D. Christopher Bader
I write western mysteries, backcountry noir, and strange tales from the American West.
Around here you’ll find cryptids, cold trails, buried secrets, stubborn dogs, and the occasional thing that shouldn’t be standing in the tree line.
Pull up a chair. The fire’s still warm.
Crash Calloway Field Notes
Two original short stories from the world of Crash Calloway, plus Wyoming photography, behind-the-scenes notes, and an excerpt from This Ain’t Roswell.
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From haunted trails and foil-wrapped dolls to buried secrets and cryptid cults, these stories span rural noir, supernatural mystery, and pulp adventure. Some follow Crash. Others dig into the strange corners of Bridger, where the missing don’t always want to be found—and legends have teeth.
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