Nights like this, when autumn’s stained-glass skies blow jagged kisses, death comes sweet as candy and cruel as […]
Never thought I’d be sorry to say goodbye to the Shiloh Valley Veteran’s Hospital. Spent most every day […]
North Dakota / 1883 Papa had been right, damn his puny parched heart. Phillip hadn’t the stones to […]
DAY ONE / MORNING / CENTRAL CALIFORNIA I’m not much for talking but my mind’s never quiet and […]
Ten paces away, a buck tests the wind at the creek’s edge. Its antlers are a heavy crown […]
The sky was still dark when we were rousted from our cots, fitted with oak claymores and driven […]
They say you reap what you sow, but that’s a crock. I worked two jobs to put him […]
The only place rowdier than the Rez was the Blue Collar Bar and Grill. And the only woman […]
– California / Sierra Nevada Mountains – Racing daylight and coyotes at this point. May not be lost […]
Trust the General to send her on a last-minute mission and expect flawless execution. She’d grabbed the manila […]
Not unusual to get thrown by a new horse. Common sense to get back up on it. Best […]
The Phoenix Noodle House was a fixture in the Fog City neighborhood. Its menu was billed as ‘the […]
I’m on the way to the elevator when she pushes out of the stairwell door. Always doing things […]
I was fifteen when the apocalypse blew up half the town, including the Five And Dime, with my […]
You know you’ve made it to the bigs when the smoke shop truck comes to you. And we’re […]
NO JOKE A coyote and an alligator walk into a bar. Sounds like the setup to a […]