The Alabama Writers’ Forum
The Alabama Writers’ Forum, a partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, works to cultivate our state’s literary culture. We do that through supporting writers at all stages. We encourage our young writers to find their creative voice through the Father Goose Poetry Festival for Kids!–and through our Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards. We support the work of our state’s literary community through our Alabama Authors Directory, First Draft magazine, and other programming and opportunities for writers across the state. And we celebrate our state’s rich literary legacy through the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. We are, above all, a community of writers united by our desire to advance the literary arts in Alabama. If that describes you — join us! There are many ways to get involved.
Killed by Death
Killed by Death By Matthew Weber Pint Bottle Press; 2024 Paperback; 12.99 Genre: Fiction Reviewed by Nelson Sims Matthew Weber’s Killed by Death is a nasty little love letter to the kinds of horror stories that used to hide behind gas station comic racks and dare you to flip the page. It’s got the bite of Tales from the Crypt, the twang of the Deep South, and absolutely no intention of letting anyone walk away clean. Whether it’s the human monsters or the supernatural ones (and sometimes it’s both), these stories know one thing: somebody’s not making it out alive. Set mostly in the (probably?) fictional town of Shady Brake, Alabama, Weber’s collection takes Southern Gothic and cranks it through a woodchipper. And then dumps it in a swamp. Shady Brake and its surrounding area have everything you don’t want in a zip code: reclusive killers in shotgun shacks, teenagers who make horrible decisions, undead nasties in sewage water, and at least one high schooler who figures out how to summon something from way below the [...]
