White Feather perched in the canopy, high above the La Tho River, with a $30,000 price on his head. A platoon of Vietcong snipers had been stalking him for days. His scope, however, was set on a small, thin woman pacing in the shadows of her houch. (This short is inspired by real people and real events.)
Ruth Newell is an independent author of several collections of poetry, flash fiction and essays. Professionally, she produced hundreds of travel and news articles and has spent decades promoting zero waste technology and sustainability, composing a variety of technical documents, fundraising and marketing material, as well as website content for Native American tribes, government entities, and corporations. Prior to that, she was the schoolmarm in a one-room schoolhouse where she taught creative writing.