Southern Writers Guild

Transitions large and small, becoming a free-range human, laughing out loud. Short stories, poetry, essays, life musings, and an occasional original music video. www.primalbeet.com www.thesouthernwritersguild.com

A mix of Personal Essays and Fiction.

Ironically, the cage is the place I speak most freely.

Weekly writing prompts driven by the greatest songs of all time.

Conversation from the Crossroads of Southern music, history, & culture is an independent project of historian Dr. Bob Beatty, author of 'Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East.' No affiliation/endorsement with the Allman Brothers.

Gen X writer with a fake name—roamin’ the Dirty South with incense smoke & mixtape ghosts. Sometimes fiction, always true: stories stitched from kudzu, cigar boxes, found faith, & the ridiculocity of having raised ourselves.