Synopsis
As Daniel watched, Ramona crept closer to her former burden, telling herself she only wanted to see if the chains were broken and unusable. She didn't want to admit that it was talking to her again. "Nieta," it hissed. The snake head moved its dead jaws with the greeting. "Mu muero de hambre. Hungry," it said. She stood hypnotized. "There it is!" Narendra galloped right up beside her, breathing heavily from his run. He broke the spell. Ramona quickly reared back in horror. It had nearly taken her again, she realized. The Rajput used his sword and ran it gingerly through the reptile's mouth to get it off the wooden Indian statue, all the while gently nudging Ramona aside. Immediately the snake head clamped its fangs onto the steel; just as abruptly the Rajput screamed, swung the sword high through the air, and tossed the head far ahead of them on the arroyo floor. ---A buxom Mexican witch doomed to a disastrous ending drags two strange companions across Texas with her in Arroyo, a paranormal western and pulp action adventure story for a modern audience. As her traveling companion Sinjin McIntosh Narendra (the Rajput) alternately plunges and bumbles his way towards his ultimate fate, and Daniel either thwarts or abets their every plan--- See Ramona resist the kiss of the vampire. Watch as Ramona subverts the hand of God to her will. Follow Ramona, the Rajput and Daniel as they leave Texas history in shambles pursuing their own destinies. A pulp adventure western novel with touches of the horror genre, Arroyo is a roller coaster ride through 1893 Texas.
About the Author
Gretchen Rix is a Texas author producing fiction in several different genres. "The Cowboy's Baby" is a humor-infused romance. "Arroyo", a paranormal western set in 1893 Texas, is a pulp action/adventure horror novel. She has also published a horror short story "When Gymkhana Smiles" about the creepy doings of a predatory family, a fantasy tale "The Taking of Rhinoceros 456" about a remarkable zoo, and a charming, if dark, cat eats mouse fairy tale "Truepenny". In 2012 she began a mystery series set in Lockhart, Texas titled "Talking To The Dead Guys", A Boo-Done-It mystery.
With her sister, she helped originate and coordinate the Scare The Dickens Out of Us ghost story contest that helps fund the Friends of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas. The contest has just begun its fourth year and has raised several thousand dollars for the library while encouraging writers to write.
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