“So you don’t believe in our ‘folk tales,’ huh?” the Indian fishing guide, using air-quotes, asked the younger man. He’d been telling the out-of-stater some of the Paiute’s scariest myths and legends, hoping to add a seed of doubt to the man’s cynical attitude about native ways. “I don’t believe in UFO, Bigfoot, or the…

The night before last, Brady had found the first signs of slaughter. The snow had fallen clean and new, a soft quilt draped across the valley, but it hadn’t stayed white for long. Near the fenceline of Miguel Lardizábal’s pasture, he’d found the sheep, what was left of them, strewn about like rag dolls, throats…

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Today, I was pleasantly surprised to be published as a guest blogger in “Happiness between Tails by da-Al,” who in her own words, describes her childhood as having been “spent between U.S. coasts and parts of Spain while I corresponded with my grandmother in Argentina.” This one line sounds magical all by itself! Aside from…

“I had a completely different idea about what All-Souls day meant,” she smiled. “What, did you misspell it in your head, too?” he asked. “Yes, and when I had to kick off my shoes or be dragged skyward, I finally got it,” she returned. “It definitely isn’t what anyone was thinking while listen to bible…

The doctor said, ‘brain tumor,’ but those two words vanished as she added, ‘six months to live,’ and ‘immediate treatment.’ To make matters worse, a deadly Zombie virus was been making the global rounds. He had a decision to make and he had to be quick about it. It was easy, slipping into the isolation…

There’s a fairy ring of mushrooms growing in my front yard. The only option to safely remove them is to pull them up wholesale. It wasn’t long before I regretted doing so. Several things mysteriously went missing from the house: an entire jar of change, the television remote, my truck keys, my favorite coffee cup. “What…

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It was a situation Tom never thought of and one which should’ve never happened. But once it was brought to his attention, as a supervisor, he knew he couldn’t let it stand. A dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks van operator came to him complaining that the know-it-all woman in the front office kept changing the number of exemptions on…

“You’re gonna do what?” I asked. “I’m going to leave Circus-Circus and go to work for Port of Subs.” In my mind, I was sure Mary was making a mistake. Leaving the third highest position in the housekeeping department of one of the largest hotel/casinos in Reno seemed crazy. Yet, that’s exactly what my wife…