Farming Stories

In the dusty, lawless town of Dreadworth, Clifton “Smokes” Peña is a washed-up beggar and voyeur, drifting through life in a haze of heat, whiskey, and peeping through saloon and brothel windows. His only talent is going unnoticed—until one night he witnesses the suffering of Sue, a tattooed prostitute at the Red Lantern, and feels something he hasn’t known in years: empathy.When Smokes confronts the brothel’s cold-eyed madam about Sue’s treatment, it sparks a fragile bond between him

In the scorched, lawless land surrounding the town of Dreadworth, survival demands hard choices. Gabriel Whitford, a weathered ranch owner, rides into town and purchases Tillie “Wild” Beasley from her desperate husband, Hugo Quin, who has gambled away everything. Tillie expects a new life, but instead finds herself bound to a brutal arrangement: Gabriel’s “protection” comes with the price of serving not just him, but his ranch hands, under the supervision of his calculating wife, Gertrude.