Nebraska, 1975 “I will mom, I’ll be careful.” Meg braced the phone with her shoulder while digging through her purse. If she could find another dime, she’d have just enough for the burger and Coke. “Yeah, rain’s coming down hard here too. That’s why I pulled off the road.” Ah-ha! A dime plus two quarters! […]
Free Western Story: Hester’s Vanity
In Atlas Sam’s tent saloon outside Camp Stambaugh, Herman told his friends about the wife. “I swear it happened almost overnight, her puttin’ up these picture frames all over the place—over the sink, over the fireplace, two or three on the bedroom wall.” Herman never saw so many picture frames in his life, and he […]
