Texas Fall

by Boyd Craven III, Boyd Craven Jr, LA Bayles

Preparing for hard times was second nature to native Texans. For the Garcia siblings, it wasn't a matter of if, but when something would happen. Despite their careers taking them in separate directions across the state, nothing could stop the brother-and-sister duo from meeting back up when an EMP takes most of the country back to the stone age.

An old rancher and cowboy, set in his ways, considers retirement. All he has left in this world is the joy he gets from teaching and training a new generation of cowboys and ranch hands. He remembers the time before indoor plumbing and electricity. When the power goes out for good, he's in pretty good shape. What he wasn't expecting was the darker nature of humanity.

Brian and his friends live on his family's property in a communal living arrangement. They call themselves new-age hippies, but they really live their lives deliberately. They grow and eat organic; they strive not to harm the environment. Many of them are running from the evils that haunt their dreams.

When evil hunts for the group just south of Rice, Texas, will they rise to the challenge, or will they fall short?

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Published May 31, 2023