Things Can Get Weird Being a Writer in a Town with No Books

The Mayberry Chronicles continue

Paul Combs
Blow Your Stack
Published in
4 min readApr 18, 2024

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Photo by Melody Zimmerman on Unsplash

In the last chapter of The Mayberry Chronicles (aka my move from the chaos of Dallas-Fort Worth to the different but equally chaotic wilds of East Texas) I wrote about things my neighbors probably think about me as “the new guy.” I didn’t think that list was comprehensive by any means, but I’ve been surprised…

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Paul Combs
Blow Your Stack

Writer, bookseller, would-be roadie for the E Street Band. My ultimate goal is to make books as popular in Texas as high school football...it may take a while.