Muscadine Lines

"Muscadine Lines: A Southern Anthology," features a rich crop of fiction, essays, and poetry by acclaimed veterans of the online magazine "Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal," handpicked by editor Kathy Hardy Rhodes.

Bottled up inside this volume are the luscious morsels of 28 individual voices, rich and varied voices of the South—writers who have cultivated a sense of character and place and a love of humor, as well as a love of language.

Happy and heartwarming, sassy and sad, racy and reflective, and alternately comical—a collection for every mood, "Muscadine Lines" is a book you will relish again and again.

Pop the cork and savor the sweet grape perfume. Enjoy the burst of flavor. Juice—ample, delicious, delightful. Let it fill your senses—scribing so rich it will stay with you long after you finish the last line.

In this book the talents of many stand as the product of one. There are many facets of this book and many pleasures to be found within the pages. Explore...read the stories with enthusiasm and excitement. Absorb them, enjoy them!

—Jackie K. Cooper, author of "Journey of a Gentle
Southern Man," "Chances and Choices," "Halfway Home,"
and the forthcoming "The Book Binder"

Kathy Hardy Rhodes entertains us again—now as editor of this excellent collection of stories. Readers can bet they’re going to have a treasure in hand! The fiction, essays, and poetry herein represent the best of the South. Enjoy!

—Beth Boswell Jacks, author of "Snippets;" "Snippets II;"
and "Grit, Guts, and Baseball" and editor of
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