“The only shot fired there had been the
one that blew the hind leg off the donkey. Still harnessed to the cart, it
appeared to have bled slowly to death, hobbling in circles hauling its grisly
load until falling dead in the shafts.”
This tale of Texas Rangers by poet Rod Miller can be
found in the anthology Texas Rangers edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H.
Greenberg.
There are some other fine tales within but, to this
reader’s eye this one stands tall.
Tall as the legendary Rangers themselves.
It packs a wallop in a tight page count and shies away
from formula.
Well, worth seeking out.
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