I asked fellow The Rabbit Hole VII: Not From Here anthology contributors to share some things about themselves prior to publication and those generous enough to do so will be appearing here for the next week or so.
Each entry gives a taste of their contribution, a little about them, how to contact them, how their story came about, and definitely a link to The Rabbit Hole VII: Not From Here (which you should purchase because it would make each and every one of us happy.
you do want to make us happy, don’t you?
i mean, considering what we wrote, you want us to know you’re a good person, right?).
And now, H. Donovan Lyón’s BLUE-EYED HORSES:
Father had many men in his employ, the majority of whom had spent considerable time in both saddles and jails, either in Texas or in Northern Mexico. Juan Pablo Nuñez, however, unlike our garden variety cowhands from las fronterizos de Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, was an elderly and weather-beaten gaucho, or so he claimed, from Southern Argentina near the Chilean border. He bristled at being referred to as a “cowboy,” saying, in his very broken English, that cowboys weren’t fit to work as grooms on the horses of working gauchos.
How the story came about:
Blue-Eyed Horses is little more than an expanded version of a tale I tell children that see my blue-eyed horse for the first time. I’ve told the story to many kids over the past year or so, and the tale is always met with a combination of doubt, wonder, and amusement. And, by the way, I’m the owner of a blue-eyed horse that spends the majority of his days wearing a UV protecting mask to slow the degradation of his irises as noted in the story. Though he may or may not be able to fly, he is indeed special. If you want to truly know a horse, gaze into the eyes of one with blue eyes. It will change you.
About H. Donovan Lyón:
Don is from the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and grew up listening to tales of witches, self-flagellating “penitentes,” and an assortment of ghouls and creatures inhabiting the mystical mountains of Northern New Mexico. Don currently resides in Colorado, and spends the vast majority of his time, thankfully, in the company of horses.
See all The Rabbit Hole VII: Not From Here stories here.
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