Strolling With Stories, Tales From Horsepen

By Jessica Starks and Larry Starks

"Now, listen - don't forget your Horsepen history! It's important! Be sure to keep it alive!"

Take a guided tour through Horsepen with Jessica and Larry as you learn about the rich, slightly true history of a small, southern community. With colorful stories galore, Larry and Jessica go on an adventure that you never thought you

• Language: English
• Publisher: Onion Publishing
• Release date: Jul 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781733764735

Jessica Starks

Jessica Starks has a deep love for dark, southern writing, and, whether she intends to or not, she shows that love in her work. Writing a book was always on her bucket list, and eventually, with The Lynching Calender, her dream became a reality. When not absorbed in her writing, Jessica loves reading, genealogy, watching old movies, and playing games with her family. She lives in Mississippi, surrounded by family and friends

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JESSICA STARKS & LARRY STARKS

Strolling With Stories: Tales From

Horsepen

First published by Onion Publishing 2021

Copyright © 2021 by Jessica Starks & Larry Starks All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

Jessica Starks & Larry Starks assert the moral right to be identified as the authors of this work.

Jessica Starks & Larry Starks have no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet Websites referred to in this publication and do not guarantee that any content on such Websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.

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To my father, Larry Starks.

To my grandfather, Rufus Starks.

To My uncle, Nathaniel Uncle Cornbread Starks To my great uncle, Johnny Uncle Golden Starks.

Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.

Jean Luc Godard

Contents

Foreword

ii

Preface

v

Disclaimer

vi

Prologue

vii

1 The Stygian Bridge

1

2 Horsepilantis

3

3 Horsepen’s Monarchy

6

4 Crazy Mule

8

5 Dancing At The Juke Joint

11

6 Soul Tunnel

13

7 Six

15

8 HASA

18

9 Cousin Odaefus

20

10 Star Track

22

11 Horsepen University

24

12 Lou Gossiper

25

13 Rick James, Homeboy

27

14 The Quiets

29

Afterword

31

Acknowledgments

32

Notes

33

About The Authors

38

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