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Donny, Connie, and the General
By WILLIAM PRENTISSWARNING: See end of post! Donny, his real name, was a debutante and gay as the day was long. He didn’t come from money, but he sure as...
Rickles: The Greendale Arsonist
DELTA SHORTS: Rickles: The Greendale Arsonist By WILLIAM PRENTISS [caption id="attachment_2287" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Fire Department responding to another arsonist fire on West 2nd in Clarksdale, Mississippi around 2:30...
David “Straight” and Adelaide
DELTA SHORTS: David "Straight" and Adelaide By WILLIAM PRENTISS WARNING: See end of post! David was always a good boy...
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Blue: King of the Walking People
DELTA SHORTS: Blue: King of the Walking People By WILLIAM PRENTISS WARNING: See end of post! Blue didn’t give a damn what folks thought. He had carved out a...
Eddie: The Right Pope of Bongwater
DELTA SHORTS Eddie: The Right Pope of Bongwater By WILLIAM PRENTISS WARNING: This story, though ultimately shrouded in redemption, does portray some characters in their basest state, including coarse...
Genevieve
DELTA SHORTS Genevieve By WILLIAM PRENTISS WARNING: This story, though ultimately shrouded in redemption, does portray some characters in their basest state, including coarse language, non-gratuitous graphic sexuality, and...
Carlene
A DELTA SHORT: By WILLIAM PRENTISS WARNING: This story, though ultimately shrouded in redemption, does portray some characters in their basest state, including coarse language, non-gratuitous graphic sexuality, and internal...
Where’d He Go? … A New Delta Short which begs for Delta Bohemian Writers to respond!
DELTA SHORTS Where'd He Go? [caption id="attachment_1556" align="alignright" width="197" caption="Delta Bohemian Jimmy Carter submitted this photo of his Delta Bohemian shirt. Hmmmmm. Where'd He Go? Photo by Delta Bohemian Jimmy...
Alligators and Off Switches
DELTA SHORTS Â Alligators and Off Switches By WILLIAM PRENTISS Â [caption id="attachment_1106" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Vance Sullivan from Friars Point near Clarksdale, MS - the heart of the Mississippi Delta....
Juke Joint Love
By WILLIAM PRENTISS It had been over a year to no avail. Simone and Darryl never met, even then. She had been on stage and he had been hungrily eyeing...
Delta Delusions: Faces
By WILLIAM PRENTISS CLARKSDALE, Mississippi I see faces everywhere and in everything, always have, but I had never seen them in second story windows--not until recently. I doubt I am alone...
Delta Delusions: Ain’t No Bugs On Me
DELTA SHORTS: DELTA DELUSIONS Ain't No Bugs On Me By WILLIAM PRENTISS My grandmother ruined me. I never had a chance against a bug. She used to give me an...