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To Catch a Gopher

To Catch a Gopher

by | Jan 24, 2022 | S, Short Story, Steve Carr

I grew up on a farm where my father grew maize in the northern region of central Mexico, on the edge of the Sonoran desert, just a few miles from the U.S. border. It wasn’t a good place for growing much of anything and the water that fell there barely watered a...
UP IN ARMS

UP IN ARMS

by | Jan 2, 2019 | S, Short Story, Steve Carr

Hard rain falling on the sidewalk woke Lester Spikowitz from sound, whiskey-induced sleep. He slowly opened his eyes as his eyelids became unglued from his bloodshot eyeballs. A hazy pale gray light shone through the ground level window. He ran his fuzzy-feeling...
THE SAGUARO TWO STEP

THE SAGUARO TWO STEP

by | Oct 10, 2017 | S, Short Story, Steve Carr

With the sheriff’s flashlight shining in his face, Kevin Maduro tried to appear calm. The headlights from the sheriff’s car lit the ground, his brother Kyle, and their two horses in white light. +++++“What no good you two up to out here on horseback this...