Short stories
It was very hot when the sheriff sucked meditatively at his pipe in the county jail and listened abstractedly to the buzzing of the mob outside. It was dark, of course. Mobs do not often form in daylight--not mobs who propose to lynch one not especially reputable citizen for t...
It was very hot when the sheriff sucked meditatively at his pipe in the county jail and listened abstractedly to the buzzing of the mob outside. It was dark, of course. Mobs do...
2. Part 2He was crouched down, deadly and desperate and despairing of help from above. He was going to be killed. He was quite sure of it. But his tired brain was clinging desperately to...