Sacred Cows: Death and Squalor on the Rio Grande

Sacred Cows: Death and Squalor on the Rio Grande by A. S. Diev
Published in GigaNotoSaurus, May 2015
Description, from 2015 year-in-review [GigaNotosaurus.org]: "An out-of-work rock’n’roll reporter has a longshot last chance to save her career – if she can survive in a tough border town long enough to cover a surreal murder trial involving a powerful corporation, a flying yacht, an angry worker, a herd of bizarre genetically-modified farm animals, and some very, very bad luck.  Can she dig out the real story, score a job at a legitimate news site, and catch up with her Mastercard bill?"
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