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The wind came hard across the dusty plains of Red Valley, carrying the smell of dry grass, sweat, and danger. It was late afternoon in…

In September of 1878, in the Colorado Territory, Cole Brennan rode west toward Silverdale with eight dollars in his pocket, a Colt revolver at his…

September 1878 arrived cold in the Colorado Territory, though the calendar still claimed it was too early for winter to bare its teeth. Cole Brennan…

“Please,” I said, my voice shaking so badly I could barely hear myself. “May I ask him what he means?” The boy’s mother hesitated. She…

Sometimes the smallest acts of kindness arrive at the exact moment a person is closest to vanishing from his own life. At sixty-two, Eli Boon…

The boy grabbed his leg and screamed. It was not the ordinary crying of a child denied something sweet, nor the thin frightened whimper of…

“We have to leave now.” “But I’m scared.” “I know, but we must go.” “Okay.” “Stay close.” The wind moved over the dusty auction yard…

Nobody knew how long she had been lying there. By the time Eli Mercer heard her voice, the day was already collapsing into evening. The…

The boy grabbed his leg and screamed. It was not the ordinary crying of a child who had fallen or been frightened by a barking…