Back-to-Back-to-Back Werewolf Events

Which is pretty much what May was, when Mongrels came out. But this is September-land, man. The road, though, it’s a big long slip ‘n slide, isn’t it? You take that first step, then you just keep going and going. This is from the plenary address/discussion/interview at the Western Literature Association’s 2016 conference in Big Sky, Montana (I think all these pics are from/by Billy Stratton): That’s Susan Bernardin on stage with me. Also? There were moose galumphing around the property. And, got to ride up with Earl and Maxine Kingston—very cool people. Her keynote killed. But then, all too soon, I split out of there with Theo Van Alst and Billy Stratton: And, whilst driving west to Missoula/the next event, what’d we see but this sly character slipping over from another reality: Roundabout Butte, there may have been a triple-meat Whopper situation. Okay, there probably almost definitely was. It came to involve chicken fries as well, even. Because: chicken fries. As for why we were headed to Missoula? The Montana Book Festival: And, since I was having to slip out right after my reading, I went ahead and signed everything early (this pic’s from/by Sherwin Bitsui): That werewolf medallion’s by Cinnamon Spear. So cool. And that book I’m actually holding there, it’s thanks to Theo Van Alst. And the one on the far end of the table’s thanks to Richard Thomas. Then, mere moments later, I read them about bestiality, then pet-grenades, then cannibalism—as Reader’s Digest would say, “All in a Day’s Work”: Was  . . . → → →

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