A little esoteric piece I wrote the other day.

This is an outline of sorts for my new story. There is an 1889 sheriff's report that runs as the throughline for the story (that part is in italics). The bold writing in-between the report sections is a stand-in for the modern day narrative that will be taking place. You will see that I have written the first part of that narrative already. Of course, this is all very rough at this point.

It's finally done! Thanks for the input so far from many of you. Eric - I did try to lengthen out the section where the shovel breaks. Anne - I did take your suggestions for flipping a few things at the beginning. Please give me your best critique of this piece. Does it work? Is it too long? Should something be added or cut?

Thanks in advance.