Santonio D. Murff is a three-time PEN America Prison Writing Award winner from Shreveport, Louisiana. His first novel, The San-Man: 7 Days of Hell, will be published this year by Righteous Publications. He is seeking a producer for his twice-PEN-awarded movie script The Cobra’s Cross. You can write him at Santonio D. Murff #773394 French M. Robertson, 12071 FM 3522 Abilene, Texas 79601
Santonio Murff
Articles by Santonio Murff
Monday September 9
Mass Incarceration: The Shame of a Nation
“This new criminal injustice system is doing exactly what it was designed to do; exactly what Jim Crow and slavery did before it.”
Monday June 29
Retired from the Game
Retired from the Game “Umm . . . excuse me, miss.” I halted the sensuous stride of the six-feet beauty of a correctional officer. “Yes?” she snapped, pausing with an attitude, no doubt tired of the horny, the heat, and the hot exchanges that all come with working a 12-hour shift at a men’s correctional
Tuesday June 28
The Cobra’s Cross
CHARACTERS Blackman Stang Yabba Orita Lil Man Kenya Old Woman Old Man FADE IN Ext: African village of Snakira—afternoon Snakira’s lone dusty road is reminiscent of an old western town with an Asian twist. An old man leading a mule that’s pulling a fruit laden wagon down the middle of the road lends to the