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August 26, 2024

Full Book Tour Schedule for THE LAKES OF SOUTHERN HOLLOW: A NOVEL

The Lakes of Southern Hollow: A Novel (Madville Publishing / July 2024) has a mighty full schedule this fall. I hope to see a ton of friends, old and new, and introduce her to you all. BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE Saturday, September 14 Panel and signing 1:30 p.m.“Mad about Madville”10th Annual Mississippi Book FestivalMississippi State Capitol, […]

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December 9, 2020

Sandy and Wayne is also an ebook now

Sandy and Wayne: A Novella has arrived in many print forms. A published novella is a crazy, lucky thing in itself. Now with Southern Hollow Press, Sandy and Wayne is available as an ebook for the first time. It’s available from Kobo, and the Barnes & Noble NOOK. With Kobo from Rakuten you can set […]

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October 29, 2020

Sandy and Wayne: A Novella, and an anniversary gift

When Dock Street Press in Seattle sadly said it could no longer continue, my wife, Tammy, and I decided we would dare something new. Our anniversary, November 16, 2020, will be the new publication date for Sandy and Wayne: A Novella from Southern Hollow Press. This is the novella’s third time in print. New York […]

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September 20, 2017

Why write “The Legend of the Albino Farm: A Novel”

Last year, September 2016, at the Ozarks Studies Symposium, this is what I said about “The Legend of the Albino Farm: A Novel.” We leave for West Plains Thursday, and Friday, September 22, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. we’ll see if I lived up to this challenge. The whole slate of presenters is at http://ozarksymposium.wp.missouristate.edu/Presenters.htm

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September 13, 2017

Notes on a Southern Gothic: Books & Brews, Friday October 13, Natchez, Mississippi

WHAT: Matthew Guinn and Steve Yates preview the 2018 Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration and introduce the theme, Southern Gothic WHERE: Natchez Brewing Company, 207 High Street, Natchez, Mississippi WHEN: Friday, October 13, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. BOOK SALES: Turning Pages Books & More, Natchez, http://turningpagesbooks.com/ Some starter culture: Being of the Ozarks, […]

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May 14, 2017

Legend, ruin, love dominate new novel

from the Clarion-Ledger / Hattiesburg American Mississippi Books Page Sunday, May 14, 2017 By Matthew Guinn SPECIAL TO THE USA TODAY NETWORK – MISSISSIPPI “Happy families are all alike,” Leo Tolstoy famously said, but “every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” For the feuding Sheehys and Ormonds of Steve Yates’ The Legend of […]

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April 29, 2017

“The Legend of the Albino Farm: A Novel” meets the Ozarks

This made no sense to Hettienne. Strange? Saturn? How could anyone ever think that Emerald Park was scary, lonely, and strange? Here was where you ran and yelled like Indians, and no one on Earth could stop you. Here was where nine nobles strove to defend castle walls and never once were defeated. Here was […]

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