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Illustrations: Serene autumn / Jimmy Abeita -- Waiting at Hawkeye / Robert Abbett -- Willow Springs / Ben Abril -- Slats & Skeeter / Paul Abram -- Tewa spirit / William Acheff -- Nesting Canada goose / Axel Amuchastegui -- Homestead road / Richard Amundsen -- Freedom spirit / Loren D. Adams -- Mother of Corn / Troy Anderson -- The army scout / James Anderson -- Bull of the woods / Dennis Anderson -- Earth to clay / Norma Andraud -- Tso Batso, to the rocks / Bob Annesley -- High country billies / Harry Antis -- A flurry of wings and talons / J. Chester Armstrong -- Kaleidoscope II / Toni Arnett -- Zia corn dancers, Turquoise clan / Alice Asmar -- A light from the window / Shirley Arrants -- Carmen / James Asher -- Los Ciboleros / Rogers Aston -- Cottonwood creek / Clyde Aspevig -- East Verde River / Bill Atkins -- Aspen, snow, sunlight II / Douglas Atwill -- Halfway to heaven / Keith Avery -- The guardian / Joe Baatsolani -- Taos moon / John Axton -- Preppy Cowboy / Joe Baker -- Get along little dogey / Wayne Baise -- Taos ruins / Lynn E. Baker -- Harvest time / Jean E. Bales -- Bald eagle / Don Balke -- Perhaps I go on existing where the air makes you cry, perhaps if you listen to my untouchable sound, youll know me / Isabel Ballerna -- Sioux Indian wearing ribbon shirt / James Bama -- Mail order brides / Patti Bannister -- Ute success / Bill Barber -- Escort / Cliff Barnes -- Linda Hill / Ron Barsano -- Midsummer / Bill Barrick -- Gray jay / Robert Bateman -- Lovers leap / Stefan W. Baumann -- Taos pueblo / Peter Beadle -- Snake dance on Second Mesa / Francis Beaugureau -- November honkers / Greg Beecham -- Welcome the spirit / Bill Bedford -- The parient one / Tom Beecham -- The barrier / Joe Beeler -- Song to my past / Lenore Beran -- Verde Valley School / Cynthia Bennett -- Sunday at the Rockin A / Bill Bender -- The last stage / Ernest Berke -- The buck stops here / Libby Berry -- Winter feeding / Mitch Billis -- Goofin / Dave Bermingham -- Last of the more fortunate / Betty J. Billups -- The homecoming / Gloria Bilotta -- Supper on the Gros Ventre / Robert Blair -- The music box / Buckeye Blake -- Springtime at Yosemite / George Bleich -- Supply wagon / Dan Bodelson -- New Mexico gold / Howard Bobbs -- Swallow Canyon / Joe Bohler -- Settling old scores / Truman Bolinger -- First woman / John Boomer -- Lilacs / Sergei Bongart -- Shallow crossing / Stan Borack -- Rainy day at Hillsboro / James Boren -- Main Street, Dodge City / Jodie Boren -- Wrangling the wild ones / J. Shirley Bothum -- Early snow / Nancy Boren -- Hill country Blue Bonnets / Guy Botto -- Seeing through coyotes eyes / Parker Boyiddle -- In the nick of time / George Boutwell -- Cotton tail / Amy Brackenbury -- Give the little lady a great big hand / Neil Boyle -- Ghost town / Bernard Bradley -- Grandmothers bouquet / Phyllis Garoutte Brackett -- Jemez country / Don Brackett -- Call of the wild / David Bradley -- Masquerade / Daniel Brennan -- The fight / Barbara Brigham -- As free as the wind / Tracy Beeler Brinkman -- From the floor looking up / Roger Broer -- Eagles conquest / Clark Bronson -- Estella / Harley Brown -- Working horses / Ginger Brown -- Spring wings / Jonathan Bronson -- Territorial judge / Reynold Brown -- No meat today / Lee Brubaker -- Saddleworn / Duane Bryers -- Teton Tim / John Bruce -- Timberwolves / Linda Budge -- Wolf chewing bone / Kenneth Bunn -- Wood and wire / Charles Burk -- Enemies of the Crow / Will Burlingame -- Spooked / Sid Burns -- Village green market / Mike Burns -- Just over the ridge / Paul Calle -- Masked bandit, Rocoon / Ken Carlson -- Round table / Angelo Caravaglia -- Percheron / George Carlson -- Oil / Gary Carter -- Precious cargo / James Carson -- Angels Gate / Earl Carpenter -- Courtship / Gloria Champine -- Destiny / Bill Chappell -- With fate against them the death of Custer / John Chalk -- November, Mesilla Valley / Fred Chilton -- Vaqueritos / Elbert Cheyno -- Point and honor / Robert Christie -- Cowboy conference / Keith Christie -- The new land owners / Ernest Chiriacka -- Santa Fe winter / Dane Clark -- Lee of Chama / Manuel Cia -- Indian summer, 1979 / Robert Clark -- Tying on a fly / Shirley Cleary -- Packin in / Sandra Clendennan -- Between hoof and horns / Gloria Clay -- Long cold winter / John Clymer -- Pablita of Santa Clara / Marian Cobbett -- Nobody wins / Charles Cochrane -- Bear guy / Barry Coffin -- Lightning / Pola Coggeshall -- Rocky Mountain chase / Guy Coheleach -- Buffalo medicine, 1981 / Michael Coleman -- Rough string / James Collender -- Evening glow / Michael L. Coleman -- Still night / Carroll Collier -- Saddled horse / Frederic Collins -- Verde Valley monotype / James Conaway -- Lone grazer / Norm Comp -- Golden winged warblers / Eileen Conn -- Winter raid / Roger Cooke -- An afternoon in the valley / Shelley Anne Cost -- Teton elk / R. William Couch -- Carmel Bay / James Peter Cost -- Navajo sunshine / Lois Cowley -- Partners / Tim Cox -- Coureurs des bois / Jerry Crandall -- A lone rider / Ron Crooks -- A feather in her cap / E. Manning Crook -- Sunset canyon trail / Don Crook -- Speak to me / Penni Anne Cross -- Afternoon shade / Danny Crouse -- Winter elk / Phillip Crowe -- Robertas daughter / Donald Crowley -- Another day / Ferenc Dady -- Smith River Bluffs Montana / Ben H. Cummings -- Gonna rain like hell / Andrew Dagosta -- Blossom tine / Jasper DAmbrosi -- At long last / Jim Daly -- Ravenna / Doug Dawson -- Canyon sentinel / Robert Daughters -- Aspen grove / Peter Darvasr -- American bison / Norman Neal Deaton -- The bullfighter / Herman L. Deaton -- Ridin Ol Paint n leading Ol Dan / Chuck DeHaan -- Alone / Ted DeGrazia -- The peace of the Cheyenne people / Thomas Decker -- The sacred robe / Juan Dell -- Trail Boss, 1982 / Louis DeMayo -- Springwater in red / Leslie B. De Mille -- Corn dance tradition / Mike Desatnick -- Unusual weather / Austin Deuel -- Mountain majesty / Jim Deutsch -- Springs newcomer / Steve Devenyn -- Trilogy / Thomas Dickson -- Post office / George Dicke -- Almost lunch / Gene Dieckhoner -- Nearly snowbound / Bruce Dines -- Wolf in winter / Shane Dimmick -- Wild turkey / Frank DiVita -- Cactus / Eugene Dobos -- SSSSS / Jane Dobrott -- On the alert / Gene Dodge -- Teec Nos Pos Catamount / Mel Dobson -- Pintos / Bev Doolittle -- The lonely game / Don Doxey -- The canyon / Jack Dudley -- The iron pot / Robert Duncant -- The artilleryman / John Duillo -- Charles and Marie / Troy Dunham -- Rio de Las Vecas / Cal Dunn -- Las Vegas club / Paul Dunlop -- Corporal Clinton Greaves / Ed Dwight -- Mouthful / Franz Dutzler -- Slippin away / Barbara East -- Sunrise man / Paul Dyck -- Mesa Triptych / Luis Eades -- Warmday-Indian Canyon / VaLoy Eaton -- Nunick / Bob Elgas -- Downhill patterns / Raymond G. Ellis -- Autumn harvest / Katalin Ehling -- Morning sun / Loren Entz -- The path finder / David Ewart -- Land of the Ute / Tony Eubanks -- The dare / Burr Fairlamb -- The enduring spirit / Joni Falk -- The gusher / John Falter -- Margie with her star quilt / Arlene Hooker Fay -- Guidance tempered with wisdom / Gerald Farm -- Sacred times / Fred Fellows -- Eagle headdress / Mel Fillerup -- Solitary hunter / Chester Fields -- John Wayne Commemorative gun box cover / Joe Ferrara -- Western men / John Fincher -- Liver Eatin / Peter Fillerup -- The chuckwagon pilot / Nicholas Firfires -- Albert Nipon / Marian Flahavin -- Best of the bunch / Randy Follis -- Stagecoach / Dale Ford -- Bobwhite quail / Pat Ford -- East to west / Howard Forsberg -- Mass at Mescalaro / Paul Forster -- Golden eagle / Chris Forrest -- Song for the deer / Lincoln Fox -- Remembering / Cliff Fragua -- Victorio / Bryan Forsyth -- Wells Fargo / Edward Fraughton -- Untitled / Bill Freeman -- The daybreakers / John D. Free -- The potter / Robert Freeman -- Cool water / Richard A. Freeman -- Winners and losers / Arnold Friberg -- Albert / Charles Frizzell -- Word of wisdom / Ann Froman -- House at Elk Ranch / Gerald Fritzler.;Illustrations continued: Only Spanish spoken / Stanley Galli -- Canada goose / Joe Garcia -- The boundary tree / Loren Fry -- Cantina / Gene Garriott -- Star child / Bob Garcia -- One of a kind / Ragan Gennusa -- Buffalo child / Lynn Gertenbach -- Tricky footing / Debbie Gessner -- Joe Walker : explorer / William George -- Chief Joseph / Lorenzo Ghiglieri -- Meditation / Bill Glass -- Moonshine / Mary Ann Ginter -- Red shouldered hawk and meadow vole / Joseph