Chapter 10 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done“ The short drive to Our Lady of Sympatico, just a little south and east of Española, is long enough for Jake to consider, then reconsider, how it is he’s returning after all that’s …
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Chapter 9 from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done“ The New Mexico moon often gets lost on its way to May mornings causing dawn to be dark, dank, and dangerously disconcerting. On such mornings, one wants to wait for the sainted topography …
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Chapter 8 from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done“ Jake’s awake and dressed in his cycling regalia ahead of Emelia’s five o’clock alarm. How can he sleep with everything that’s happened? How can anyone? What went down last night is so far …
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Chapter 7 from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done“ “Barkeep,” Miguel belligerently shouts while holding his hand above his head impatiently snapping fingers. “Tequila, and don’t forget the lime; you forget a man’s lime he maybe thinks you don’t like him.” Armando …
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Chapter 6 in R.M. Dolin’s novel, “What Is to Be Done“ Why does night encase emptiness as if we are one? Why does light beyond the edge of darkness tease at attainability? Who are these men and how did we get here? A heroic cowboy, …
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Chapter 5 from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done“ The Al Azar is subsumed by a sublime silence pensively waiting for what happens next, and as surely as the madness of May pushes cast-offs into the bar with a powerful presence of …
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Chapter four from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is To be Done” Half-an-hour into poker and it’s already Dominic’s second deal. The two Mexicans huddled at the far end of the bar are unsure regarding American protocol, but since the Anglos are still here, they …
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Chapter Three from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done.“ The Al Azar’s charm is situated a mile off a desolate segment of highway between Española and Santa Fe, just past the turnoff to the high road to Taos. The quasi-paved road is …
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Chapter Two from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done.“ “Something’s up,” Jake grouses between demanding draws of cold high desert air. Leaning left, he vectors his gray vintage bike off the poorly paved road, ratchets back to a climbing gear, then stiffly …
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