On the Rez and Other Stories
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Eb stood deep in thought, half way through the words about getting his living heart ripped out of his quivering torso, when he sensed a strangeness in the air. His eyesight cleared, at the same moment a fast- setting sun left him wrapped in shadows. The hair on his arms stiffened, a prickling worked its way from scalp to his toes, and he caught the whiff of smoldering rags, a ghoulish, evil odor burned his eyes, penetrating up his short nose. Eb was not alone. Something dark and heavy plunged towards him; something big, something fiend-like, crashed through the underbrush, growling as it came. The advancing lump was almost upon him. He couldn't move, he couldn't think. The growls became a guttural voice that was yelling, “Wolf Fiend! Wolf Fiend!”
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Fifteen stories of quiet longing and desire, of second chances, and no chance at all. In On the Rez, when you’re broken down and abandoned in Indian territory, on the dusty back roads of Kansas, there are certain to be monsters and fiends. In Ask for Anything, a family escaped into the Blue Ridge Mountains learns you do not always get what you think you want. In Florida Blues, a former lover on a prison visit must face regret, heartache, and frustration. While in California Quarter, a lady friend has not agreed to starving on the trip home.
About the Author
Barbara Wyatt Olson lives with her husband, Clark, in Springfield, Illinois, where she writes fiction with support from Jackie Jackson’s writer’s group. On the Rez received honorable mention from Glimmer Train. Other books include the travel memoirs Gondar, Ethiopia, and Christmas in Gondar.