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Capers Barr is a retired Army aviator and test pilot who flew jets and Special Electronic Mission Aircraft before moving into federal law enforcement. His fiction leans heavily on experience and only lightly on forgiveness, often exploring men pushed past the point where restraint stops being useful. He is the author of three books, including The Alabama Hot Pocket and other works featured on LoserWithSocks.com, where his writing blends Western grit, modern satire, and hard-edged BS. His short fiction has appeared in True West Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and The Strand Magazine. “Three Miles Past Cloudcroft” — published in the Rio Grande Literary Review “Dead Stick Over Jornada” — published in The Strand Magazine “The Last Transmission at White Sands” — published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine “No Good Weather Below Ten Thousand” — featured in a Western Fictioneers anthology He is a finalist for the University of New Mexico Writers’ Conference and the New Mexico Book Awards, and has been nominated for the Western Writers of America Spur Awards. He splits his time between the Paint Rock River Valley in Alabama and Cloudcroft, New Mexico, at 9,800 feet, where the air is thin and mistakes tend to cost more. A mountain runner and endurance athlete, he is a two-time finisher of the Duke City Marathon. He is at work on a novel about a man who should have known better and didn’t care, and a future project exploring power, influence, and the economics of college football in the NIL era, including the enduring gravitational pull of Nick Saban. He lives with two blue heelers, Sancho and Jody. He can be reached at loserwithsocks@gmail or at @MrTennessee6 (X)