The Faded Frontier
My boots crunched on the salt crust, the sound sharp as a breaking tooth. I was halfway across the dry bed of the Rio Grande when the horizon began to warp. It wasn't heat. The air was still, heavy with the smell of sulfur and old rust. The white expanse stretched out, a blank page waiting for a stain. I held the letter in my left hand, the paper damp with sweat. My mother’s voice was gone, but...
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