Brieana Sealy

Tucson author Shannon Baker was named the 2017 Author of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (RMFW) on July 15. This makes Baker a two-time recipient, having been named the 2014 Author of the Year as well.Baker, author of the Nora Abbott mystery series and, the first book in the Kate Fox mystery series, said that receiving the award was very special to her."I've been a nomad, especially in the last ten years," she said. "I was always an outsider and I never really fit in.

Several weeks ago, Harmesh and Raksha Bhatti, owners of the Tucson-favorite India Oven, were burglarized.

Recently I found an old box of cassette tapes—things even I could not destroy. I came upon a green TDK with the words “Giant Sandworms 1st Gig” scrolled on it. A neighbor of mine still  owned a tape deck—the old kind. I took it home and ran a pencil through the spools to loosen up 30-some years, sat down, switched off the light, pushed play, and for a second, I could almost make out the faces ...Tumbleweeds Bar down on 4th Ave, ‘cross from Choo Choo's, stamping hands, a crowd, Giant Sandworms.