The Saddle Talk Series

by Victoria Quynn

Talks from the trail - a series of short stories of the boys' conversations as they ride. Most from the vault but some newer.

1. Introduction

Saddle Talk: Introduction

Our pair of reforming ex-outlaws ride along, seemingly on an endless trail. In between their stops at one nondescript backwater of a town after another, they spend long hours in the saddle. But how do they spend that time?

We can imagine Heyes reading a book and Curry dozing.

Or, the brown-eyed partner planning out loud or to himself while the other is ever alert, the blue eyes scanning the landscape.

Or, the silver-tongued former gang leader expounding to the point of drone to the ears of the Fastest Gun in the West.

Or, the self-proclaimed genius Champeen Tracker of All Southern Utah doing the thinking for both of them, and the other letting him.

Or, perhaps they're both in companionable silence.

Now, the latter is not generally of much interest to us as readers, but the talk in the saddle might be. So, after many requests to put the very old but ongoing Saddle Talk series in one place, your humble author finally got her act in gear and is doing so here. Each spruced-up story will be posted as a separate chapter with appropriate title. Please join us and let us know your thoughts as we eavesdrop on the guys as they ride.