Daniel Davis — The Monarch Review

A Fragile Dawn – Daniel Davis

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 14:08 — 0 Comments

The breaking sunlight speared through the pines, reflecting off the snow and startling my horse.  I hadn’t been riding it very long—my last one was shot out from under me—and it tried to buck me, but I held tight and fought back.  Wilcox watched with what may have been amusement.  Perch, our employer, looked disgusted, even though he’d been the one to pick the horse for me in the first place. “Don’t mess up the tracks,” he said, spitting into the middle of the nearest footprint.  As an after thought, he added, “Goddammit.” I got the horse calmed and didn’t […]