The First Rule of Hunting

The First Rule of Hunting

The grove was at least new country. Open land littered with stunted sagebrush and patches of clumpgrass changed into a dense mess of black cottonwoods, hawthorne, and some sort of lowgrowing bush that kept tying itself around our ankles and tripping us up.

The Binding of Me

The Binding of Me

My father pulled out a blindfold and told me to cover my eyes. He said it was the best way to learn. His hands were coarse and sweaty when I took the blindfold, and he was breathing in tight gulps.

Josh deLacy