Mad Avenue, by Keith Crews

Black-and-white woodcut-style drawing of a pyramid shape with crossed arrows, cacti and symbols

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 41 (March 2004). Illustration: “Mad Avenue” by Mike "Warble" Finucane A Coke sign swings in sand-driven wind and tumbleweeds race across interstate desolation like desert demons on a cactus hunt. A small parking lot holds a few pickups that are lacking operators due to low visibility and hazardous road … Continue reading Mad Avenue, by Keith Crews →

The Dirt Patch Watering Hole, by Keith Crews

Ink drawing of a gaunt bald man staring upward at a white flame on a black background

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 39 (September 2003). Ole Man Goober emerges from Handyman's Hardware into the New Mexico heat with a length of copper tubing in one calloused hand, and a paper bag full of adjustable water-heater clamps in the other. He stops in the middle of a pothole-littered parking lot next to … Continue reading The Dirt Patch Watering Hole, by Keith Crews →