Friction Burn
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| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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Loose Notes from a Lover of Outlaws
JANUARY 10, 2026. Yesterday he wrecked his car. Today the radiator has a slow leak that smells like boiled sugar. Last week we spent three days outside of Coker Creek so he could buy pre-ban Winchester parts from a guy in a corrugated shed....
Heaven is the Highway
What I can still tell you with certainty is that a tropical depression is forming somewhere in the gulf. The resulting air out here is too thick for truth, too heavy for subtext. The only logical response to the chaos is to sit, watch the c...
Supernova
We were driving through Old Hickory toward I-65 when the storm came in from outside of the city limits.
Storms in Tennessee are humbling. The hills darken and take on the ominous weight of uncertainty. The sky sinks. Lightning strikes at d...
37,000 Feet High
Twenty minutes to landing in Nashville, I watched the sun melt and slip beneath the clouds. Wisps of white nothingness rose from them like incense smoke or steam off a pot of coffee, snaking and twisting until they dissipated. I was pressed...
Deleting Kisses
July 13, 2026. 8:35 p.m.
The South in July is heavy with wet heat and pressure, not a violent pressure but a hydraulic kind, fueled by rain, salt, mildew, and an infinitely stifling delay. Twisted and taut inside it, the only wind is man-...
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