Hold onto yer butts! Our latest is hot off the press, an extended 24-page issue that’s soon to arrive to mailboxes and bookstores near you. If you’ve yet to join the club, subscribe today and thank us tomorrow: countyhighway.com/subscribe

Bloodline has been spotted at the Winter Institute galley room, where it is both a galley room and rep pick with @ConsortiumBooks . If you're at WI, come pick up an advance copy of Lee Clay Johnson's dark and brilliant new novel, out April 21st.

Also for the uninterested, a link to my essay: magazine-1.com/levi-platt

Many thanks to @Magazine1SRQ for publishing my essay in their winter 2026 issue. The issue is fantastic and magazine-1.com/winter-2026-i…

Deceptively layered. Deftly executed stream of consciousness. This piece does a ton with 600 words. "Draw Shot" by Chey Dugan. wallstrait.com/post/draw-sho… #fiction #amreading

You’d think when it comes to talented but forgotten African American sculptresses, the NY Times could hold its own. Except what’s really important to them isn’t race or history. Its blind conformism. Thats why they discover nothing. Now give us credit for discovering Edmonia Lewis. nytimes.com/2026/02/12/arts/… countyhighway.com/archive/vo…

Some writing, halfandone.com/straight-stor… , querenciapress.com/querencia…, and upcoming Winter 2026 issue from magazine-1.com/

"When, yet again, the Banshee of Porish fails to scream my name—has any woman ever, ever waited so long to be with child?—I tell Josh I want a pet." "Maria" by Karen Walker — Issue 2.20 is live! wallstrait.com/post/maria-by… #amreading #fiction