Episode 31: Life and Limb - Evan Baughfman

From Connor Reads Books by L. Connor Voice

January 26, 2026 · 24 min · Season 1 · Episode 31

About this episode

The episode discusses Evan Boffman's desert horror tale 'Life and Limb' featuring a runner and a talking saguaro cactus.

What if happiness could be guaranteed with a single bite? We read Evan Boffman’s Life and Limb, a desert horror tale where a determined runner named Rafe—rebuilding his life with a carbon fiber blade—meets a towering, talkative saguaro that offers permanent euphoria and relief from thirst. The Sonoran heat blurs into myth as rattlesnakes block the trail, cholla cling with wicked barbs, and coyotes circle with quiet precision. Through it all, the cactus speaks in a calm baritone, holding out a...

People in this episode

Host: L. Connor Voice

Topics covered

horror
fiction
running
myth
desert

Keywords

happiness
carbon fiber blade
euphoria
rattlesnakes
cactus

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Life and Limb

Places: Sonoran