Jessi Echevarria

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“The Mercantile Shop” by Jessi Echevarria

Submitted to Contest #24

She looked up at the empty sky, lifted her hand to shield her eyes, and decided she would stop once she reached Salt River. She calculated she was a half day or more north of Goldfield, a major gold mining town. She could almost hear the river over the noise of her horse’s hooves hitting the rocky path, and she looked around to enjoy the last moments of solitude that the road provided.She clicked at Tumbleweed, and tapped her heels into his belly, “Only a little further Tum.” Tumbleweed’s ears folded backwards to acknowledge he heard he...

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Writer who is finally stepping up and sharing her work with the world.