Santa Claus at Simpson’s Bar

"Santa Claus at Simpson's Bar" is a rugged Christmas short story set in California's Gold Rush country, where rough-edged miner Dick Bullen undertakes a punishing fifty-mile midnight ride on a vicious mare named Jovita to fetch Christmas toys for Johnny — a sick, bedridden boy who has never known the holiday's magic. With his companions gone quiet and a wounded arm bleeding in the dark, Dick races against dawn, highwaymen, and a flooded creek, driven by nothing but stubborn, wordless tenderness for a child who asked one too many questions about Sandy Claws.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ririro-com-short-stories--6577582/support.