Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, California turned out to be the right town at the wrong time. That’s how he sized...
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Author: Paul Talbot
Bishop, California
Bishop, California rattled like a dustbin in a hot, dry wind. Stiff breezes roared down from the...
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Stateline, Nevada
Stateline, Nevada was where she stopped for breakfast. She hadn’t hit a buffet in ages. Not a bad...
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Stanfield, Oregon
Stanfield, Oregon just up and vanished. Seven storms crashed through and turned the place into a...
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Woodside, Utah
Woodside, Utah never meant much to them because they weren’t churchgoers. Hadn’t sat in a pew...
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Sunnyside, Utah
Sunnyside, Utah struck her as a contender, possibly a good place to lie low. Early one morning...
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Tehachapi, California
Tehachapi, California shook like a bedsheet rippling on a clothesline. Those Southern Pacific...
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Hotel Bel-Air
Hotel Bel-Air guests like her were as commonplace as its hydrangeas and gardenias. Statuesque,...
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Carlsbad, New Mexico
Carlsbad New Mexico lies along the Pecos River a few miles east from where Jim White rode his...
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Helena Flats, Montana
Helena Flats, Montana felt as if it had fallen out of tune. After being away a few years, the...
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Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs, California stirred as little as possible. Another afternoon of hot wind washed over...
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Baker, Nevada
Baker, Nevada was where he heard the news. Standing in a phone booth rattling in the gray wind,...
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