The Stench
Barley Montrose, a destitute and altogether ruined coalminer, stumbles into a way out of poverty with an ancient and esoteric mystic, who claims to have discovered gold deep underground.
What he discovers in place of this promise is all the more horrifying and necessary than anything he could have previously imagined.
Montrose’s path towards destruction, extending to far-flung corners of the country that he can barely remember through the haze of drink, comes back to him as he descends into madness and revelation.
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Ysidro
The story of a young boy born by the river, living a life of blissful innocence and beauty in the face of a darkening future. Through the weeks he builds great wonders with scraps of wood, living in makeshift teepees and creating epitaphs to perfection.
It is on one of these epitaphs that he is swept away by the flooding Rio Grande and taken on a mystifying adventure with his friend and suspected apparition, Tusa. Together, they witness the combined beauty of nature and delicacy.
At night, Tusa takes Ysidro back home to his mother, where they care for each other, back where they started.
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On Magnificent Apostates
A revolt against the newly-placed American government in New Mexico catapults a wide array of mountain men, soldiers, and civilians into the throes of violence and war. As the fronts of conflict close in, all are united in desperation to survive—or take revenge.
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And So, And So
Two men set up camp on the eve of the last day of their lives. The scene: a stream runs parallel to the Borrego Pass, just outside the Canyon de Chelly, whereupon Ivan and Montrose Sr. make fire on their way to wage war against the Navajo people, a part of Kit Carson’s 1863 campaign.
In the midst of their feckless bickering, an illusory figure appears and begins to reveal their darkest secrets and fears against the darkening mesa, wherein nobody survives unscathed.
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Shall My West Hurt Me?
Two genízaros, enslaved to the descendants of Spanish conquistadors in the village of Abiquiú, languish in their florid chains and dreamlike desires in the moments leading to a day which has the potential to separate them forever.
Inés and Saúl are not their names.
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Remembering Arthur Mendington
An insane bounty hunter, dedicated to vanquishing evil from the world, is accompanied by an ostensibly unassuming scribe up Silver City’s Bear Mountain for the purposes of vanquishing a dragon that may or may not exist.
Along the way, they stumble upon robbers, goblins, and even British Pagans that worship corduroy pants, all while learning valuable lessons in quest-taking and death-dealing!
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Vertices
A well-fitting ending, all things considered.
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