May 29, 2022
9 min read
Black Betty’s Run
The Ben Nathan Murder: Chapter 11
by Courtland Wade*
At the Woods County line, Parchman swung his patrol unit in a wide arc across simmering blacktop, signaled his position, and headed back east towards the heart of Alfalfa County. It was almost nine a.m. and heat rose from the pavement in visible waves to form a mirage of some impossibly distant lake on the horizon. Off to his right…
