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“It is very important to approach all unpleasant tasks in life as a performance art piece, especially if you are a teenager.”

Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country & Other Stories by Chavisa Woods

November 16, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Goth or not, country or not, if you have ever been a teenager then SOMETHING in this collection of stories will speak to you. Maybe you’ve never befriended a drug addict squatting in a mausoleum, and maybe you’ve never had a bad trip at a MENSA party hosted by your girlfriend’s parents, but there are definitely some teenage feelings rolling dark and deep in all of us! Chavis Woods has labeled and celebrated that feeling of “something more”; most notably in the titular story, “Things […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Addiction, america, Bible Belt, chavisa woods, coming-of-age, Goth, horror, lgtbqia, magical realism, Post-9/11, queer identity, rural life, shirley jackson award winner, teenage years, things to do when you're goth in the country, war in the middle east

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Addiction, america, Bible Belt, chavisa woods, coming-of-age, Goth, horror, lgtbqia, magical realism, Post-9/11, queer identity, rural life, shirley jackson award winner, teenage years, things to do when you're goth in the country, war in the middle east ·
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Love Drives Out Fear

Beyond Awkward Side Hugs: Living as Christian Brothers and Sisters in a Sex-Crazed World by Bronwyn Lea

July 5, 2020 by Halbs Leave a Comment

When I was newly married one of my local churches gave a great series of sermons about marriage. There was helpful advice about mutual service and building lives and support systems together. In retrospect, one piece advice always bothered me, though. It was a variation on The Billy Graham Rule. Billy Graham famously wouldn’t be alone with a woman who wasn’t his wife, in an effort to flee from any hint of sexual immorality, I suppose. (He also made his finances reviewable by others to […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Bible Belt, Bronwyn Lea, Christianity, Relationships

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: Bible Belt, Bronwyn Lea, Christianity, Relationships ·
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