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The Dead Hand on the Section Line
Forty Acres, 439 Owners, and the Oldest Government Rural America Knows
Jul 8
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Seed Down, Prayer Up
The farm boy went west and found the ninth planet.
Jul 7
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The Second Ledger
What the Prairie’s Black Funeral Homes Kept That the Courthouse Would Not
Jul 6
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The Animal at the Edge of Town
What The Black Ram knows about who a failing place decides to blame
Jul 2
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June 2026
On Synalosis and the Closing Ring
The one shape that runs under the hunt, the siege, the watch, and the case.
Jun 29
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The Man from Fairview
A new book recovers the prairie’s most famous loser, and asks why the country still needs him to be a fool.
Jun 22
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The Sheriff with No Deputies
What happens on the Great Plains when the public-safety floor drops through the floorboards
Jun 17
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The Last Pharmacist
The Counties That Lost Their Veterinarians Are Losing Their Drugstores, and the Same Ledger Explains Both
Jun 11
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What the Ground Keeps
On “Beyond the Burial Tree”
Jun 1
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May 2026
The Tongue They Tried to Take
The crime was the German.
May 30
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The Barn Full of Trucks
The arithmetic he found has only tightened since.
May 29
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The Grain That Paid for the Mask
The first monster.
May 27
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