Published: 2026 by TCU Press
A 1943 Big Bend novel set during a foot-and-mouth cattle quarantine along the Rio Grande, following river rider John Bearman through danger, solitude, and moral trial.
Published: 1993 by TCU Press
Historical fiction centered on the border violence and pursuit that followed the Pancho Villa era, moving across the Texas-New Mexico-Mexico borderlands.
First published: 1986
A coming-of-age novel set on a drought-stricken Central Texas farm in the 1950s—an intimate story of youth, family, hardship, and the feel of a changing rural world.
Taken together, Fleming's novels move from drought-era farm country to the borderlands and finally into the canyon country of the upper Rio Grande. They share a devotion to place, a feel for hard-earned lives, and an interest in the moral pressures created by land, weather, violence, and history.
| 1986 | Summertime — Central Texas coming-of-age fiction. |
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| 1993 | Border Crossings — historical border fiction. |
| 2026 | Days of the River Rider — Big Bend / Rio Grande historical fiction. |