ASIN: B01JPIXURC
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 93
Southern Bastards and HeroesShort Stories of the Southern StruggleSince I didn’t want them to catch me watching, I carefully peeked around the corner of the house. It was obvious the boys were distracted and wouldn’t notice me. They lined up behind a big block of wood—our chopping block—after carrying it to the center of the field. Our cow, which Dad hadn’t got around to selling yet, was coerced into backing up to the right position in front of it. Dad was an alcoholic and sold everything of value—a new electric cook-stove, a four-acre cornfield, and a few other things of lesser value—to support his habit after Mom left.“What’s a cow doing in this scene?” I thought out loud. A block of wood seems okay...but a cow? This picture was becoming more interesting with each passing moment. The first teenager, a dark-haired boy, dressed in a torn checkered shirt tied around his waist and faded ...
