New from TCU Press
Days of the River Rider
A river rider, a cattle quarantine, and a borderland pushed to the edge.
New novel
Days of the River Rider
Big Bend country · 1943 · The upper Rio Grande
A Texas borderlands novel of quarantine, duty, violence, love, and the hard grace of river country.
For readers drawn to canyon country, border history, ranch roads, and the silence of West Texas.
Texas fiction from Central Texas to Big Bend.
David Layton Fleming’s novels trace drought, border violence, faith, memory, and survival across Texas landscapes he knows closely.
The novels
A compact author portfolio.
Borderlands fiction
Border Crossings
Former Texas Rangers cross into Mexico on a dangerous rescue mission.
First novel
Summertime
A coming-of-age novel set on a drought-stricken Central Texas farm.
West Texas readers
Big Bend, the Rio Grande, and the moral weight of the borderlands.
Fleming’s work is suited to readers who want historical fiction with a strong sense of place rather than a generic western backdrop.