Damon Thomas is a sixth-generation Floridian who grew up on the banks of the Suwannee in rural Dixie County, FL. Here he experienced a Southernness that included sea monsters, swamp cabbage, and makeshift graves. Damon writes short “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”-like pieces that describe how the bookish might pass time in a Southern Gothic setting.

Hear Thomas read his one-of-a-kind stories at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at the Jessie Ball DuPont Center.