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Ainsley Sure Likes Walnuts

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 / missouriozarker / Leave a comment

Note: This story follows The Blue Man on the Current River. The number on my caller ID looked a little familiar, but I get a lot of calls from the 314 area code and I just can’t tell them apart. As soon as I heard her voice on the line, I wished I’d let the call … Continue reading Ainsley Sure Likes Walnuts

Listen to Bubba the Bloodsucker

November 22, 2021November 23, 2021 / missouriozarker / Leave a comment

Another Missouri Ozarker story is featured on today's episode (11/22/21) of Viidith22 on YouTube. Listen to Viidith22 read Bubba the Bloodsucker, a story first published on /r/nosleep.

Hear The Blue Man on the Current River on Mr. Creeps

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 / missouriozarker / Leave a comment

A Missouri Ozarker story is featured on today's episode (11/21/21) of Mr. Creeps. Tune in to hear Mr. Creeps read The Blue Man on the Current River under its /r/nosleep title, "I'm a wilderness guide. I used to hand out lists of made-up rules as a promotional stunt. Then something horrible happened."

The Blue Man on the Current River

November 18, 2021December 22, 2021 / missouriozarker / Leave a comment

Rather someone else do the reading? Listen to Mr. Creeps tell the story. Back when other folks were becoming Robber Barons, or at least homesteading good farmland, my people didn’t have the good sense to do anything that would set their descendants—namely, me—up for an easy life. Instead, they decided to homestead in the Current … Continue reading The Blue Man on the Current River

Bubba the Bloodsucker

October 31, 2021December 22, 2021 / missouriozarker / Leave a comment

Rather someone else do the reading? Listen to Viidith22 tell the tale. I called him Bubba, but it was just an ironic moniker for the annual Grist Mill Festival.  You see, we don’t have Bubbas around here. They’re a creation of another place, and maybe even another time. “Bubba” is a southern nickname, and this … Continue reading Bubba the Bloodsucker

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I’m John Gibson, an overeducated Ozark hillbilly writer. I write both fiction and non-fiction. My stories generally involve Ozark haints, stubborn hill folk, confused space aliens, and monsters of various types (human and otherwise). My essays mostly focus on Ozark history and culture.

Copyright 2021 John Gibson

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