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I had just finished a few jobs and was resting up a bit the only way I know how. With a shot of whiskey and a song. Maybe a card game, here and there would follow, or maybe something else. Turned out it was the latter that happened to me.I had just finished my shot of whiskey, and my thoughts were about my recent jobs. I had been embroiled in the old Hatfields vs. McCoys family feud. My services were tapped by the McCoys and I was one of the members...
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"Who are those men Pa?" Thomas Charles asked.Henry shook his head. He didn't really know what to tell his boy. So, he decided to make it simple and straightforward."You better get inside, son." he said.Henry tried to keep his voice from trembling. Several thoughts and feelings came upon him at the same time. He tried to stay tough and firm, but deep inside of him, a storm was raging. Henry Howard knew why Papa Muertes' boys had come a knocking on...
3) Redemption
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The old mountain man woke up with a splitting headache, and his limbs felt a lot stiffer than usual. His joints and legs were sore, but not because of lack of use. No, the old mountain man was not one to be sedentary or to inactive. Considering that he lived alone in the middle of a secluded patch of forest, a slow an inactive life was a luxury he could not afford. After all, out here in the middle of the wilderness, if you did not hunt for your own...
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The Last Train to ChristmasMere days before Christmas, Rocky is devastated that his wife has left him and decides to drown his sorrows at the local saloon. He had no idea when he stepped through the doors that he would be witness to two shootings within minutes of each other, or the intended third victim.Rocky is sure he is about to meet his maker when a stranger stepped in and ended the one-sided gunfight. Eager to repay the stranger for saving his...
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Milton 'Frisky' Farraday grinned as he set the bags of bills on the wooden table. The creaky old wooden table shook, as the money bags were slammed on them."Look at that loot and weep, boys! We're rich! Rich!"His breath reeked of tobacco, whiskey and rotten teeth. Frisky had several rows of teeth missing that his boys often wondered how he even managed to chew on food at all. They wondered to themselves, but they didn't bring it up to Frisky, unless...
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I was in the cabin of the legendary mountain man Jeb Carlyle. He had just fed me a sumptuous dish of rattlesnake head, of all things. After some initial trepidation, I managed to finish the surprisingly good meal. The meal was only one of the many things that could catch your eye in his little home. As we continued our conversation, I would later realize that just about everything in that little cabin had a story waiting to be told. After an initially...
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Listen up! Listen up! Come far an' round! I've got a tale to tell and believe me, it begins an' ends with a man on the ground.The story is quite sad, truth be told, even a little bitter. An outlaw turned lawman, and outlaw again. His badge lost a lot of its glitter.This is the tale of one Henry H. Flatt, a man that almost had it all.His love for his wife, that is what led to his fall.
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Billy knew this would be no ordinary training course, and he would need all his reflexes and skills to get past it.This training course was designed to test his skills to the limit, and he had to pass it. It was the only way he would be able to return home, and exact justice.This one thought and the painful memories that preceded it, would have to be enough for Billy to carry him through the grueling course. Billy gritted his teeth and focused on...
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"Dr. St John? There's someone here to see you."The lady knocked a few times on the door, but no one answered."I'll just let ourselves in. Come with me, and don't get too startled when you see him. Dr. St. John can still be quite ornery, even with his advanced disease.""Ornery? What do you mean?"
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Tom Kidman wasn't afraid of dying, just of dying alone. He'd seen far too many men during the war pass to the great beyond with no family member or friend beside him. That and that alone was the only thing Tom was scared of. However, he thought that was the fitting way for an evil man to die.Judson Law was a bounty hunter; fearless and mean as a snake. He had only one passion-his loyal four-legged furry companion, a mutt named Hudson. When Hudson...
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Gunther Martin was a large and imposing man easily towering over his fellow outlaws in height. He was also packed with more muscle than any of them which was no mean feat, considering that they were on the run from the law, and meals were sometimes a luxury. Despite their hectic and dangerous lifestyle, Martin was built like a mountain while his fellow outlaws were built more like stringy pebbles. A life on the run had clearly taken its toll on the...
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Bounty hunter Jacob Spade felt the hard boot on his face. His head was turned around from the impact of the kick. The boot landed squarely on his jaw, and he thought one of his teeth went loose. He was already on the ground, but the kick to the face just made his terrible predicament even worse.Spade had been lying on the hot desert floor for what seemed like an eternity now. He had bruises and welts all over his body, and his difficulty in breathing...
13) The Dark Woods
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"We're going through the Dark Woods.""Pa, with all due respect, is that such a good idea? I mean, I've heard a lot of stories about them woods. And all them stories are bad."Young Bob Weiss spoke with a lot of fear and hesitation. He had heard a lot of stories about the dark woods, stories from men and friendly Indians. The tales spoke of strange dangers inside the woods, of getting lost and almost never getting out, and a savage tribe of unknown...
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His name was Bart Samson, but sometimes, even he wasn't sure. The young man had been wandering so long under so many aliases, that he didn't really know anymore. It seemed as though all he ever really knew was a life on the run, constantly trying to keep ahead of the long arm of the law. The kid would often hide out and go wherever the wind took him. He was always trying to escape the law, but the law had a nasty habit of always catching up. Still,...
15) The Last Stand
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Albert Bruce Benjamin walked outside in the clear rays of a red sun. He looked up and the sun was unusually colored red. It was the same dark crimson color of blood. The sky above was a dark shade that he could not identify. He was not sure what the color was, but it seemed akin to black. Despite the dark hues of the day, Albert could see clearly and take one step forward towards wherever he was going. If anything, his eyes had no trouble seeing everything...
16) Bishop Creek
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"I'll thank you not to use vulgarity in this establishment," Alva, the shopkeeper's daughter shouted to a closed door. Then seeing that her father, was not going to make any effort to help the customer until he'd finished his game, she set her broom aside and turned to the customer. The young man was standing there scanning the unfamiliar shelves, so she asked, "Can I help you find something, sir?""I need five pounds of two-penny nails," he replied....
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That night the darkness swallowed the landscape outside of the windows. Nothing was visible from the comfort of indoors. A cold wind blew as Lance herded his horses into the security of the sturdy barn. He held his arms close to his sides, shivering as he quickly paced back to the front door of his home. He slid the lock across, bolting it shut from the inside. His boots slipped off his tired feet with ease, collapsing in a leathery heap on the floor....
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Daniel Lawton was a quiet, hard working man. He took a hard job with the railroad, putting in long, hot hours to lay railway tracks, all in hopes of making a future for himself and the woman he loved. Against Rebecca's wishes, Daniel took what little they'd managed to save to a poker game. Not only did he win, but he also got more than he bargained for. His winning streak would not last for long.Beaten to a pulp and his winnings stolen, stumbling...
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Frank Kane, bounty hunter, had been shot and left for dead. If not for the kindness of Father Mathias and his ward, Natalya, Frank would have been just another unknown skeleton with bones bleaching in the sun.Pepe Santiago, born and raised in the small barrio, decided leading a good life didn't pay as much as he would have liked. Joining up with a group of outlaws led by a man named Howard McCracken, Pepe hoped his new-found friends would help him...
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