Short Story: Beneath Mount Shasta’s Shadow
The Sheriff rubbed tired eyes while flipping through the booking report. Sixty-nine arrests in just over a week. Even for Siskiyou County, that was busy. The massive stack of paperwork seemed to grow taller by the minute, each page representing another life at a crossroads.
Through the window, the majestic peak of Mount Shasta loomed in the distance, its snowy cap gleaming in the March sunlight. The mountain had watched…






