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Mandy Haynes

author of literary fiction with a southern drawl

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    • Walking the Wrong Way Home
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    • 2019 has been a great year!
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    • 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.”

Tag: tattoos

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."

Gangs, Pain and Automobiles

on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 By The Rube Raconteur 4 Comments

I met a boy. Another underage kid with some detailed, well done tattoos. He was sixteen, but big for his age. With his height and his tattoos he could easily pass for eighteen - or twenty, but when he smiled at me he looked like a little boy. A kid. He was nervous so I [...]

Survivors

on April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 By The Rube Raconteur 9 Comments

How many times have you seen a teenage kid with tattoos and black circles under their eyes and jump to the conclusion that they are little trouble makers in the making?

 

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