For Immediate Release
July 26, 2025

Nobody’s Home will publish two new works!

On August 9, 2025, the online anthology Nobody’s Home: Modern Southern Folklore is adding two new works of creative nonfiction by writers in the South. With a focus on the beliefs, myths, and narratives in Southern culture during the five-plus decades since 1970, these new works constitute the anthology’s sixth expansion.

The two contributors are Terry Barr and Dr. Janet Lynne Douglass, both of whom have contributed essays previously. Set in Alabama and South Carolina, Barr’s essay discusses the tenuous place that Halloween holds in a culture with diverse interpretations of the Christian faith. Douglass’s essay is set in the 2000s and looks back at her experiences operating a rural healthcare facility in South Carolina.

Editor Foster Dickson is proud to offer these additional essays that center on beliefs, myths, and narratives in the modern South. To learn more about the project, its focus, and its goals, you can read Foster’s introduction to the project “Myths are the truths we live by,” or other posts in his editor’s blog Groundwork. Writers who are still interested in adding their own voices to the anthology should read the submission guidelines to find out how to submit. The next Open Submissions Period for creative nonfiction will begin in April 2026, though reviews and interviews will be considered year-round.

The newly published works will be rolled out on Facebook on Saturday, August 9, and can also be accessed on the Index page later that day.