Anne Bentley

were preparing for bed when a shotgun blast sent buckshot deep into Elmer's rib cage

Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco

and as part of family scripture study

The Place of Dead Roads Saints Anne BentleyThis surreal fable, set in America's Old West, features a cast of notorious characters: The Crying Gun, who breaks into tears at the sight of his opponent; The Priest, who goes into gunfights giving his adversaries the last rites; and The Nihilistic Kid himself, Kim Carson, who, with a succession of beautiful sidekicks, sets out to challenge the morality of small town America. Fantastical and humorous, The Place of Dead Roads continues William