New from David Layton Fleming
Stories carved from the canyons, river roads, and remembered history of Texas.
David Layton Fleming writes historical and literary fiction rooted in Central Texas, the borderlands, and the Big Bend country he has known for a lifetime. This site celebrates his full body of work while placing special emphasis on his newest novel, Days of the River Rider.
The author and the land
A fourth-generation Texan writing from lived country.
David Layton Fleming is a fourth-generation Texan with deep roots in the San Marcos area. His fiction draws on a lifetime of Central Texas memory, decades of exploring Big Bend National Park, floating the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande, and a sensibility shaped by teaching, faith, family history, and the outdoors.
The result is fiction that feels anchored to place. From drought-stricken Central Texas fields, to the rough border country, to the canyoned river corridors of West Texas, Fleming's novels treat landscape not as backdrop but as inheritance, pressure, witness, and revelation.
At a glance
The books
A body of work spanning decades of Texas storytelling.
Author timeline
Highlights across David Layton Fleming's writing history.
1986
Summertime appears as Fleming's first novel, introducing readers to his gift for rendering Texas place and memory.
1993
Border Crossings expands that reach into historical border fiction, drawing on the violence and uncertainty of the Texas-Mexico frontier.
2026
Days of the River Rider brings Fleming back with a new Big Bend novel, placing the upper Rio Grande and canyon country at center stage.
“For readers who love West Texas, the upper Rio Grande, and the Big Bend country, David Layton Fleming offers fiction steeped in hard land, border history, and the human stories carried through both.”
Website note: This version of the site uses original placeholder promotional artwork for book images.
Purchase links currently point to Amazon product pages, and each book page also includes a TCU Press link where applicable.