Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris

The population of Texoma wasn’t what it had been before the fields dried up and the farms got repossessed and the influenza took people from every family. We’d gone through miles that were entirely empty. The towns were far apart in this stretch of Texoma. The sun was beginning to cast long shadows for the small trees, the few farms. The land outside was open to view till there was a ridge of low hills. “Huh.” As far as I was concerned, talking about Dan was at an end. “Really?” I’d never thought about Dan’s looks. “I’ve known Dan Brick since we were yay-high.” I held my hand out. “Was that your boyfriend who brought you to Sweetwater?” the woman sitting across from me asked. Our crew sat at the west end of a car on a train going roughly west to east, from Texoma to Dixie. The rocking made me a little uneasy in the stomach, and also sleepy, a real bad combination. It had been a long time since I was on a train, and I found I hadn’t missed it a bit. Though he lived his early life as a criminal, he became a patron saint of nonviolence.

He was one of the first Africans to achieve sainthood. Saint Moses the Black (also known as Abba Moses the Robber and Moses the Ethiopian) was a real man who lived from 330 AD to 405 AD. Thanks also to Dana and Toni, who are friends, allies, and sounding boards to Sarah Byrne, who volunteered her name to my editor, Joe Monti, whose faith in me never seems to waver.

Thanks to Paula, my friend and assistant, for her help and encouragement and tenacious research. These years: bless you for believing in me and my stories. To all the people who have handsold my books through

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Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris