Like the characters in this story, Steve Kemple grew up in rural Indiana and made his way to the river city of Cincinnati, where he spent a decade working as a librarian at the intersection of Midwestern, Southern, and Appalachian cultures. He now teaches elementary school in Newark, New Jersey. His writing has appeared in Library Journal, Cincinnati CityBeat, and AEQAI, and his fiction has appeared in 365tomorrows.
1. The Fire & the Name The first thing you ought to know about cows is we’re all a bunch of gossips. You try standing in a field all day, chewing your cud and swatting at flies, then gathering ’round the trough to discuss who’s been sent to the north pasture or which rooster’s got […]