Long Time Coming

In the tale, Long Time Coming, Bertram Skinner relates the worst day of his life.

The now quiet town of Ellsworth, Kansas, has a darkness from the past woven into the very fabric of its existence. Retired City Marshal Bertram Skinner has carried a burden for far too long. For years, he has lived with a haunting from an incident that left him questioning the true nature of justice. And now, he makes his yearly visit with his replacement, Marshal Jeb Carter, to unburden himself.

As they enjoy coffee and smoke, he describes his arrival and the first year of his life in a place everyone called, “The wickedest cattle-town in Kansas.”