Fiction: Sheriff Wanted
Sheriff Wanted By: Erin L. Snyder A light dusting of snow lay scattered across the street. Rare for December, but not unheard of. The bitter cold, though, that was something else. In all his years in Silver Falls, Clemont had never known a Christmas Eve like this. No. That wasnāt quite true. Heād known one. He shook off the thought and stepped towards the building. Between the wind and drinking and just the overall strangeness of it all, Clemont wasnāt seeing clearly. His eyes ached, and he strained to try and see the sign clearly. It slowly came into focus: āSheriff Wanted,ā it said. But he already knew that - heād been the one to paint those letters on, one by one. And heād been the one to lean it against the office. Someone else had boarded up the windows and door. But thatās not the part that Clemont Holcomb had left the warm tavern and walked a quarter mile through the cold to see. He hadnāt believed it when Harrison had come in mumbling, but here it was in front of him. ...