Dem Bones

The Maid and the Straw: a Dem Bones fairytale
The Maid and the Straw

a Dem Bones fairytale

Maybe it wasn’t such a good deal to be inside of Domesville, but it was too late to turn and run.

A Dem Bones Fairytale: The Baker and the Mixer
A Dem Bones Fairytale

The Baker and the Mixer

The truth behind this floury tale may never be known. Except to the Cruller clan, and they’re not talking…

A Dem Bones Fairytale: The water tower
A Dem Bones Fairytale

The water tower

When Lorene leapt into space, few guessed it was her final fling…

A Dem Bones Fairytale: The girl who trod on a meatloaf
A Dem Bones Fairytale

The girl who trod on a meatloaf

Learn from Esmeralda, why don't you. Had you minded your manners and not dishonored the meatloaf, you’d still be up there among the living.

A Dem Bones Fairytale: A date to die for
A Dem Bones Fairytale

A date to die for

Another Saturday night in Nodaway Valley as Doris plans an evening Rod will never forget.

A Dem Bones Fairytale: The prince who despised broccoli
A Dem Bones Fairytale

The prince who despised broccoli

It was known throughout the land that the favorite color of HRH Prince Narcissus Q. VonFabulous was green ... as in a stalk of broccoli. Not that he ate the stuff. It was the color that turned him on.

A Dem Bones Fairytale: Bottoms up
A Dem Bones Fairytale

Bottoms up

Thousands of bare butts turned upward toward the moon. Read on for the truth behind this strange ritual.

A Dem Bones Fairytale: Your feet’s too big
A Dem Bones Fairytale

Your feet’s too big

The Valley's FootLong proved to Stella and others that you've got to use what you don't want to lose.

A Dem Bones Fairytale: Basking in a Batesville
A Dem Bones Fairytale

Basking in a Batesville

A casket isn’t just a casket anymore, or so says Stella in a letter to her cousin Bitsy.

A Dem Bones Fairytale: Farley’s Folly
A Dem Bones Fairytale

Farley’s Folly

Stella chronicles the frolic and fluff that led to one man's demise. Whoopie Pies -- to call them pies is to err.

A Dem Bones Fairytale: Mean Street USA
A Dem Bones Fairytale

Mean Street USA

Stella lets no grass grow under her feet, even amid the aimlessly stoic.

A Dem Bones Fairytale: Body by Ladonna
A Dem Bones Fairytale

Body by Ladonna

Ladonna would miss Billy Mays’ black beard, puffy paunch, and his in-her-face sandpaper voice rasping from the television. In Ladonna’s heart his clean, pure flame would burn forever.