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  • FICTION IN THE FORGOTTEN | Nonfiction by Katy Goforth

    My parents were collectors. In the traditional sense, they collected antique glass and blue enamelware, but my dad also collected oddities. He made his living as a long-haul trucker, so he wasn’t home much. He would come in from his travels, usually a run from South Carolina to Ohio, and he would have a treat…

  • THE NITTY GRITTY | Interview with Katy Goforth

    By Charlotte Hamrick Katy Goforth is one of my favorite fiction writers. Since I discovered her, about three years ago, I’ve felt a sisterhood with her through her stories, most of which are grounded in the rural South. She writes about Southern culture as good as any celebrated Southern writer I’ve read with a deep…

  • The Community Cash Ghost: Fiction by Katy Goforth

    Mama had parked the car a good while ago. We had been sitting here sealed up inside, marinating in the heat. I peeled my thighs off of the plastic seat cover. My sweat like glue making my skin feel as if it was left on the seat cover instead of my thigh. Mama’s Slim 100…

  • A Glamorous Life

    Flash Fiction by Katy Goforth I was born old. My mama and daddy had been busy before me and stayed busy after me. I was number four of thirteen. Lucky in some ways. I got marked as Lettie. Number ten got left with Tibb. And, well, the last one just got saddled with the nickname…