russell nichols

The black boy on trial smells the blood. That sweet, sweet hemoglobin, boiling now under the blushed skins of the dying race...

“Blood on Beacon Hill” isn’t what you think it is. And Teddy, the teen boy on trial for rape, isn’t who you think he is. Neither...

Jesus Christ is dropping f-bombs again.

I’m in my auto, grubbing on a freshly-printed pecan waffle...

"Curse Like a Savior," by Russell Nichols - published in Apex Magazine, issue...

None of them can see what lies behind the tree line.

They finger the oak trunks...

"To Live and Die in Dixieland" — published inApex Magazine,issue 130, March 2022.

Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/to-live-and-die-in-dixieland...

They stand in line, outside in the dark, halos over their heads spinning black.