We hear the story that won the 2019 Howl Grand Slam, held in December at St. Lawrence University’s Gulick Theatre.

It’s told by Aaron Todd of Canton, who also shared what inspired his to tell that particular story.

Writer Chanelle Benz earned her Upstate street cred, receiving her M.F.A. in Creative Writing in Syracuse. But she now lives in Memphis, and her recent novel, "The Gone Dead," conjures up a setting - the Mississippi Delta - that is anything but cold and snowy.