Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #flanneryoconnor #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #southerngothic
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #flanneryoconnor #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #southerngothic
November 27, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #flanneryoconnor #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #southerngothic
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
5/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #flanneryoconnor #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #southerngothic
Southern Songs as Southern Literature Seminole Wind - John Anderson
youtu.be/eN3O7CbqgiM
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
youtu.be/eN3O7CbqgiM
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
Southern Songs as Southern Literature Seminole Wind - John Anderson
YouTube video by Absurd Truths & Blatant Lies of the Beaumonts
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Southern Songs as Southern Literature Seminole Wind - John Anderson
youtu.be/eN3O7CbqgiM
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
youtu.be/eN3O7CbqgiM
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
Southern Songs as Southern Literature: Lady Marmalade - Labelle
It is Black History Month, and in the New South, Black History is all of History. Let's start with a simple question…
“Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?”
youtu.be/6U1t7L8O14I
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
It is Black History Month, and in the New South, Black History is all of History. Let's start with a simple question…
“Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?”
youtu.be/6U1t7L8O14I
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
Southern Songs as Southern LIterature: Lady Marmalade - Labelle
YouTube video by Absurd Truths & Blatant Lies of the Beaumonts
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February 1, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Southern Songs as Southern Literature: Lady Marmalade - Labelle
It is Black History Month, and in the New South, Black History is all of History. Let's start with a simple question…
“Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?”
youtu.be/6U1t7L8O14I
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
It is Black History Month, and in the New South, Black History is all of History. Let's start with a simple question…
“Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?”
youtu.be/6U1t7L8O14I
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #lewisnordan #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #mississippidelta
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #lewisnordan #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #mississippidelta
November 29, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #lewisnordan #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #mississippidelta
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #lewisnordan #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #mississippidelta
See the cover of my forthcoming novel — my newspaper novel, COME AGAIN NO MORE — and read an excerpt, at 'South Bound,' my (always free!) weekly Substack. #booksky #novel #southernfiction #newspapers #coverreveal #novelexcerpt 📚#writing #fiction #southernliterature #southernlit #memphis
Cover reveal, excerpt: COME AGAIN NO MORE (forthcoming from JackLeg Press)
A ‘beguiling blue yodel’ of a novel, says Steve Stern; read an excerpt below
davidwesleywilliams.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
See the cover of my forthcoming novel — my newspaper novel, COME AGAIN NO MORE — and read an excerpt, at 'South Bound,' my (always free!) weekly Substack. #booksky #novel #southernfiction #newspapers #coverreveal #novelexcerpt 📚#writing #fiction #southernliterature #southernlit #memphis
It’s week 5 of ‘South Bound,’ my Substack on Southern books and music. Subscribe for free, short, weekly posts. Today's reading time: less than one minute! Enjoy and share. #south #southernlit #southernliterature #southerngothic #southernfiction #southernnoir #blues #blueyodels 📚#booksky #writing
Southern fiction starter kit
Try your own at home
davidwesleywilliams.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 2:09 PM
It’s week 5 of ‘South Bound,’ my Substack on Southern books and music. Subscribe for free, short, weekly posts. Today's reading time: less than one minute! Enjoy and share. #south #southernlit #southernliterature #southerngothic #southernfiction #southernnoir #blues #blueyodels 📚#booksky #writing
Southern Songs as Southern Literature: Nobody by Sylvia
youtu.be/ARPdzuI9n5I
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
youtu.be/ARPdzuI9n5I
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
Southern Songs as Southern Literature: Nobody by Sylvia
YouTube video by Absurd Truths & Blatant Lies of the Beaumonts
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Southern Songs as Southern Literature: Nobody by Sylvia
youtu.be/ARPdzuI9n5I
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
youtu.be/ARPdzuI9n5I
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇 #LGBTQ
A quick video nod to my next novel, available for preorder (signed copy! $18 paperback!) from Burke's Book Store in advance of Nov. 10 publication: www.burkesbooks.com/pages/books/...
#bookpreorder #southernliterature #southernlit #newspaper #memphis #jacklegpress #burkesbookstore #books
#bookpreorder #southernliterature #southernlit #newspaper #memphis #jacklegpress #burkesbookstore #books
Cheers: from COME AGAIN NO MORE (JackLeg Press), a novel by David Wesley Williams
YouTube video by David Wesley Williams
youtu.be
July 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A quick video nod to my next novel, available for preorder (signed copy! $18 paperback!) from Burke's Book Store in advance of Nov. 10 publication: www.burkesbooks.com/pages/books/...
