CROSSING COLFAX. SHORT STORIES BY ROCKY MOUNTAIN FICTION WRITERS - Tecno-Libro

A good story is a good story wherever it comes from, and this place is full of them. - from Charlie s Point of View Playboy Magazine once called Colfax Avenue the longest, wickedest street in America. A hundred years ago, it was the main road into and out of Denver, Colorado. East Colfax was the address to have for many of the city s elite, and West Colfax was a trail that led to the mountains and dreams of Gold Rush riches. A 105-acre tuberculosis sanatorium for the poor once fronted the street - the Golden Hill Cemetery still houses many of the White Plague s victims. Colfax Avenue has been a part of almost every major era that defines the American West. it has housed the richest and the poorest, supported massive public works and the seediest criminal enterprises. if that isn t the stuff of great fiction, we don t know what else qualifies. We invite you to explore Colfax Avenue - its past, present, and future. its greatest moments, real or imaginary, and its darkest secrets. Tales of romance, acti