Giordano -- Matriarch / Nancy Glazier -- Donkeys at Las Golandrinas / Kathy Gliddin -- Sitting Bull / Michael Gnatek -- September still life / Rod Goebel -- Blackfeet ceremonial dancers / Walt Gonske -- Canyon spectrum / Ted Goerschner -- Not alone / Glenna Goodacre -- Hunter along the rimrock / Veryl Goodnight -- Two women / R.C. Gorman -- Indian village / Walter Graham -- The jigger boss / Don Gray -- Wolves of the desert demand trespassers ransom / Joe Grandee -- A golden moment / A.D. Greer -- Kiowa / Richard V. Greeves -- Without a blaze / Bob Grieves -- Scouting party / Russell Greer -- Misery loves company / Martin Grelle -- Dawn ascension / Woddy Gwyn -- After the hunt / Roy Grinnell -- Stars at night / Evelyn F. Haines -- Evening walks softly / Michael Hadley -- The high rollers / Frank Hagel -- Into the basin / Joe Halko -- The gift / Bettie Haller -- The young bride / Roy Hampton -- Turning the leaders / John Wade Hampton -- Sometimes its hell gettin started / George Hallmark -- Dymoriet / Una Hanbury -- Trillium and checkerspots / James M. Haney -- Lady in love III / Bob Haozous -- Flower farm, closing time / Ken Harbaugh -- Land of the Apache / Carl Hantman -- A dash for freedom / Roy Harris -- From belle to bandit / Pamela Harr -- Vision of the eternal hunt / Helen Hardin -- The oil patch / G. Harvey -- Cheyenne hunter / Elie Hazak -- Asa Jacksons winning hand / Donald Hedin -- Around the barn / Marion Haws -- Medicine Crow / Tom Heflin -- Cow belles / Bud Helbig -- North of the Yellowstone / Ralph A. Heinz -- Early light, Arroyo Hondo / Jackson Hensley -- Billys pipe / Kay M. Hendricks -- Halletts Peak, Autumn / Edward E. Herrman -- Her fathers land / Lee Herring -- Medicine bundle / Ronald M. Herron -- Garden talk / Terrence Hick -- Settling a wager / Bill L. Hill -- Street in Taxco / Tom Hill -- Winter camp / William Hoffman -- The forbidden vastness / Jack Hines -- Chief Joseph / Harold Hopkinson -- American man / Joseph Holbrook -- Workin foursome / Harold Holden -- Dineh / Allen Houser -- Frontier spirits / Cody Houston -- Arizona River / Frank Howell -- A man called Mike / Stephen Hubbell -- Ephriam and buffalo robe / Dan Huber -- La Granja / Clark Hulings -- The Gauguin girl / Doug Hyde -- Winter raid / Susan Huntington -- Onates route / Wilson Hurley -- Sacagawea / Harry Jackson -- Hasty exit / Melvin Johansen -- Dream shirt / Ned Jacob -- On the trail / John Jarvis -- A private performance / Lois Johnson -- The traders soldier / Harvey Johnson -- Scouting party / James Ralph Johnson -- Sundown at the Diamond Bar / Ray P. Johnson -- Transition / R. Bradford Johnson -- Old time rancher / William Johnson -- Minitari war dance / Stan Johnson -- American native / Donal C. Jolley -- Murrays friend / Thomas W. Jones -- Man without fear / Covelle Jones -- Thursdays child / Jack Jordan -- Raelynn / Mimi Jungbluth -- Youre next / Wayne Justus -- Kayenta prayer / Buffalo Kaplinski -- Burro Mesa buck / Travis Keese -- Illusions / Neil Kettlewell -- Escape artists / T.D. Kelsey -- Edge of the village / Roy Kerswill -- The blue door / Janet W. Kimberling -- Memories of a sailor / James King -- Springtime in the Rockies / Tom Knapp -- Night visitor / John Knowlton -- Salt Creek, Wyoming, about 1927 / Raymond Knaub -- Yuccas / Bill Kolliker -- Hanging loose / Ben Konis -- North from Kayenta / Howard Koslow -- Innocence / Pat Krahn -- Mercado Gato Negro / James Kramer -- Plains Indian / David Kuczynski -- Continental Divide / King Kuka -- Wolves testing a herd / Bob Kuhn -- Haida Indian potlatch / Mort Kunstler -- Talking Eyes / Glen LaFontaine -- Autumn Snow (1982) / Grende LaFord -- Blackfoot child / [Charles] La Monk -- Abandonment / Lara Armond -- Rusty / Hank Lawshe -- Winter magic / Lawrence Lee -- The wranglers / Bob Lee -- Eagle that flies / David Lemon -- Id like to be in Texas / Bill Leftwich -- Red rusting roof / Roland Lee -- Spring run / Wayne Lewis -- Las Tortolitas / Jon F. Lightfoot -- American pronghorn / Pat Lipetzky -- Toe dancer / Rod Lingren -- Honey bucket / don Lincoln -- Buffalo dancer / Bernique Longley -- Bridgers beaver men / Ted Long -- We give thee thanks, O God / Thomas W. Lorimer -- A celebration of beauty / Lisa Danielle Lorimer -- Sketch at Bodie / Ralph Love -- Comfort / Harrell L. Love -- Navajo tapestry / Robert Lougheed -- Cracker Jack / Bruce Lubo -- The deceiver / Tom Lovell -- Medicine man / Richard Lutrell -- Flatlander / George Lundeen -- Night riders / Harold Lloyd Lyon -- Face to face / Fred Machetanz -- Kiowa firl / Jane Mabry -- Hidin out / Grant Macdonald -- The Hopi Sio Hemis Katcina / T.E. Mails -- Startled / A. Makk -- Rockies / A.B. Makk -- Tiguas / Eva Makk -- Honkers into Parker Lake / Dave Maloney -- Pipe powder / Doug Marcy -- Chief Joseph, Ollokut, Chief Looking Glass / Manuel Cave -- To the god of the hunt / Anthony J. Manzo -- The fortune hunters / George B. Marks -- Old Jake / Lajas Markos -- High on the frozen Carson / John Marsh -- Spanish woman / Miguel Martinez -- Wind River trappers / Juan Martinez -- Isleta Pueblo / Jean Martin -- Black Buffalo woman and Spirit of Crazy Horse / Pat Mathiesen -- Mountain mail / William Maughan -- Pishkun : buffalo jump / J.H. Matternes -- Storm over Santa Fe / Buck McCain -- The scouting party / Gerald McCann -- Plenty Coups / Len McCann -- The replenished earth / D. Michael McCarthy -- The toll of a Sharps riifle / Frank McCarthy -- Lesson in steel / A.J. McCoy -- Three friends / Dan McCaw -- Sighting of ancient responsibilities / Don McCauley -- November solitude / Bill McCuster -- Stolen honor / Dave McGary -- Bonita / Marlene McGoffin -- Empty basket-full heart / David McGoffin -- Waiting for a ride / R. Brownell McGrew -- Autumn / Carol McIlroy -- The last warm rays / Gregory McHuron -- Consort to the wind / Nancy McLaughlin -- Among the ancients / John Mendoza -- Heading to town / George McMahan -- Pakin out / Gerry Metz -- Teton lily pond / Gary Michael -- Sisters / Gerald Merfeld -- My sacred song / Arlene Mickelson -- Female Mallards / Ken Michaelsen -- Untitled / Don Miles -- Opportunity / Herb Mignery -- One ornery S.O.B. / Dan Mieduch -- Hupa hunting grounds / Frank D. Miller -- The cistern / Stan Miller -- Montana Rockies / Douglas Miley -- Three boys with a mouse / Terry Mimnaugh -- Pride of our people / Vel Miller -- A close call / Linda Miner-Wickes -- Day of the buffalo / Wendell Minor -- Courtship / Bab Moline -- Time for a chew / George Molnar -- Hold up and look / William Moore -- Evening pause / Elizabeth Montgomery -- Finding his way in a bordertown / Maher Morcos -- Evening in Taos / Bettie J. Moran -- Tin Cup Ridge / Jim Morgan -- Grizzly attacking / Regina Morris -- High on the hog / Robert F. Morgan -- Quien Sabe Wagon / Gary Morton -- Galisteo River bed / Forrest Moses -- Hozhoni / Claudine Morrow -- Nasty day / Sid Mountain -- Orchard sentry / Geoff Mowery -- Great Eagle / Richard A. Myer -- The silent intruder / Charles E. Murphy -- Colorado haying teams / William Moyers -- The comfort of Victor / John Myrup -- Line shack / Myrah Newman -- Summer Hawk / Michael Naranjo -- Midday at Granite Springs / Bill Nebeker -- A glimmer of welcoming warmth / Jan Ness -- Desert friends / Pat Nublack -- The trail of the deer / Gary Niblett -- The morning ride / Marjorie Nichols -- Buffalo medicine / John Nieto -- The intimidators / David Nordahl -- Blue wings / George Northup -- Day dreamer / Lad Odell -- Enemy Hunter / Harry OHanlon -- The meeting / Diane OLeary -- Kiowa chanter / Jack Osmer -- Horsestick dancer / Ken Ottinger -- Working cowboy / Anne Aller Overstreet -- The working cowboy / Bill Owen -- Crepe Myrtle trees / Raymond Page -- Chin up / Gita Packer -- Raccoon pair / R.S. Parker -- White mans fire / Del Parson -- Saturday evening get-together / Lee K. Parkinson -- Higher than eagles / Leon Parson -- Outnumbered / Ken Payne -- New day for the fur seekers / Dave Paulley -- Navajo scout / Jeannie Pear -- All in the days run / Raymond A. Pease -- La Taza / Amado Maurilio Pena -- Arapaho brave / Gregory Perillo -- Three hummingbirds / Les Perhacs -- After the storm / Dennis Pendleton -- Peaceful village / Tom Perkinson -- Roadrunner / Roger Tory Peterson -- Ready to run / Gordon Phillips -- All their worldly possessions / Jacob Pfeiffer -- When trails cross / Rusty Phelps -- Cave & Canyon #1 / Judith Pierce -- Makin for water / Tom Phillips -- Morning flight-bald eagle / John Pitcher -- Patching the old house / James Pilatos -- Cacique / Paul Pletka -- Two old-timers / Frank Polk -- Twining canyon -- aspens / Wolfgang Pogzeba -- War party / Don Polland -- Night dancer / Allen Polt -- Return to the kiva / Gordon G. Pond -- Uneasy pause / Craig Poppleton -- Mountain chiefs charge / Dave Powell -- Bill Stambaugh workin for the brand / M.C. Poulsen -- Trackin sno / Don Prechtel -- Summer Hawk / John Prazen -- Yellowstone cutthroat / Roger Preuss -- Range telegraph / Clark Price -- Daybreak / Gail Price -- A matter of right of way / Robert Pummill.;Illustrations continued: Still warm / Carl Pugliese -- While the warrior waits / A.K. Pruitt -- Wolfpack: downwind / Donald Putnam -- Panch Villa retires to the ranch / Bill Rakocy -- Rising / Joseph Raffael -- Late Summer / Walter Rane -- Hems kachina / Mikael Redman -- Mail wagon / Harvey Rattey -- April snow / Terry Redlin -- Crow India spirit warriors / Kevin Red Star -- Chiapanecas / William F. Reese -- Red Rock canyon / Howard Rees -- Dark sky -- snow geese / Maynard Reece -- Soul call / Jimmi Reyes -- Double trouble / Chuck Ren -- The brand inspector / Jim Reno -- Warmth of friendship / Norbet Buddy Reyes -- Blue Champagne / Stephen Reyes -- Spring claves / James Reynolds -- Going to the sun / Gary Riecke -- Durn / Hank Richter -- Villa Nueva / Irene Ricker -- The windbreak / Jack Riley -- Quadriga / Cynthia Ridgen -- The Yuma connection / Kenneth Riley -- Spanish gold / Morris Rippel -- High mountain series / Sallie Ritter -- Evening rap / Robert Rishell -- Missed by a mile / B.J. Ritchie -- Pueblo Indian dancer / Julian Robles -- Dancing at Aztec kiva / Marjorie Rodgers -- On guard / Don Rodell -- The artists father / Cheryl Yambrach Rose -- Eagle spirit dancer / Gary Roller -- Master of his own domain / Alfredo Rodriguez -- On the wind of an eagles cry / Paul Rossi -- Eaglebone whistle / James Roybal -- River rapids / E. Robert Ross -- John Wayne / Gallagher Rule -- Just long enough / Jon Ruehle -- The hitchhikers / Jim Rozzi -- Shy maid of Shipolovi / Lois Rumohr -- Split decision / Tom Ryan -- Otis / Sherry Sander -- Las Trampas / Betty Sabo -- Wild turkey / Tom Sander -- By firelight / Tom Saubert -- Price of a feather / G.L. Sanders -- Fancy dancer / Jim Savage -- Last of the constables -- Rocky Adamson / Steven Saylor -- Last race of the day / Sam Savitt -- Bounty hunter / George L. Schelling -- Blue Mist Cafe / Bill Schenck -- A.W.O.L. / Harry Schaare -- Blue satin dress / Gary Schildt -- On the brink of a miracle / William B. Schimmel -- Pool at Acoma / Richard Schilling -- Navajo years / Jay W. Schmidt -- Coming in / Dennis Schmidt -- American portrait / Fritz Scholder -- Delicate Arch -- Southern Utah / C.A. Scott -- Autumn on the Rio Grande / David Schwindt -- When the flowers bloom / Conrad Schwiering -- Canada geese coming into the marsh / Peter Scott -- The waterfall / John Scott -- Return of the Blackfeet raiders / Bob Scriver -- Pintails and cattails / Sandy Scott -- Sun Hawk / Bert Seabourn -- The little dancer / J.L. Searle -- Winter Calm / Sandi Seckman -- The outlaw / Bill Shaddix -- Bad news / Carl Seybolt -- Cold day warm trail / W.S. Seltzer -- Hunter and mountain lion / Richard Short -- Lull in the market / Vaughn Shoemaker -- Looking for strays (1981) / Frank Simms -- Calls his grandfathers / Dennis Silvertooth -- Get th gate / Robert Shufelt -- Sundown / Ed Singer -- At the end of his rope / Stan Sinnett -- Taos maiden / B.J. Smith -- Anaszi ruins / Laurence Sisson -- A strangers fire / Carl J. Smith -- A change from beef n beans / Don Smith -- Biscuits are better than grass / Cecil Smith -- Sedona (1980) / Linda K. Smith -- Winnetka and the fish / Jack Smith -- Red Lake Ser. (1982) / Jaune Smith -- The ramrod / Ed Smyth -- Roan draft horse / Tucker Smith -- Weighing bananas / Lowell Willsworth Smith -- Headin for the barn / Gordon Snidow -- One with earth and sky / Morten Solberg -- Hostile fire from the right flank / Don Spaulding -- Twisters and outlaws / Grant Speed -- Autumn evening / Elmer Sprunger -- Showers in Arroyo Seco / Michael Stack -- Owl Rock / D. Alanson Spencer -- Robbers meet / Oleg Stavrowsky -- Having their picture took / Ben Stahl -- Mutton and frybread / Ross Stefan -- Blowing in the wind / Doris Steider -- Crowing a