The Most Powerful Texans

You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.

by Harry Hurt III

The Horseman and His Apocalypse

People bring their gangly quarter horse colts to Bubba Werner to transform into winners. Now and again, he does.

by Jan Reid

The Last Kid on the Block

Elmer Wayne Henley is neither safe nor sorry.

by James Conaway

Stationery

The proof of your imagination is in the paper.

by Tracy Lewis

The Highland Park Woman

Splendor in the suburbs.

by A. C. Greene

Did You Hear The One About The Farmer’s Daughter?

A strip-mining company made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

by Stephen Harrigan

Behind the Lines

by William Broyles

Politics

So Close, So Far

The natural gas deregulation bill almost made it through the labyrinth of Congress, but not exactly in the way they tell it in the civics books.

by Paul Burka

Dining In

Specialties of the House

Some cheap but gourmet dishes you can make at home on the range.

by Frank Bailey

Books

Fires and Brimstone

Spiritual desolation in Crawford’s The Backslider; spiritual warfare in Naipaul’s Guerrillas.

by Michael Mewshaw

Investments

Gassing Game

Something you can’t see, hear, smell, taste, or touch could turn you a tidy profit—if you play your cards right.

by The Customer's Man

Film

Meaner Streets

Who is the Taxi Driver and why is he doing those terrible things?

by Marie Brenner

Health

The Wages of Fun

The worst things in life are free; venereal disease, for instance.

by Gregory Curtis

Lifestyle

Role Call

In which our author discovers that paternity suits him.

by David Ritz

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

by Richard West

Contest

Accidentally on purpose.

by Paul Burka

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

Water, water, everywhere.