Judge Dr. Chea Parton has selected “Rebounders” by Don Stewart as the Best Short Story for the 2024 Best in...
From the car’s passenger seat, I watch grain fields pass like a movie reel. I’m fascinated by the ocean of...
Homing In I wandered down the highway a few times to a neighbor girl’s house that was further out of...
It’s more than a little astonishing to look at a fresh new calendar in a fresh new year and realize...
The rural mailboxes that marked the turning point to farmhouse laneways dotting the Kansas countryside were landmarks to those wandering...
Previously, novelist Gráinne Murphy announced her shortlist of three essays and ten short stories for the 2023 Best in Rural...
Even after so many years, tears still fill my eyes when I think of my brother’s farm accident. That was...
You never told anyone the whole story about your dad. You let most people think he was little more than...
The day we buried Grandpa, the town flooded. Streams of rain rushed through streets carrying earth stolen from grain roots....
In 1916, when my great grandfather died at the age of eighty-two in Gallatin, Missouri, he left each of his...
The inaugural Best in Rural Writing Contest has now come to an end. The Milk House is grateful to the...
After an incredible response from writers that resulted in a large collection of talented work, judge Gráinne Murphy took on...