David Layton Fleming Texas Historical Fiction
David Layton Fleming
Texas novelist

David Layton Fleming

Fourth-generation Texan. San Marcos roots. Teacher, pastor, river runner, author of three Texas novels from TCU Press, and contributor to Careless Weeds: Six Texas Novellas.

Days of the River Rider by David Layton Fleming
New book · TCU Press

Days of the River Rider

Published April 28, 2026 · Big Bend country, 1943

A river rider patrols the Rio Grande during a cattle quarantine. A Big Bend story of duty, trouble, and hard country.

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Border Crossings by David Layton Fleming
Novel · 1993

Border Crossings

TCU Press · Texas-Mexico border country

A border novel set in the tense years after the Pancho Villa raid.

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Summertime by David Layton Fleming
Novel · 1986

Summertime

Central Texas farm country

A coming-of-age novel set on a drought-stricken farm in the 1950s.

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Careless Weeds: Six Texas Novellas
Anthology · novella contribution

Careless Weeds

Six Texas Novellas · Southern Methodist University Press

Includes David L. Fleming’s novella “The Sun Gone Down, Darkness Be Over Me.”

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