Equilibrium
November 19, 2025 By Mickey Dunaway Since my spinal fusion surgery on November 3, 2020, my equilibrium has been shot to hell. I don’t recall that anyone told me that… Read more Equilibrium →
Are You Getting Older or Getting Old
By Mickey Dunaway Reprinted with Permission by Currents Magazine | AUG 2025 | Cornelius, NC With the hardware in my body, sometimes, I feel like Steve Austin. You remember him—the Six Million Dollar Man— today… Read more Are You Getting Older or Getting Old →
The Final Frontier …
… with a final lesson from Mother By Mickey Dunaway Reprinted with Permission by Currents Magazine | JULY 2025| Cornelius, NC I acknowledged my 78th birthday back in December, and I am… Read more The Final Frontier … →
DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM
A Teenage Story of Terror By Phillip Saunders, Montgomery, Alabama __________ NOTE FROM THE EDITOR of SOUTHERN EXPOSURES I have had the pleasure of knowing Phillip for quite a few… Read more DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM →
The Matriarch
By Mickey Dunaway Reprinted with Permission by Currents Magazine May 2024| Cornelius, NC Before joining UNCC as a professor of educational leadership in 2005, I spent 30 years in three states in… Read more The Matriarch →
Almost Dead—A SHORT STORY
By Mickey Dunaway The stories I publish here are mostly true. The story below is totally fiction. That said, it is based on many facts. I have been out in… Read more Almost Dead—A SHORT STORY →
Don’t Ignore Life’s Limits
By Mickey Dunaway | Reprinted with Permission by Currents Magazine | JAN 2024 | Cornelius, NC Every new January is a time we typically use to do a little self-reflection… Read more Don’t Ignore Life’s Limits →
You Ought to Write a Novel
On a visit to see my mother in Montgomery in aside – probably unrelated to the conversation we were having – she surprised me with, “Mick, you ought to write… Read more You Ought to Write a Novel →
Southern Exposures 