by Gabriel Huff | Jun 12, 2025 | Stories
LEBRON HAGGARD’S dream formed within the confines of his Manchester garage. Inside, he and his friends milled malt, combined the grain with hot water, boiled its contents, initiated fermentation, and then conditioned the liquid. In the end, they possessed beer ready...
by Gabriel Huff | Jun 12, 2025 | Stories
WHEN PEOPLE walk into Dawn Selvage’s clinic, they do not feel reduced to a number that pays the bill. Instead, they enter a home, where patients are treated like family. In Selvage’s eyes, that’s what makes her clinic different. The Manchester Care Clinic lies in the...
by Gabriel Huff | Apr 17, 2025 | Stories
ADDIE BROWN’S heart rapidly thumps as she enters the Celeste Center’s oval arena. Sitting high on her horse, Wimpy Cocktail — also known as Otis — the 13-year-old rehearses maneuvers in her mind and tries to block out the noise of the crowd, gathered from all over the...
by Gabriel Huff | Apr 17, 2025 | Cover
BJ SYLVIA walks with an invisible ache in her heart, sinking ever deeper and never relenting for long. The tightness does not emanate guilt, anger, or regret. Instead, it betrays the soul of a mother and teacher burdened by the pain of children — some deeply hurt,...
