Dreamers and desperadoes: contemporary short fiction of the American West
Westerns
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Short stories featuring working people in the West. "Winter of '19" tells how two sheep ranchers save their flock during a blizzard. "Do You Hear Your Mother Talking?" tells of a millworker's and a lumberjack's romance. And "Sleepwalkers" tells of… a hotel maid's adjustment to the guests' schedules. Strong language. 1993. Sweetheart / Iliana of the pleasure dreams / Heartwood / The Snowies, the Judiths / Bigfoot stole my wife - I am Bigfoot / Paraiso: an elegy / Winter of '19 / Why I am a danger to the public / Do you hear your mother talking? / Nevada dreams / Eggs -- Abscences - Cicadas -- Growing tomatoes / Sleepwalkers / Mint / The interior of North Dakota / The woman who would eat flowers / Dropping anchor / Idaho man / Slaughterhouse / Whitney and Tracie / Science meets prophecy / Cry about a nickel / Optimists / Girls / Personal silence / Nebraska / Friends and fortunes / A family resemblance / Rock garden / The flower girls / Death by browsing / I could love you (if I wanted) / Emerald City: Third & Pike / It's come to this / Sea animals / The room / Pragmatists / Migrants / Double face / Boat people / Talking to the dead / The Indian lawyer / Buried poems /