Thunder Mountain
Thunder Mountain is a novel of magical realism by former Western New Mexico University professor and eccentric mountain man, Uncle River. Set in the mythical southwestern New Mexico mountain town of Elk Stuck, the book details mundane and mystical events that revolve around the main character, drifter Harry Upton, and his quirky, adopted family.
Uncle River
Uncle River is a hermit, living in the New Mexican mountains. His first book was Thunder Mountain. He has also written the "Mogollon News", fictitious news from the real New Mexico ghost town where River lived for five years. His works are published in Asimov's, Analog, Amazing Stories, Interzone, Absolute Magnitude, and Talebones.