{"id":242,"date":"2024-11-21T17:40:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zacharytaylorbranch.com\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:14:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:14:58","slug":"the-gateway-now-in-the-b-cubed-press-southern-truths-anthology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zacharytaylorbranch.com\/?page_id=242","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Gateway&#8221; now in the B Cubed Press Southern Truths anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Southern Truths is a bold look at southern culture that looks beyond pecan pie, peach cobbler and BBQ.  It looks at the people and the attitudes that make up the south.&nbsp; Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, but always looking at the South as only B Cubed Press can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In &#8220;The Gateway,&#8221; I speculate about a parallel reality in which emerging computer technology is suppressed, much to the distress of one H. 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