by W. C. Tuttle
In the scorched reaches of Bitter Water Valley, a sheriff famed for his unbending devotion to the law sets out across the desert on a manhunt that becomes something far more intimate and unforgiving. As old grievances, family wounds, and frontier justice converge, the badlands strip every conviction to its core. W. C. Tuttle crafts a stark Western of moral conflict, harsh landscape, and the perilous line between duty and obsession.
Transcribed from Short Stories, January 25, 1928 (Doubleday, Page & Co.).