Maybe it’s because my dad had old movies playing on the TV throughout my childhood, or maybe it’s because I grew up in rural California, where it was easy to imagine cowboys and campfires. Nowadays, I ...

A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. This week’s literary geography quiz celebrates novels set in the past or ...

Cole Ashby and Ginger Danforth are used to following protocol, but only one of them craves it. For Cole, nothing matters more than being the best interim sheriff Laurel Creek's ever had while raising ...

Several of my recent columns have pointed out that life today has many resemblances to the long ago past. The following is about the opposite, that some things have mostly come to an end — or at least ...