Cornbread (Kindle Single)
"They call me 'Cornbread' because that's what my husband was eatin' when I shot him in the face..."
Thus begins the debut story from 24-year-old author Sean Hammer. Told in the odd and unforgettable voice of its protagonist, "Cornbread" is the tale of a matricidal Arkansas woman bringing about the final days of her marriage. At turns darkly comical and deeply tragic, it's a story that lingers long after it's finished, like the smell of fresh baked cornbread or discharged gunpowder...