Deep in the wilds of Florida lies the town of Yeehaw Junction. Abandoned by God (no, really—there aren’t any churches), its foremost landmark is a burned-out diner called Stickey’s, located beneath a strip club. In the parking lot are Skeet, a twelve-year-old aspiring school shooter, and Cricket, a luckless middle-aged woman whose biggest concern is what kind of cake she’ll get for Survivor's Day.

…this is the finest piece of literature to ever come out of the state of Alabama. Backwaters: 12 Murky Tales is a gloriously tumescent chimera of Southern Gothic hallmarks, obsessively-described body horror, and bizarro-absurdist humor which despite its myriad components, comes out exceptionally coherent and expertly paced.