Rust & Starlight – Chapter 4

Rust & Starlight Chapter 4 : Blisters and Barbed Wire Morning came to Calloway Farm not with a sunrise but with a scream. Not a human scream — a rooster. Mason had heard roosters before, of course, in the abstract way that city people hear about farm sounds. But he had never been personally attacked by one … Read more

Rust & Starlight – Chapter 3

Rust & Starlight Chapter 3 : The Barn Loft The barn was a hundred and twenty years old if it was a day. Mason could tell by the timber framing—massive oak beams held together with wooden pegs instead of nails, the joints darkened by a century of humidity and hay dust. The main floor was … Read more

Rust & Starlight

1. The Crash at Dawn 2. The Widow’s Terms 3. The Barn Loft 4. Blisters and Barbed Wire 5. The First Night Without a Drink 6. Wren’s Photograph 7. A Song Stuck in His Head 8. The Town Grocery (and the Gossip 9. Mason Learns to Milk a Cow 10. The Letter Luke Never Sent … Read more

Rust & Starlight – Chapter 2

Rust & Starlight Chapter 2 : The Widow’s Terms Previously in Chapter 1: Mason Cross, a disgraced country superstar, crashed his vintage truck into Wren Calloway’s fence. Wren, a widow who lost her husband Luke in Afghanistan three years ago, found him bleeding in her ditch. He passed out after a sarcastic remark. Now… The … Read more