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Blood of the Lamb

by Nancy Roberts
Issue #57
Spring 1992
The Bighorns float above the haze to the west of our ranch like marble palaces in a fairy tale. Until the woman came, we'd never been up in those mountains. My father kept us to work day after day, or...

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