J.D. Hibbitts received an MFA in creative writing from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His work can be found in Thuglit, Forge, Poydras Review, and Prime Mincer and is forthcoming in Reed Magazine and pacificReview. A resident of Bristol, Tennessee, Hibbitts is currently working on a collection of short stories.
Spring 2014
Let What Comes Natural Fly
Michael saw his brother given over to cockfighting before, but this was new. Cade had a Mclean rooster tethered to an empty cable reel with 550 cord, one hand wrapped around its neck and the other working a pair of hair clippers over his bird’s tail feathers.