Join us for Mud Flat Press’ Lit Chat #6 With Alec Clayton, Author of The Descendants of the Pirate Pegleg Josiah Johnson

At Mud Flat Press’ Lit Chat #6, April 26th on Zoom, Alec Clayton will read a brief selection from and discuss his twelfth novel, The Descendants the Pirate Pegleg Josiah Johnson. Get to know the crazy Johnson family from Hairless Harlan to Billy, the oldest who has never fit in, to Lizzy the dancer, to Larry the New York citified artist whom everyone loves; to sensible Eva and her wife Helen; and to Bryce the football player and history professor who tried to eat a hat.

The Descendants of the Pirate Pegleg Josiah Johnson Is Published at Last!

After more than three years in the works, Alec Clayton has finally finished his twelfth novel, The Descendants of the Pirate Pegleg Josiah Johnson.
Get to know the crazy Johnson family over time and one summer when all hell breaks loose and brothers and sisters learn anew how to love one another despite it all.
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Mud Flat Press’ Lit Chat #1 – Alec Clayton’s Locked In

Our first Lit Chat on October 1, 2023 was a reading from and discussion with Alec Clayton about his novel, Locked In, the story of newspaperman Willie Ray Rivers’ fight for justice in the little town of Hub City, Mississippi. Completely paralyzed and unable to talk after a stroke, Willie Ray’s story is told through … Read more