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Join the Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative at 602 Main Street for a reading, discussion, and signing of Coyotes, Gods, and Other Critters, Rick Wertz’ new book!

Rick Wertz is a long-time Coloradan and lifetime reader and storyteller. Through childhood playing sports and with a stutter, college, parenthood, farming, and other careers, Rick returned to books. He took solace in them as a child, entertained his own child with them as an adult, and turned to writing stories, too. The place of books in his life led, naturally, to writing books himself. We’re excited to have him in the store to read from and discuss his book, “Coyotes, Gods, and Other Critters.”

About the Book: “Where I live, there is a bounty on Coyotes. You can get five bucks for a pair of ears. Coyotes are cunning, conniving, crafty, creative, and cruel. Coyotes are secretive and silent unless agitated by the moon. There is always a bounty on Gods. A verifiable (literal?) picture of one would be worth millions. They are cunning, conniving, crafty, creative, and cruel as well. Gods are secretive and silent unless provoked by another critter. The other critters are along for the ride. Bunny rabbits, pixies, poodles, centaurs, humans and all the others roam the space between Coyotes and Gods. They are earth critters. They worship the sun and the heavens. They fear Coyotes and Gods.

Gods, and other critters are interwoven.

They are the triad that makes existence entertaining and challenging in a life and death sort of way.”