Chattering coyote laughter woke a sweat-drenched psychic; clairvoyance tormented her with nocturnal visions of travelers in torment. Shovel-in-hand, the village soothsayer climbed the moonlit eastern ridge of Iron Mountain. She prepared to save a life or dig a grave. The glowing yellow eyes of an owl followed her cattywampus course.

A.R. Carrasco is an American writer based in Oakland, California.