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The Keys to the Highway by Frederick K Foote: Number 100!!!

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(Editors’ Note: It’s a hell of an accomplishment to land one story for publication, but it takes special talent and courage to do this many–and we are only a small part of Fred’s overall canon. Congratulations Fred! You earned every word and sentence of this achievement–Leila, Diane, Hugh, Nik at LS)

Back in the day, when I was a snot-nosed little rascal growing up in the country, the old folks used to say stuff like, “Homer Hall, how you let all these kids keep up so much ruckus? Where’s your mind, boy?”

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Fairness by Frederick K Foote: 98 Cometh!

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When I was six, my mother said, “Lloyd, let your little sister play with that truck. Kenya is only four. Be generous, she’s the only sister you got.”

When I was eight, my dad said, “Lloyd, you can’t do everything you see these White boys do up here. When you see them about to get in trouble, you need to head on home.”

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Them Blues by Frederick K Foote: Behold Fred’s 97th

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Oh, them blues. Them blues done got in my shoes. Dancin’, dancin’ my fool self to death.

James Cotton makes me grab Big Mable, do the two-step, do the buck and run, water the floor with our sweaty salt. She shakes her money maker, tables wobble, bottles fall from the shelf. She bounce them bosoms, make a grown man cry for mother’s milk.

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Religion Gone Viral by Fredrick K Foote

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(Editors’ Note: Today begins the countdown to the 100th LS story written by the great Frederick K Foote. Fred has been a contributor for a decade and of the thousands who have published with us, he is only the fourth to reach this plateau. Today we present number 95, and the daily countdown will bring a new one until 100 debuts this Friday.

Congratulations, Fred–Leila, Diane Hugh)

A letter from an unknown source to Francis Marsh (FM) was received by FM in September 2021.

[Francis Marsh is a cultural anthropologist/sociologist in Oakland, California. Marsh has broadcast “Social Change,” a popular podcast since 2018.]

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