Tom shuffled into the kitchen, bleary-eyed and yawning, the gray light of dawn seeping through the blinds. He flicked on the coffee maker, long since gone cold from yesterday’s brew, and poured the stale, dark liquid into his chipped ceramic mug. He’d turned the machine off last night—why waste power keeping it warm? It was…

There are men born with the sense of a barn owl, men graced with the common sense of a fence post, and then there is Brandon Blount—a man whose thought process, if it can be called such, operates on a plane of reality not yet charted by science. Mr. Blount, a 39-year-old specimen hailing from…

In a grand display of legislative valor, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, flanked by her trusty Montana counterpart, Steve Daines, has unsheathed the Small County PILT Parity Act—a bill of such magnificent importance that one wonders how civilization has managed to persist without it. This noble measure, aimed at counties with fewer than 5,000 souls,…

Nevada Pushes Back, Of Course President Donald Trump has taken it upon himself to tighten up the election process with all the vigor of a frontier sheriff cleaning up a crooked town. In a move that has sent many a bureaucrat into fits of righteous indignation, he has signed an executive order demanding that voters…

A Grave Reminder The Grim Reaper has been keeping himself mighty busy on Nevada’s highways, and if the latest numbers are correct, he ain’t planning to retire anytime soon. Last year alone, 412 families had the misfortune of setting an extra place at supper out of habit, only to remember that their loved one had…

There are many ways to make an impression on a Friday night, but piloting a Porsche up Geiger Grade like the Devil himself was riding shotgun is one of the more memorable—if not advisable—methods. Late on March 28, a 2016 Porsche Coupe was engaged in what might generously be called an unwise expedition northbound on…

Being a fan of Mark Twain and Dan DeQuille and their journalism style, called “Quaints,” I decided to update the style (for myself) as I continue to write at Substack. And so, may I present Fictalism (n.) – A literary approach that blends fiction and journalism, using narrative techniques traditionally found in storytelling—such as character…

My throat felt rough as gravel, and my eyelids heavy as a sack of wet grain. “How much longer I got to stay awake, Pa?” “Just a little bit longer, boy,” Pa said, his tone steady. “You’ll get a chance to rest soon enough.” He poked at the blaze with a stick, sending sparks swirling…

If the Virginia City Muckers felt high and mighty after steamrolling Coleville 14-4, the Portola Tigers quickly brought them back to earth. The Muckers took a 13-8 tumble, marking their fourth straight defeat at the hands of the Tigers. With that loss, Virginia City now finds itself in rough shape at 2-7 on the season,…

They say turnabout is fair play, and the Lowry Buckaroos took that to heart when they stepped onto the field against the Fernley Vaqueros. With memories of their last meeting in March still fresh, Lowry made sure there would be no repeat of that loss, galloping away with an emphatic 11-3 victory. For whatever reason,…