Editors’ note: The character who kills Dracula at the end of Bram Stoker’s classic novel is Quincey Morris, a Texan who does the job with a bowie knife. Our serialized novel tells his story—and that of his famous blade. For more on this project, read our introduction. To see the chapters that we’ve published so far and sign up to be notified when new chapters publish, click here. Carving out a grave in the rocky caliche of the ranch was a major task. Quin, Green, Octavio, and the other ranch hands had spent most of the day digging Burleson’s, and now they were doing the same for Lasso Larry. Both graves were a few yards away from the rough slab of limestone, with the single word “Loretta” engraved upon it, that…The post Chapter 12: The Temptation of Quincey Morris appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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