little / Louis L. Stephenson -- Harvesting drinking water / Bettina Steinke -- Corn still life / Vladin Stiha -- Hurry and wait / Don Stivers -- Baker Creek / N. Taylor Stonington -- Kiowa welcome / Shannon Stirnweis -- White Man Runs Him / John Paul Strain -- Three market women / Tim Stortz -- Matagorda exodus / Mark Storm -- Travelers / Jinx Stringham -- Lake Patzquaro, Mexico / Paul Strisik -- Autumn harmony / Virginia Stroud -- Slicker time / Robert Summers -- Platte River camp / Gregory Sumida -- Trading dayligiht for dark / Duke Sundt -- Apprenticeship of Blue Father / Arthur Sussman -- The good life / Hal Sutherland -- Untitled / Gary Swanson -- Sioux woman / Robert Sutz -- Untitled / Zoltan Szago -- Navajos at Castle Butte / Ray Swanson -- Daylight / J.N. Swanson -- The blessing of the Walpi by the Rainbow Spirit / Dennis Tavlos -- Shadow of the buffalo / Robert Tanenbaum -- On a dime / Paul Tadlock -- Winter light / James H. Taylor -- Dust of many pony soldiers / Howard Terpning -- Little Fawn / Carol Theroux -- Chuckwagon / Jim Thomas -- Trouble ahead / Bernard Thomas -- New stock / Richard D. Thomas -- Eagle Rock / Carol Thompson -- Waitin / Lyn Thomas -- Summertime / Richard Thompson -- Little lady / Gerrit Timmerman -- Trapper Tom / Mark Thompson -- Piney Creek / Lloyd Thorsten -- Bronc rider / Murray Tinkelman -- Eagle dancer / Floyd S. Tomlin -- Granpas stories / Marvin Toddy -- Mama / Bob Tommey -- Ceremonial blanket / Dee Toscano -- Tallying the herd / Vernon Tossey -- The pro / Robert Totten -- Clouds / Jean-Pierre Trevor -- Redskins or Bluecoats / Don Troiani -- Another campaign / Ron Tunison -- Jeremiah / Phil Tyler -- Wheres Butch?? / Vaterie Trozelle -- Untitled / Thorton Utz -- Lincoln Center Eagle / Kent Ullberg -- Little snow owl / Gordon Van Wert -- A summer morning fog / Roberta Vandehey -- The buckskin / Chris Vanders Lans -- No easy meal / Alberto Vela -- Reflections / Barbara Vaupel -- Fighting stallions / F. Vianello -- 40 miles to freedom -- lost! / Jerry Venditti -- Long time ago / Bernard Vetter -- Ancient right of way / Russ Vickers -- Pueblo Sun Dance / David Villasenor -- Caballo del Monte / Veloy Vigil -- Taos light / Ray Vinella -- Conflict / Joe Waano-Gano -- Cat among the pigeons / Rory Wagner -- Prairie mail / Robert Wagoner -- Tribal dawn / Carlo Wahlbeck -- Navajo and friends / Edward D. [Rusty] Walker -- Native American woman / Jim Walston -- Angela / Kent Wallis -- Song of the dragonfly / Ralph Wall -- Broken trust / Stanley Wanlass -- Summer shadows -- Grand Canyon / Curt Walters -- Trail boss / Jim Ward -- Night in Chimayo / Mel Warren -- Plenty Coups / John Weaver -- Buffalo dancer / Joy Weddle -- She waits his return / Patricia Warren -- School just took up / Garland A. Weeks -- After the storm / Martin Weekly -- Bachelors club / Justin Wells -- Mayan girls at the temple / Eileen Whitaker -- Cowboys helper / Rygh Westby -- First touch of Spring / Helen West -- Pepper walk / William Whitaker -- The Crow and the bear / Fritz White -- Rocky Mountain trail / Olaf Wieghorst -- San Juan deer dancer / Hollis Williford -- Grand Canyon storm / Jim Wilcox -- A change of seasons / Katheryn Williams -- Raven Owner / Loren Willis -- In pursuit / Dale Wilson -- Wine and roses / Mortimer Wilson, Jr. -- Descending seacliffs / D.F. Wilson -- Treasures of La Plata / Nick Wilson -- Woodland reflection / Dalhart Windberg -- Whispering wings / Bob Wolf -- Epitaph to Brandy / Kay E. Witherspoon -- Crosssing [crossing] the Chamish Field / Wayne Wolfe -- The rough string rider / Lloyd Woodbury -- Pesky scalp critters / Francis Woodahl -- Late Fall -- Campbell Range / Karl Wood -- Swappin Lies / J.D. Woods -- Sunflower song / Laura Wooschlager -- Grandfathers prayer / Tex Wounded Face -- Redrock crossing / Reagan Word -- Up the South slope / David Wright -- Acoma treasure / Joan Wright -- Double beauty / Bob Wygant -- Tracks already -- Dam watercolor gap / Paul Wylie -- Cochiti Scarecrow / Webb Young -- Journeys end / Lidabelle Wylie -- The family / Jessica Zemsky -- I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy / Gene Zesch;Preface -- Guidelines to collecting -- Artist Biographies -- Gallery listing -- Print publisher listing -- About the authors.

