Her nightmares came from what she saw and experienced when the door had opened to reveal evil and violence that until that trip had been closed to her. Now she knew what some people – despite their manner and packaging – were capable of. It still shook her to her core.

Hypothermia was curling back its lips and exposing its sharp teeth.

I’ll tell anyone who will listen,” he said softly. “What I can’t figure out is why everybody doesn’t do it. Look for the best, I mean. It’s easy, and it makes life go easier.

There aren’t four seasons in Rocky Mountains, but three: summer, winter, and mud.

Do you think that the day you stop listening to new music is the day you decide you’re on the path to old age? Like you’ve given up on new stuff and you resign yourself to music you’ve already heard? Like you’re through discovering and all you want to do is rummage through your old things?

It’s not like our laws are moral codes – they’re just a set of rules dreamed up by politicians to keep themselves in power and placate their contributors.

River cottonwoods were so drunk with color the leaves hurt his eyes.

Wyomingites, Joe had observed, didn’t know what to do when it rained except get out of it, watch it through the window, and wait for it to go away.

The headless trunk was discovered impaled on a metal fencepost on the edge of the town park.

So it was a two ear confession. Those are the best kind you know. The most reliable.