Southwest Gothic: Recent Episodes
Adrianne Montoya
You meet the most unexpected people when you drive alone on strange highways. Sometimes, you meet narcosaints.
If a divine image can be removed from the altar to be punished, what hope is there for naughty children who’ve been stealing from the altar?
A solitary ghost is said to haunt the south shore of the Great Salt Lake, still dwelling on the punishment given him by the city he wronged.
How cheekiness, or the picaresque, colors our interactions with deity, devils, and Death.
A haunting at a hotel in Bisbee, Arizona is chalked up to a prostitute who died there in the early 20th century.
The case of a 19th century Colorado pioneer who admitted to cannibalism but denied charges of murder.
A quick and dirty review of how literary history, human geography, and folklore come together in the way we tell our stories.
What did your parents warn you about? Are the cautions always necessary? What if you're curious? Strap a pistol to your hip and come see what awaits along that unpaved, unlit, deeply wooded road.