The devastating loss of her husband and four-month old baby boy in a car accident leaves Kate Webster searching for a way to go on with her life. Her childhood summers, spent with her beloved grandparents on their remote ranch in western Wyoming, had been carefree and happy so the opportunity to visit the ranch, on her way to Jackson to find a job, was a comforting thought.

Kate’s own minor accident on the road to the ranch left her stuck in a ditch filled with snow and she would have frozen to death that night if she hadn’t been rescued by two ranch hands. It was frightening to discover that Jake, the ranch owner, was a man who had humiliated and hurt her badly sixteen years ago but she consoled herself with the thought that she would be away from there the next morning. However, the night’s storm made the road out impassable and Kate was told that they were snowed in and would be for several months.

The final mortification came when Jake set the terms for her living there during the winter; she would cook and clean and she would live in the bunkhouse.

Writing the stories of people who have lived most of their lives in the ranching country of western Wyoming inspired Helena Marincic Linn to write the fiction story Winter in the Bunkhouse. These pioneer stories have been published in the Sublette County Journal and the Pinedale Roundup for the past ten years and more recently in Agri-News of Billings, Montana.  

   Helena lives in Big Piney, Wyoming, a few blocks from where she was born 76 years ago. She and her husband Bob have eight children, their spouses, and 25 grandchildren, most of them living in Wyoming too.

   Participating in the research and documentation of homesteads by the Sublette County Historic Preservation Board is giving Helena the unique opportunity to help record local history and provides inspiration for writing fiction stories. 

To Press and Beyond

"Getting my story into a readable manuscript and then working through the process of getting it published seemed an almost insurmountable task until I met Gail Kearns of To Press and Beyond. Without her professional editing and patient guidance every step of the way, my fiction story might never have become a book. The details of the publication process received Gail's careful attention, and for all her help I will always be grateful." Gail's Website

Helena Linn, Winter in the Bunkhouse

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Sue Sommers

I would like to thank Sue for the illustrations used in my book and also on this website.

Sue's Website

Helena Linn, Winter in the Bunkhouse

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