Dem Bones
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.
Apr 30th, 2010 by Stella Cretek
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…
Mar 30th, 2010 by Stella Cretek
The water tower
When Lorene leapt into space, few guessed it was her final fling…
Mar 19th, 2010 by Stella Cretek
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.
Mar 2nd, 2010 by Stella Cretek
A date to die for
Another Saturday night in Nodaway Valley as Doris plans an evening Rod will never forget.
Feb 15th, 2010 by Stella Cretek
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.
Jan 13th, 2010 by Stella Cretek
Bottoms up
Thousands of bare butts turned upward toward the moon. Read on for the truth behind this strange ritual.
Dec 9th, 2009 by Stella Cretek
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.
Nov 10th, 2009 by Stella Cretek
Basking in a Batesville
A casket isn’t just a casket anymore, or so says Stella in a letter to her cousin Bitsy.
Oct 28th, 2009 by Stella Cretek
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.
Sep 16th, 2009 by Stella Cretek
Mean Street USA
Stella lets no grass grow under her feet, even amid the aimlessly stoic.
Sep 3rd, 2009 by Stella Cretek
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.
Aug 6th, 2009 by Stella Cretek
