Category: PART OF A SERIES
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THE THING ABOUT COWBOYS, CHAPTER 4: The Slow Burn
This is the fourth chapter of a story that will run all week. Sam Snyder wasn’t the type to push. That was the first thing Jolene noticed about him. He kept showing up at the Rusty Hammer, buying things in small amounts—first the fencing staples, then a new set of work gloves, later a coil…
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THE THING ABOUT COWBOYS, CHAPTER 3: Unsolicited Offers
This is the third chapter of a story that will run all week. Jolene first noticed Dodd Frisco watching her from across the parking lot of the Eggs & Ammo, leaning against his rust-eaten Falcon wagon, sipping something from a gas station cup that she suspected wasn’t just soda. His kind of interest wasn’t new…
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THE THING ABOUT COWBOYS, CHAPTER 2: A Few Years Later
‘The Thing About Cowboys’ was a story that initially ran back on March 16th of this year. It was a tale of Jolene, her 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air, and misplaced love for a cowboy. Readers wanted to know whatever became of Jolene. Turns out there was a much bigger story. It will run all week.…
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A FATHER’S LOVE, Chapter 10
The final chapter in a series of ten stories. Duke De Kalb calmly put the Impala into REVERSE and pulled it around the corner and down the dark dead end road as the sun just began its ascent in the east. By the first vestiges morning light, it was tucked back into the enclosed trailer and…
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A FATHER’S LOVE, Chapter 9
This is Chapter 9 in a series of ten stories. Behind the wheel of the 1946 Chevrolet 3600 Dually, Duke De Kalb looked around the cabin of the old truck and marveled at how much it reminded him of the plane he’d been in when he was shot down. The oily metallic smell. The gauges that were…
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A FATHER’S LOVE, Chapter 8
This is Chapter 8 in a series of ten stories. Months went by. Large blue tarps covered the Impala and trailer in the barn, not that there was ever anyone in the barn other than Duke or Dusty, anyway. Just an added precaution. A month or so later a third vehicle was added to the collection. Duke drove…
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A FATHER’S LOVE, Chapter 7
This is Chapter 7 in a series of ten stories. Abigail was married again within a year. Someone she’d met in Dallas. Several years older. He’d been married before but never fully explained the reasons for his divorce, leaving Abigail with the belief she needn’t explain her own. Duke De Kalb didn’t care for Husband Number Two from…
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A FATHER’S LOVE, Chapter 6
This is Chapter 6 in a series of ten stories. Best friends Abigail De Kalb and Eileen Parker headed off to TCU together in the fall of 1958. At the end of their sophomore year at TCU Eileen Parker had been called home under unusual circumstances involving her father. Abigail went on to graduate, but not…
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A FATHER’S LOVE, Chapter 5
This is Chapter 5 in a series of ten stories. Duke De Kalb spent the fall of 1957 and spring of 1958 getting ready to send his one and only child off to college. It was going to be as painful for him as it was joyous for her. He didn’t allow himself to think about exactly…
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A FATHER’S LOVE, Chapter 4
This is Chapter 4 in a series of ten stories. Everyone expected Duke De Kalb to come to his senses and surrender his daughter to her maternal grandparents who’d taken care of her since birth. Everyone was wrong. He certainly didn’t deny them every opportunity to see their granddaughter, but he never considered even once that…