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THE FOG OF MEMORY

I stare at the old barn through the thick mist. My heart pounds. That barn burned down thirty years ago. Police thought a dropped lighter and moonshine turned that tinder-trap into a lethal blaze. But that wasn’t the cause. I … Continue reading

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MIDNIGHT WOLF

“Leave him be, Billy.” “Dumb wolf cur always stares at us.” “It’s just his way.” Billy hurls another rock, but I knock it down with my book. Not a sound comes from the fenced in junkyard, but I know from … Continue reading

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The Posse

Two days of hard riding with nothing to show but parched throats and dust. Now the red rock of the wall loomed ahead, the perfect spot for the Cheyenne Kid and his gang to pick off the posse. Marshall Briggs … Continue reading

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