#bookpreorder #southernliterature #southernlit #newspaper #memphis #jacklegpress #burkesbookstore #books
#bookpreorder #southernliterature #southernlit #newspaper #memphis #jacklegpress #burkesbookstore #books
New Southern Stories coming soon. Southern Scenes in Non-Southern films Sneak Peak #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters #StarWars #AIART #AIStorytelling
January 22, 2026 at 1:28 AM
New Southern Stories coming soon. Southern Scenes in Non-Southern films Sneak Peak #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters #StarWars #AIART #AIStorytelling
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #larrybrown #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #mississippiwriters #gritlit
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #larrybrown #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #mississippiwriters #gritlit
November 26, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #larrybrown #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #mississippiwriters #gritlit
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #larrybrown #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #mississippiwriters #gritlit
allgoodbooks.com/events/15970...
Come and see me, @uofsc.bsky.social students and Blythewood High alumni!
@finishinglinepress.bsky.social #poetry #literature #southernliterature
Come and see me, @uofsc.bsky.social students and Blythewood High alumni!
@finishinglinepress.bsky.social #poetry #literature #southernliterature
Book Talk + Signing with Arthur Turfa
Five Points Independent New Bookstore. Columbia, SC.
allgoodbooks.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
allgoodbooks.com/events/15970...
Come and see me, @uofsc.bsky.social students and Blythewood High alumni!
@finishinglinepress.bsky.social #poetry #literature #southernliterature
Come and see me, @uofsc.bsky.social students and Blythewood High alumni!
@finishinglinepress.bsky.social #poetry #literature #southernliterature
Love those Vintage Contemporaries. Tracked down some of my fave books by fave writers. Merry Christmas to me (from me.) #vintagecontemporaries #lewisnordan #cormacmccarthy #suttree #southernliterature #southernlit #southernfiction #theallgirlfootballteam
December 26, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Love those Vintage Contemporaries. Tracked down some of my fave books by fave writers. Merry Christmas to me (from me.) #vintagecontemporaries #lewisnordan #cormacmccarthy #suttree #southernliterature #southernlit #southernfiction #theallgirlfootballteam
Coming soon.
#PuddnheadWilson #MarkTwain #RaceAndIdentity #MississippiRiver #SwitchedAtBirth #SlaveryNovel #AmericanLiterature #TwainClassic #SouthernLiterature #IronyAndSatire
#PuddnheadWilson #MarkTwain #RaceAndIdentity #MississippiRiver #SwitchedAtBirth #SlaveryNovel #AmericanLiterature #TwainClassic #SouthernLiterature #IronyAndSatire
October 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Southern Songs as Southern Literature - Body
youtu.be/GvDAyp0mPNI
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇
youtu.be/GvDAyp0mPNI
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Southern Songs as Southern Literature - Body
youtu.be/GvDAyp0mPNI
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇
youtu.be/GvDAyp0mPNI
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇
Choose 20 random things in your home. One thing per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just pictures.
Day 1/20 #Stuff #RandomChallenge #williamfaulkner #thesoundandthefury #south #southernliterature #southernfiction 📚
Day 1/20 #Stuff #RandomChallenge #williamfaulkner #thesoundandthefury #south #southernliterature #southernfiction 📚
January 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Choose 20 random things in your home. One thing per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just pictures.
Day 1/20 #Stuff #RandomChallenge #williamfaulkner #thesoundandthefury #south #southernliterature #southernfiction 📚
Day 1/20 #Stuff #RandomChallenge #williamfaulkner #thesoundandthefury #south #southernliterature #southernfiction 📚
I never think much of my chances in a contest, but I always enjoy the opportunity! My first published story was because of a contest, so always got to try at least a little!
jbriceodom.com/books
#jbriceodom #southern #southernliterature #literature #stories
jbriceodom.com/books
#jbriceodom #southern #southernliterature #literature #stories
December 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I never think much of my chances in a contest, but I always enjoy the opportunity! My first published story was because of a contest, so always got to try at least a little!
