To Pay the Piper

Henry ... Cricket ... Theeta ... Leatha Sue ... J.D. One by one the clawing wind and choking dust leads these and other disillusioned residents of Caliche Flats down paths of dark desperation as they seek to escape the misery of the West Texas drought of the 1950s. But drought is not all they are desperate to leave behind. Each of Caliche Flats' misfortunate souls secretly seeks to be free of a past that has imprisoned hope and suffocated dreams. Each discovers there is a price that must be paid in order to escape. "Jo Anne Horn has poured a tall glass of fine fiction served with a twist of dry humor that will make you thirst for more." - Denise Vitola, Philip K. Dick Fiction Award nominee