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Lush cypress trees in a swamp

toby leBlanc

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A little more color to this Cajun

A wayward Cajun writing about culture, where we've been, and where we're going. All thoughts my own, unless you share them with me.

DARK ROUX available now!

Upcoming Events

Sat, Mar 09
Dark Roux Signing
San Antonio
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Mar 09, 2024, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
San Antonio, 306 Pearl Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78215, USA
I'll be at the Twig in San Antonio signing copies of Dark Roux! There will be a farmer's market happening at the same time. Get your fixins for a gumbo and come pass a visit!
Sat, Aug 31
Lone Star Writer's Roundup
New Braunfels
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Aug 31, 2024, 9:00 AM – Sep 01, 2024, 5:00 AM
New Braunfels, 375 S Castell Ave, New Braunfels, TX 78130, USA
More details to come! Likely will have nearly 50 Texas authors to chat with!
Sat, Oct 28
Louisiana Book Festival
Baton Rouge
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Oct 28, 2023, 9:00 AM – Oct 29, 2023, 4:00 PM
Baton Rouge, 701 N 4th St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, USA
Hundreds of authors! Thousands of books! Millions of thoughts, memories, and stories!

Choices are always goodbye to something.

Addison, p. 156 Dark Roux

Contests and Publications

Kallisto Gaia Press, Joshua Tree Novel Prize~Finalist

Dark Roux, Unsolicited Press, 2022

Hidden River Arts, Hawk Mountain Short Story Collection ~ Longlisted

Faulkner Wisdom-Words Competition ~ Finalist

Black Lawrence Press, The Hudson Prize ~ Semi-Finalist

Texas Review Press, George Garrett Fiction Prize ~ Finalist

Leapfrog Press, Fiction Prize ~ Longlisted

The Writing District, Monthly Winner

Barrelhouse Magazine, Special Villains Issue

Deep South Magazine

Coffin Bell Journal, Issue 1.3

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Riding Covid Up

Apr 19, 2021
1 min

Riding Covid Up

This damn pandemic has made me spend more time outside. And that's good. I get to do things like boil crawfish for family I haven't seen...

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Mar 19, 2021
2 min

Toward emptiness

I'm currently reading Eudora Welty & Walker Percy: The Concept of Home in Their Lives. First, I'm amazed at how heady Montgomery can be...

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Feb 23, 2021
1 min

Katrina, but cold

Full disclosure: I was not in New Orleans for Katrina. The worst we had it in Baton Rouge was power loss for a week. I didn't even have...

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Sep 3, 2020
1 min

Soaked in Love

This summer my short story collection Soaked has been getting love from some amazing competitions: Finalist for the George Garrett...

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May 7, 2020
0 min

Wrote a review today

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Apr 22, 2020
2 min

The messiness of names

I read this lovely article yesterday: hub.com/the-question-of-homoeroticism-in-whitmans-poetry/ . In it the auther considers what makes...

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Les cris...

Mar 26, 2020
1 min

Les cris...

https://twitter.com/i/status/709490220190867457

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Mar 3, 2020
1 min

It's already out there

Just a little appetizer to get you ready for Dark Roux in 2022: https://deepsouthmag.com/2018/08/30/the-end-of-the-world-bar/

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