Hoop Snake Hype By Mark Spitzer Of all the suspect Ozark malarkey the hogwash of the hoop snake has got to be called out supposedly there’s a certain serpent up in them hills which grips its tail in its jaws forms itself into a circle then goes rolling at speeds exceeding sixty miles per hour (Museum of Hoaxes) before straightening out at the last … [Read more...] about Hoop Snake Hype
Chicken Snake By Conrad Shumaker My world has almost always included chickens. They were around as I grew up in Arizona, and they’re still part of our lives in the Arkansas hills. When I think of chickens in Arizona, I mean “around” literally, since no coop ever seemed to hold them for long. They would hang out on the front porch of our old adobe house, fight the cats for … [Read more...] about Chicken Snake
Three Poems by Larry Rogers The Majestic Poor There are fog lights in front of Fort Smith’s tallest building Standing in front of these lights after sun fall a man casts an eight story high shadow Some nights the homeless pass by here and pause to admire their reflected giantness before hobbling on Faith or Something Like It From a … [Read more...] about Three Poems by Larry Rogers
Submission Guidelines A juried on-line journal, Elder Mountain seeks Ozarks-focused manuscripts from all disciplinary perspectives as well as interdisciplinary approaches. In addition, high-quality, Ozarks-oriented short stories, poems, and works of creative nonfiction are of keen interest. Only electronic submissions are accepted and may be sent as a Word attachment to … [Read more...] about Submission Guidelines
Lynchings and Racial Terror in Pre-Civil War Washington County, Arkansas J. B. Hogan After the Civil War, lynchings, primarily of African Americans and typically done by mobs of white people, were common. From 1877-1950, nearly four thousand African Americans were lynched in the United States, some five hundred taking place in Arkansas.[1] It is somewhat … [Read more...] about Lynchings and Racial Terror in Pre-Civil War Washington County, Arkansas