by erictknight | Nov 28, 2017 | action and adventure, Americana, Arizona history, bandits, Colt .44, comedy, cowboys, creative writing, drama, fiction, gun fight, horses, humor, novels, Old West, pulp fiction, roping, serial fiction, suspense, thriller, Uncategorized, writing
Drum roll please… Ladies and gentlemen, may I present a sneak peek at the next installment of the Lone Wolf Howls series. It begins, predictably enough, with Ace getting himself into trouble yet again. (Trouble does seem to follow him, doesn’t it?) The...
by erictknight | Sep 14, 2016 | action and adventure, action thriller, comedy, cowboys, creative writing, drama, Eric Knight, fiction, horses, humor, novels, Old West, pulp fiction, serial fiction, suspense, thriller, writing
Sometimes I hate it when I’m right. Like now, for instance. I knew these boys were going to be trouble when I joined up, I just knew it. And sure enough, I’m right. I start thinking about drawing my other Colt .44. If there’s one thing my useless pa taught me, it’s...
by erictknight | Jul 5, 2016 | Arizona history, autobiography, cattle, comedy, cowboys, creative writing, Date Creek Ranch, Eric Knight, horses, humor, ranching, short story, writing
Back in college I used to do a lot of backpacking with one of my friends. One time he and I were headed out to backpack in the Chiricahua Mountains and as we were pulling our packs out of the car I noticed that he had a milk jug full of water in the back seat. When I...
by erictknight | Jun 2, 2016 | action and adventure, Arizona history, autobiography, cattle, comedy, cowboys, Date Creek Ranch, Eric Knight, horses, humor, ranching, writing
I’m not quite sure why I wasn’t riding Cortez, my horse, on that fateful day. I have some vague recollection that she had a limp. I’m not even sure how the decision was made that Dinah should be her replacement either. Maybe it was just the universe having a little...
by erictknight | Feb 26, 2016 | Arizona history, autobiography, cattle, comedy, Date Creek Ranch, Eric Knight, horses, humor, ranching
To round out the triumvirate of Date Creek Ranch nags I was stuck riding as a kid, there was Beauty. Beauty was all black, just like the Black Beauty of movie fame (read part 1 here). And right there all comparisons between Beauty and her namesake ended. There was...
by erictknight | Feb 18, 2016 | Arizona history, autobiography, cattle, Date Creek Ranch, horses, humor, ranching, writing
By the time I was older, around 10 or so, I was heartily sick of riding the nags we had at Date Creek Ranch. Mom and Dad had good horses. My older sister, Kim, had a good horse, but I was still rotating between Lady (who, as I’ve mentioned before, was completely...
