Category: Fiction & Poetry

  • The Pale Fires of El Llano Estacado

    The Pale Fires of El Llano Estacado

    They rode like wolves and struck like lightning and vanished like smoke. And the Apache, for…

  • The Womb and the Wall

    The Womb and the Wall

    “The vial lay atop her dresser, open, half full still, the label worn by sweat but…

  • A Quiet in the Smoke

    A Quiet in the Smoke

    He smelled wood and cordite and the last supper’s lard still caking the pan.

  • The Stranger Appeared

    The Stranger Appeared

    By morning, the stranger was gone. But a silence had settled over the town, an unease…

  • Killer Idea!

    Killer Idea!

    “Yes’em. We spent our whole lives calling it old wives’ talk. Said it weren’t real. Said…