The Oxford American's Best of the South 2008 is upon us!

The Oxford American is back and it's back with a vengeance. Their Best of South issue just hit newsstands, and it features a new short story that I wrote about Shreveport and the mythological redheaded flying children who took over the town in the 80s. The cover girl photo by Saverio Truglia could actually be one of the characters from the story.
    In fact, this short story is one of the favorite things that I've ever written. I particularly love the illustration that Ryan Heshka did of the main character and his abandoned babies.
    But if promiscuous super heroes and flying babies aren't your thing, there's  Roy Blount, Jr, Brad Land Pia Ehrhardt, and Louisiana artist Bryan LeBoeuf to delight and inspire you with their various talents.
     But just look at this illustration for my story The Pentecostal Home for Flying Children and tell me you don't need a subscription to this great magazine.

Comments

[Karen Ehlers]

I love love love this story. I hope everyone in the whole wide world reads it. And you turn it into a book.