jbriceodom.com/books
#jbriceodom #southern #southernliterature #literature #stories
jbriceodom.com/books
#jbriceodom #southern #southernliterature #literature #stories
I'm new here, a Memphis-based Southern fiction writer with two published novels (and another due from @jacklegpress.bsky.social in 2025) and lots of short stories. I have three new ones just up at Bottle Rocket literary magazine. Enjoy! #southernliterature #southernfiction #southlit #memphiswriters
3 stories by David Wesley Williams — Bottle Rocket
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long He loved to drive through the night and arrive somewhere ghostly at dawn, at some old haunt of history—Civil War battlefields, sites of famous crashes. This was...
www.bottlerocketlitmag.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I'm new here, a Memphis-based Southern fiction writer with two published novels (and another due from @jacklegpress.bsky.social in 2025) and lots of short stories. I have three new ones just up at Bottle Rocket literary magazine. Enjoy! #southernliterature #southernfiction #southlit #memphiswriters
Murderous Mary
YouTube video by Absurd Truths & Blatant Lies of the Beaumonts
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 10:46 AM
New on ‘South Bound,’ my Substack on Southern books and music. Today I've got a shot of short fiction, set in a dive bar hard by a dog track -- high-class joint, don't you know. Imbibe and share. Subscribe for free weekly posts. #southernfiction #south #southernliterature #divebars #drinking
Drinks for all my friends
Shot of fiction and a beer
davidwesleywilliams.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New on ‘South Bound,’ my Substack on Southern books and music. Today I've got a shot of short fiction, set in a dive bar hard by a dog track -- high-class joint, don't you know. Imbibe and share. Subscribe for free weekly posts. #southernfiction #south #southernliterature #divebars #drinking
Today on Substack: Faulkner writes a short sentence. Really. Followed by a 63-word wonder he didn't so much write as unspool. Read, share, subscribe (it's free!) #WilliamFaulkner #southernliterature #South #readthesouth #southerngothic #yoknapatawpha #yoknapatawphacounty 📚
Faulkner’s sense of time
Sentences for days
open.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Today on Substack: Faulkner writes a short sentence. Really. Followed by a 63-word wonder he didn't so much write as unspool. Read, share, subscribe (it's free!) #WilliamFaulkner #southernliterature #South #readthesouth #southerngothic #yoknapatawpha #yoknapatawphacounty 📚
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
6/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #charlesportis #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #dogofthesouth
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
6/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #charlesportis #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #dogofthesouth
November 28, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
6/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #charlesportis #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #dogofthesouth
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
6/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #charlesportis #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #writers #reading #dogofthesouth
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #trumancapote #othervoicesotherrooms #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #southerngothic
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #trumancapote #othervoicesotherrooms #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #southerngothic
December 1, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #trumancapote #othervoicesotherrooms #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #southerngothic
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
9/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #trumancapote #othervoicesotherrooms #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #books #southerngothic
I started this mailing list on groups.io in 2018 devoted to the discussion of all things #CarsonMcCullers. This is the link if anyone would like to join:
groups.io/g/carsonmcul...
#WriteSky
#BookSky
#Authors
#Writers
#WritingCommunity
#SouthernGothic
#SouthernFiction
#SouthernLiterature
groups.io/g/carsonmcul...
#WriteSky
#BookSky
#Authors
#Writers
#WritingCommunity
#SouthernGothic
#SouthernFiction
#SouthernLiterature
July 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I started this mailing list on groups.io in 2018 devoted to the discussion of all things #CarsonMcCullers. This is the link if anyone would like to join:
groups.io/g/carsonmcul...
#WriteSky
#BookSky
#Authors
#Writers
#WritingCommunity
#SouthernGothic
#SouthernFiction
#SouthernLiterature
groups.io/g/carsonmcul...
#WriteSky
#BookSky
#Authors
#Writers
#WritingCommunity
#SouthernGothic
#SouthernFiction
#SouthernLiterature
Southern Songs as Southern Literature - Brenda Put Your Bra On
youtu.be/PXZstY9-aJc
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇
youtu.be/PXZstY9-aJc
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇
Southern Songs as Southern Literature - Brenda Put Your Bra On
YouTube video by Absurd Truths & Blatant Lies of the Beaumonts
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Southern Songs as Southern Literature - Brenda Put Your Bra On
youtu.be/PXZstY9-aJc
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇
youtu.be/PXZstY9-aJc
#Music #SouthernLiterature #queerwriters 👇
