The Milk House

If you want to support #TheMilkHouse and get to read some amazing writing, I would recommend the 2026 Best in Rural Writing anthology. Get your copy here: themilkhouse.org/product/2026-b…

This week on #TheMilkHouse: The legacy of a fruit farm hangs in the balance in Emma Tozer's short story "Scions." Read it here: themilkhouse.org/the-scions-by-…

This week on The Milk House: A haunting turns problematic, in the short story "Narcissus" by Róisín O'Grady. Read it here: themilkhouse.org/narcissus-by-r…

We're excited to announce that @will__weaver is the judge of the 2026 #BestinRuralWriting Contest. Will Weaver is the author of Sweet Land and Red Earth, White Earth (both turned into films), as well as many more great books. Learn more about Will here: themilkhouse.org/2026-best-in-r…

This week on #TheMilkHouse: A boy tries to make sense of his unusual pet in the essay "A Snake Named Snake" by @DaraghFleming. Read it here: themilkhouse.org/a-snake-named-…

This week on The Milk House: A young man on the verge of change gets valuable advice from his mother, in William Gary Cole's essay "Wild Strawberries." Read it here: themilkhouse.org/wild-strawberr…

Thanks to @TheMilkHouse team for producing this wonderful collection of rural tales from storytellers around the world. So chuffed Crazy Train — a story of three Kiwi townie misfits who enter a rodeo — made the cut. #crazytrain #kiwi #story #NewZealand

@mistersism It's certainly our pleasure!

This week on #TheMilkHouse: An Irish man has to decide how an unfortunate incidence is going to shape him, in the short story "Rained Off" by Michael Fitzgerald. Read it here: themilkhouse.org/rained-off-by-…

This week on #TheMilkHouse: After tasked with a serious responsibility, Sara Fleming takes a moment to rest and reflect, in her excerpt "Fields and Streams." Read it here: themilkhouse.org/fields-and-str…

This week on #TheMilkHouse: Rural community resilience takes on a new meaning, in the short story "American Testament" by Michael Lundy. Read it here: themilkhouse.org/american-testa…

This week on #TheMilkHouse: A childhood in snow is pondered in Tom Milburn's essay "Winter on the Farm: A Memoir." Read it here: themilkhouse.org/winter-on-the-…

The editor of The Milk House, @PenOfRyanDennis, talks about what the journal has been up to, as well as his memoir #BarnGothic, in this interview with @SuccessfulFarm. Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=-TN-ME…

This week on #TheMilkHouse: A father and son's final moments together recounts their familial past, in Dan Tamblyn's short story "Pour Three Fingers and Grab Me a Beer." themilkhouse.org/pour-three-fin…

In July, a rush to get dry harvest in the barn before a summer storm, our family of girls pirouetted from housework to hay wagons... This week on #TheMilkHouse: "In Long Exhale and Other Poetry" by Nancy Huxtable Mohr. themilkhouse.org/in-long-exhale…

Congratulations to @WilliamBurtch2 on an excellent collection rural short stories, titled #OtherwiseWretched. Available from Sunbury Press: sunburypress.com/collections/fi…

This week on #TheMilkHouse: Two young boys are forced to reckon with adult matters, in the short story "Nameless" by Daniel Heila. Read it here: themilkhouse.org/nameless-by-da…

@WaltonPoetry It's our pleasure to get to share such strong work.

Many thanks to Ryan Dennis for bringing me into The Milk House fold @TheMilkHouse

"The cattle have grazed through the wait anxious at the gate getting noisy..." This week on #TheMilkHouse: Made in Milk and Other Poems by @WaltonPoetry. Read them here: themilkhouse.org/made-in-milk-a…

I am reading...THE PROOF! (Looking for mistakes 🥸) #Proof #DebutNovel #AmReading