This began from a story my neighbor, a golf course superintendent, told us one night. It was fascinating to learn about what his employees served up to him. And so it began. About a month into it, I realized that I was writing a sequel to my first novel, The Rim. But Ennis, one of…

[Leslie originally posted this on October 30, 2018; it was one of the most heavily commented-on posts we’ve published here. We just received word that Sam passed away, aged 87, on April 18th, 2026. Our hearts are heavy. He played a big part in our chukar hunting lives, and in our adaptation to the area.…

The Rim is my first novel, started about 10 years ago during a creative writing class I was teaching. Parts of it have been published in literary journals, but this is the first time it’s been all inside one cover. It’s short, and dark, but has a lot about hunting in it. Like Chukar Culture:…