• A short story about mortality by David McDannald, edited by Susan Hahn of Triquarterly

    "Park Bench of the Mind" (Fiction)

    A story about the end of the road for a curmudgeonly old-timer looking back on his glory days.

  • The knock on a cabin door near the Mexico border was of an injured migrant.

    "Migrants at the Door" (Essay)

    The dreaded knock came from a man who lived behind the world David inhabited. A migrant, injured and frantic, stood outside the door of his remote cabin.

  • "When Presidents Surf Porn Theorem" (Experimental)

    An attempt, using qualitative formulas, to prove presidents should surf porn.

  • "How Not to Raise Llamas" (Essay)

    After taking over the ranch, David fails a test of courage in solving the problem of an unruly llama.

  • "Rustlers" (Essay)

    David discovers that the ranch hand who has been stealing cattle has something in common with himself.

  • "The McDannald Fire" (Essay)

    David’s beloved ranch catches fire in a catastrophic blaze named after his family.

  • "On the Baka of Cameroon" (Essay)

    In the Central African jungle, while trying to find Baka still living away from roads, David joins a conflict over a Baka girl hit by a motorcycle.

  • "The Republic of Texas" (Essay)

    David leaves Wall Street to live on a West Texas ranch and uncovers family conflict bordering on myth.

  • "Killing Dun" (Essay)

    A notable essay in Best American Essays 2019, “Killing Dun” traces the last days of a beloved horse on a ranch near Marfa, Texas.

  • "Letter from Maasailand" (Essay)

    A modern Maasai teenager finds himself face to face with Masai warriors still living within older traditions.

  • "Jack's Dark Journey" (Essay)

    In eastern Cameroon, David and Ofir save a baby gorilla orphaned after the slaughter of its family by poachers.

  • "Stealing Chickens" (Fiction)

    “Stealing Chickens” is a story about a man rescuing child soldiers from the war in DRC. It led off the second to last issue of Glimmer Train.