TOUGH

D eputy Carson wiped the humidity from the inside of the windshield and squinted through the glass. The distant shapes were still a blur, so...

T he underfilled suit shuffling across the dining room of the two-star French restaurant houses the earthly remains of Fortunato Pensa, once...

I t was after the sixth pig had come down with the fever that my father made his decision. He was a hard, weathered man whose creased face...

W orking nights made the job easier. Folks in town appreciated it too. Joe Gosser had a business to run. People understood that, but even 10...