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Out of the Box

by Steve Martinez

The authors previous stories for us were One Hand Clapping (May 1995)and Bad Asteroid Night(October/November 2001). In his ominous new talehe shows us that while thinking outside the box may be creative, we mustntforget that Pandoras woes also came out of the box.

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It was getting late, and Jacob had let himself get too tired. His mind was beginning to play tricks. He knew the symptoms. But he couldnt let himself fall behind. He had to look good on the job tomorrow, or at least be able to fake it. The trouble was, he was only human. There were only so many hours in the day, and he had to find time to be a husband, a father, and some kind of giant scavenging beetle with too many arms and legs. His old habits got in the way of the latest model remote servo designs he was expected to use. Theres only so much contortion a standard human body can put up with. The fit wasnt one-to-one any more. Getting used to each new model was like learning to walk all over again. But there were moments when he almost had it. Practicing now in virtual reality, he forgot he was sitting all alone in a dark little room of his narrow trailer, sweaty in his pizza-stained T-shirt. For just a moment he was out there, like Shiva, for his fingers had become arms, confident of their power, as long as he didnt actually have to do anything.

Something ran over his foot. He kicked out by reflex, and pulled off his VR

glasses. There was just enough moonlight leaking through the blinds to glimpse something scurry away.

Not now Toby, Im busy. The scurrying started up again, vertical this time, and then a small mechanical visitor climbed onto his desk, about the size of a shoe, shaped like a scorpion except its stinger had eyes like tiny red binoculars, and its claws, more delicate and articulated than a scorpions, were tucked like wings on its back. Something about the way it moved made Jacob suspicious, but he pretended not to notice and said, Did you hear me, Toby? Its past your bedtime.

Im not Toby, the scorpioid replied.

Seriously, I cant play now. Ive got work to do.

Im not playing.

The inflection was synthetic, drooping at the end of the sentence, but somehow Jacob could tell not playing meant not playing. But still he tried to brush it away. You need to get some sleep. Tomorrow...

