Coming soon—Corvairs & Horny Toads

My short story collection...and more

Starting in the new year, I’ll be releasing every story from my collection “Corvairs & Horny Toads”—one story at a time—right here in your inbox. Or you can click here to check out the website.

Spanning the last century in a fictional High Plains town, my stories explore how this unique part of the world instills grit, determination, acceptance and forgiveness. I’ve painted vivid pictures of a town that—despite being built on a harsh, isolated, windblown landscape—is home to a surprisingly diverse and vibrant population.

And it will be a podcast, too.

I’ll share these stories with you in my own voice, complete with the accent I’ve stubbornly clung to. My twang is as much a part of me as the Native roots on my daddy’s side and the tough homesteaders who clawed out a living in half-dugouts on my mother’s side. So, you’ll hear me read my stories in my native Native voice.

Once the podcast is launched, click the link in your email to listen. Or you can listen wherever you get your podcasts. Or read every story yourself onscreen; it’s your choice.

Between stories, I may go off on tangents—no, I will go off on tangents—and I hope you’ll hang on and go with me when I get started on animals and how important they are to me and should be to everyone, the environment, Indigenous issues, the necessity of art, the importance of compassion and empathy and kindness. Then swinging off to clothes I like, a pair of shoes that can send me floating on a cloud of joy, my mother and father and what amazing people they were, jobs I loved or hated, the joy of food (healthy and otherwise), how to make a good chicken-fried steak and cream gravy (then how to work it off), exercise, coffee, Dr. Peppers, sugar-free sweetener…the list goes on.

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Join me, won’t you? Comment, share your thoughts. Let’s spend some time together, shall we?