The Legend of Payne Road

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The leaves are falling, it’s getting dark early, and the temperature is hovering on the chilly side. Just in time for Halloween, our graduate student intern, Tim, has prepared a post about a spooky local legend. Read on to find out more on the legend of Payne Road.

house1 “Payne Road” house, courtesy of the book Triad Hauntings.

As Halloween draws near, many folks around Winston-Salem will be decorating their homes with ghoulish and ghostly decor while cutely costumed children will be making the rounds of their local neighborhoods. For sure, a safer and more family friendly Halloween experience. But for those looking for a little mischievous adventure…there is an area just north of Rural Hall that has been the attraction of many a teenager/ twenty-something for the past 50 years. This locale is known as “Payne Road.” I first learned of this area about 20 years ago while employed at…

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My new chapbook Close To the Bone is available now

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It contains what I think are the best poems I’ve written over the last few years. Coping with the creeping sense of mortality that settles in in your mind to late thirties the poems deal with illness, grief and fighting to stay afloat in these increasingly violent currents. The chapbook is limited to 25 copies so get yours today.

Close To the Bone