Youre busy. Ill take this up with your wife, then. Hes her son, too. It turned to go.

Wait! Come back here. We had a deal.

Oh, then you do remember.

Theres no need to get her involved. You agreed to that. Scare her and shes liable to pull the plug.

That would be a pity, wouldnt it?

Yeah, a pity for you. That would be the end of you.

If you believe that, then what are you afraid of?

Jacob had to laugh, not just because he was talking to a childs toy, but because for a moment he caught a glimpse of himself trying to keep up with too many insanities at once. What am I afraid of? Listen, you toy-dybbuk, Im going along with this for your sake as much as my son. Believe it or not.

Then we have an agreement?

Jacob shrugged. I let you out of the box, didnt I?

But do you agree to everything?

Do you agree? said Jacob, pointing his finger right in the toys face, causing it to draw back. You stay away from my son while hes sleeping. Thats the deal.

Its all in the contract, right?

Sure.

Well where is it?

Its all there. Its all agreed to.

Show it to me.

I havent had time to actually write it out. Thats just a formality.

Am I dealing with the wrong person?

Okay, okay, right now. Jacob turned on a long-necked lamp and scrounged up a tablet and pen from a drawer. This will just take a minute. Pretty simple, really.

The little scorpioid came around beside the tablet and watched him write.

Whats that word? it said, pointing with a four-fingered claw.

Circumstance. By the way, are you still calling yourself Not-Toby? Thats your legal name?

Yeah, yeah. Keep going.

He wrote a few more lines, then tapped his chin with his pen. Okay, that should do it. You keep away from my son, and I spell that outyou are not to be in the same room or touch him or cause anything to touch him. And you are not to let on to anyone, especially you-know-who.

Arent you forgetting something?

Its all there. I let you out of the box at night. Or whatever toy you want to play with, only one at a time, just let me know....

The most important thing.

Jacob sighed and folded his hands across his belly. That just seems like kind of a strange thing.

You promised. You do what you promised, or the deal is off.

I didnt say I wouldnt do it. I just dont know what it means.

It means what it means. He belongs to me between the hours of midnight and dawn. Thats what it means.

Okay, he belongs to you, but you cant go near him, you cant touch him, you cant talk to himtalk to him, I forgot to put that down. He took up his pen and started writing. Or communicate in any way, shape or form, or cause to be communicated to. He stopped and grinned self-consciously. But I guess that goes without saying. I mean, hed be asleep.

Are you going to put it down or not?

But what does it mean? You own him, between those hours, but you agree not to do anything about it. Whats the point?

Thats my problem, isnt it?

Mm hmm. I guess what I want to know is why? Why is that important to you?

Why is it important to you? He owns me the rest of the time, so why cant I have a few hours

Oh, is that it? So it feels like youre sharing power. Okay, fair enough. He wrote it down, and signed it.

No. In blood.

Oh, come on, give me a break.

It has to be in blood.

No it doesnt. Ink will do just fine. Ink is the standard medium for all legal contracts, foreign and domestic.

The deal is off.

Damn it! He searched around in the drawer. Lets see, I may not have anything sharp...

He looked up to see the toy plodding toward him, one claw holding an open safety pin. You really came prepared, didnt you? said Jacob, reaching out, but instead of handing it to him, the little monster jabbed his finger.

Jeez! Toby! Is that you? Are you doing this? Id better not find out youre up to some kind of joke because this is long past funny. Do you hear what Im telling you? Huh?

Is that enough blood, or would you like another poke?

They stared eye to eye for a moment, but there was no turning back now. Too much to lose. He smeared on the page with his bloody finger, then pressed it to his lips.

Cant read it, said the scorpioid.

Kiss my ass.

It gave him another stare, and seemed about to say something, then bent down and scratched a few letters with the tip of the pin.

Oh sure, you get to use my blood.

This is good. Whats done in blood cannot be undone.

Thats funny, didnt I read that in some story book?

I wouldnt know. What time is it?

Theres still time. Plenty of time. We still havent finished our talk.

What talk?

Remember last time? I was trying to find out what youre so mad about.

Never mind.

Because I was just thinking

I know what you think.

No, not that. I thought maybe...

Drop it! It reared up on its four front legs, its neck stretched high, claws twitching.

Maybe youre angry because youre small. You dont want to stay small the rest of your life, do you? Theres a limited range of toys you got there, and you go from one to another. Youre tired of that, arent you?

It relaxed a bit. I just want to be free.

Of course you do. Being small is just temporary. Thats for practice. Someday youre going to be much better than I ever was

I already am.

Of course you are.

Stop trying to butter me up. I know what youre going to say and I dont want to hear it.

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