Happy New Year
Novelist and alligator wrangler Daniel Wallace welcomes 2009 as only he could. Read on >
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Christmas in Alabama
"Who took the Christ out of Christmas?" asks novelist Daniel Wallace on his Thicket blog. "I feel like it might have been my family. I don’t believe we were totally responsible; there were others like us." Read more >
After it was dead, I had to gut it…
The water had to be exactly 140 degrees, because this was the temperature, according to the book, that made plucking the bird a much easier chore than it would have been otherwise. Read more >
How I Killed My First Chicken
This is the story of how I came to kill my first chicken. It was a rooster. There are pictures of it, too. Read more, see more >
Unpublished Novels Part II: Rosemary
The object, if not the subject, of my second failed attempt at novel-writing will doubtless serve as a tintinnabulation to many of the older denizens of Birmingham. By which I mean, this might ring a bell. Read more>> >
My Unpublished Novels: Part I
Journal of a Cuckold - this is the title of my first novel, but last unpublished novel (so far). It's a dark and hopeless book with a great little cartoon sketch. Read more, see more >
A Night at the Circus
Novelist and Thicket blogger Daniel Wallace muses on fatherhood, the circus, and The Mighty Michu coming out of a cannon at 68 miles an hour. Read more >
Armadillos in Alabama
What sound does an Armadillo make? Daniel Wallace, a native of Alabama and author of the novel Big Fish, talks about his fascination with the animal. Read more >
