For a Few Squid More

FISTFUL OF FEET by Jordan Krall (2009 Eraserhead Press / 210pp. / tp)
A lone cowboy (known only as Calamaro) wanders into a small Nevada town and immediately gets on the nerves of some card players; but a couple of people befriend him when he sticks up for Stacklee (a black bartender at a local brothel) and Betty, the brothel's owner. Despite the screams of Indians in the surrounding desert and a slightly high-strung sheriff, Calamaro decides to take a break from his journey (from New Jersey) ...