Gonzo waits patiently as the others finish reading Ellie Endsley’s proposal. “The Speaker would like to stop by while you’re here, El, to thank you for all your hard work on behalf of the state’s independents. But his calendar is very full today, so we’ll just have to see.” Endsley’s hands are folded… Read More
The Honorable James Carlos Cates, Uvalde County’s youngest-ever county judge, creeps carefully around the side of his house in the pre-dawn stillness. Inside, his wife, Larisa, is asleep and very pregnant. If Cates steps on any of the dead limbs or leaves that frequently blow into the yard from the nearby clusters of cedar… Read More