A loud crack split the visibly undulating heat and was immediately swallowed by it. Rushton Lovelock stood motionless for a spell and then involuntarily reached to his belt, finding each protruding leather furrow to be vacant.

Sheriff C.R. Moultrie had seen more than a few bank robberies in his time, but never one quite like what he saw that afternoon at the First Bank of Bracton. The front door creaked in the breeze as it swung by a single hinge,

Sheriff C.R. Moultrie had seen more than a few bank robberies in his time, but never one quite like what he saw that afternoon at the First Bank of Bracton. The front door creaked in the breeze as it swung by a single hinge,