the Couch
Life for Ricky Tango Jr. as a child - life under the couch of his morbidly obese parents - was mostly calm and easy, if not limiting and strict. Here he off ...
The Window: Part Two
Read Part One Here... "I wonder how many cows he has," Nancy, the wife, said while stocking a shelf in the bedroom with her unpacked hardcover books. "I d ...
The Window: Part One
We moved here to little Withers, Arkansas because the price was too good to pass up. We had been looking for a nice, secluded chunk of land in Texas, but damn t ...
Home Fries
Tim marveled at the home fries. They were quite different here at Lindy's in New York City than what he'd grown up consuming as home fries back in Texas. Texa ...