(Timeline: This story takes place 7 years before the events of Bargain at Bravebank, book 1 of The Legacy of Lucky Logan series. Rated R for some language and implications of violence.) Holt Haggerty poked at the campfire with a stick, lookin’ across the cracklin’ flames to the kid, who sat sullen and silent. Van stared blankly into the flames, hardly blinkin’. He hadn’t been the same since they’d left Two Rivers, Colorado, though Holt didn’t fault him fer that. Learning that any of yer ... View Post

(TIMELINE: This story takes place roughly 13 years after the story Beneath the Christmas Star, and roughly 14 years before the events of Bargain at Bravebank. RATED PG for one swear word and implications of violence.) “Van Jensen Delano, where is your coat?” Van heard his mother’s voice echo back through the house, but only barely registered her words. He was too intent on his work: carving out a chunk of wood he’d rescued from beside the hearth into his very own wooden pistol. He was ... View Post

(TIMELINE: This story takes place roughly ten years after the tale LUCKY LOGAN, and roughly four years before the short story BENEATH THE CHRISTMAS STAR. RATED R for language, lewd humor, and sexual situations.) “God damn, I’m freezin’ my goddamn balls off up here,” Holt Haggerty hissed, his breath puffin’ clouds of vapor up around his head. ‘Lucky’ Logan Delano snorted from where he sat wedged into one corner of the general store’s roof, bundled up in all his best winter clothes just ... View Post