McCutchen's Bones Archives - David Mark Brown

McCutchen’s Bones: p.1

May 11, 2012February 10, 2012 by David Mark Brown

Rule number one while working security in a boomtown: a living roughneck does more work than a dead one. Rule number two: there’s plenty more waiting to take his place. Eight saloons-turned-speakeasies flecked a slapdash shanty town as it, in turn, choked the muddy streets of Breckenridge, TX. Born from the roughnecks’ constant efforts to … Read more McCutchen’s Bones: p.1

McCutchen’s Bones: p.2

May 11, 2012February 10, 2012 by David Mark Brown

I bound the wrists of Yokel and Irish with leather straps, indicating they’d be spending the night in jail. Yokel looked to weigh more, so I heaved him onto my shoulder first and left out the front. After returning seconds later, no one had mussed with Irish. I suspected no one would have, even if … Read more McCutchen’s Bones: p.2

McCutchen’s Bones: p.3

May 11, 2012February 10, 2012 by David Mark Brown

Night hadn’t gotten any darker, nor winter any colder. I’d gotten older. Sleeplessness and I had been acquainted my whole life, but now it took more work to overcome its toll. The first leg of the ride unfolded across flat land via a rutted dirt road, so I gave Chester the reins and focused my … Read more McCutchen’s Bones: p.3