It first appeared his in his short story collection The Folk of the Fringe (April, 1989), and was followed by a release in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (August, 1989)[1][2][3] In a post-apocalyptic America, range rider Deaver Teague is trying to get to the town of Moab because his horse died.

The most serious of them is that the middle son, Ollie, wants desperately to get away from the pageant because his father won’t let him act - making him run the lights and sound board instead.

In Card's story "West", Deaver Teague was found by a group of traveling Mormons after his parents were killed.

In the story "Salvage", Deaver is a young man who goes diving in a Mormon temple to try to find hidden gold.

In the short story "The Fringe", the main character, Mr. Carpenter is rescued from drowning at the last minute by a group of traveling actors calling itself the "Sweetwater Miracle Pageant".