Announcing the Texas Book Club’s October Pick
Over in the Texas Book Club, a partnership between Texas Monthly and the Texas Book Festival, we’re turning the final pages on our inaugural pick, Lonesome Dove.Before we shift to our next page-tu...
Roar of the Crowd: October 2025
A River of SympathyThree days after the floods that ravaged the Texas Hill Country on July 4, senior editor Aaron Parsley wrote a firsthand chronicle of his family’s experience of the tragedy and th...
Behind the Scenes With a True Crime Legend
Did you hear? Skip’s in town from Dallas. I saw him walking down the hall. He’s probably talking to IT—a problem with his laptop. I think he’s heading out this afternoon, though I’m not sure...
The Chocolaty Drink You Need for Fall
Creating hexagonal pucks of drinking chocolate is, somehow, more complicated than it sounds. As a chocolate maker—rather than a chocolatier, who crafts confections with already-made chocolate—Ashl...
My First Murder
In the summer of 1974, I was sixteen years old, living with my family in the North Texas city of Wichita Falls. I was a straight arrow of a kid: an Eagle Scout, a member of my high school’s debate t...
You Had Us at “Cheeseburger Fried Rice”
You know a diner when you see one. Inviting booths and counter stools. A menu starring comfort food’s greatest hits. Friendly(ish), fast service. A clientele made up of brooding teenagers, older cou...