REFORMED SOUTHERNER is a publication where I explore fiction in short and serial form, share ridiculous research I perform in the name of storytelling, opine on the mysteries of our lives, and occasionally weigh in on the cultural issues of our time.

I grew up in a small southern town where mispronouncing the name of your birthplace was considered a badge of honor, as well as a sore spot to poke whenever an outsider didn’t have the inside dope. I started telling stories when I was seven and got cast as an orphan in the community theatre production of Oliver Twist. When the lights came up and the audience sat forward to listen, I knew I was hooked.

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