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Mandy Haynes

author of literary fiction with a southern drawl

  • About me
    • Projects
    • Contact
    • Media page
  • My Books
    • Walking the Wrong Way Home
    • Sharp as a Serpent’s Tooth Eva an Other Stories
    • WORK IN PROGRESS
      • Sneak Peek inside the pages of WORK IN PROGRESS
    • OLIVER
  • Calendar of Events
  • What some readers are saying:
    • Endorsements received
  • Purchase signed copies here
  • A Few Video Interviews/Chats
    • What I’ve been up to since leaving Tennessee
  • Ninety-Nine-Cent Sampler
  • three dogs write press, llc
  • WELL READ Magazine
  • Blog
    • Every author needs an outlet. Especially one that will supplement a new author’s income. If you purchase one of my felted creations, you are also supporting a starving artist. My pups and I thank you! Click on the image below to see more items. Contact puplucyblue@gmail.com for more information.
    • 2019 has been a great year!
    • It’s happening!
    • WALKING THE WRONG WAY HOME stories by Mandy Haynes
    • I’ve been missing in action, but I’m back!
    • BULLSHIT
    • Tell your story.
    • Surprise Story
    • Thinking of my little brother-the original Wild Thing
    • Busier than a centipede at a toe countin’ contest
    • It’s in the genes
    • See you on the flipside Glynda!
    • Some mistakes turn into magic
    • Making friends in unexpected places
    • “Come talk to Donna.”

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Tell your story.

on December 9, 2018December 9, 2018 By The Rube Raconteur 5 Comments

Our lives are a puzzle - made of so many different, odd shaped pieces. Those weird ones with the sharp angles, dark red or deep blue, that look more like someone else's bad dream than a piece of your puzzle.

When I was "pitcher taker "

on July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 By The Rube Raconteur 2 Comments

At the end of the study I looked at her mom and said, "Your daughter is going to be covered in ink from under her chin to the tops of her feet by the time she's twenty."

Life lessons from a seven year old.

on June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 By The Rube Raconteur 1 Comment

She'd taught everything they needed to know. She'd taught them compassion and trust.

Living in Xanadu-Wandering Wednesday

on May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 By The Rube Raconteur 9 Comments

These last couple of weeks have been crazy. Crazy good.Let's see, it started with a trip to the dermatologist. I had a spot on my leg that had gotten weird. I wasn't too concerned - no, that's not true - I was a little worried, but I guess that's normal. Karen, urged me to make [...]

The universe knows…

on May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 By The Rube Raconteur 7 Comments

The next night the gift came in the form of a fireball shooting nun celebrating her retirement from St. Bernard's at Lipstick Lounge.

That time I met a real cowboy

on May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 By The Rube Raconteur 8 Comments

He was broke and broken down, he said. "I didn't even have money to stay at a cheap motel, I was going to sleep in my truck. I was banking on winning enough money to get back home on."

 

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