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Back then, things weren’t too strange between us strangers. We were grifters. Traveling one town to another in search for work. Gold mines, farmhands. Hell, even the role of barhand. But what we were really looking for wasn’t work. It was trouble. Any time those saloon doors swung open was like the tumbling of a slot machine you’d find on one of them fancy river boats out east. Always hoping it wa...
Tumbleweed rolls in the distance as the non diegetic western plays in the background.
Susan stands before the outlaw, hands shaking as she points the gun in his direction.
He smiles; a cigarette hanging out the corner of his mouth, his sun bronzed skin shaded by the rim of his hat. He stands with confidence, his boots firmly on the ground, his spurs glistening in the midday light.
Susan has nev...
As I stood in front of the crowd, I felt the air quiver with anticipation as they waited for my next move.
I had been declared their hero, their saviour and as they watched and waited I couldn't help but feel so utterly unqualified.
The hulking figure walked towards me, their jacket moved in the breeze, the midday sun reflecting from their pistol, their face shrouded under the shadow of their wi...
Pastor Mabley watched from across the bar as yet another cowboy swaggered into Dry Gulch Inn looking for whiskey, women and gambling.
The place was a pox on this little town, he thought. A worn and dog-eared Bible lay on his lap, open to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. He had read it more times than he could count.
Here was a town, the clergyman thought, that is just as bad as Sodom. And yet t...
In manchen Nächten liege ich still im Gras und höre den Bäumen beim diskutieren zu. Groß sind sie die Bäume, alle gehen sie an die stattlichen 10 Meter heran, und breit sind sie erst! Man bräuchte um sie zu umfassen so an die 4 Leute mindestens, doch darin liegt nicht ihr eigentlicher Zauber. Den bekommt man nur zu spüren, wenn du dich ganz lautlos unter einen von ihnen legst und genau lauscht. Ma...
A fiery blaze seeped through what was rose red painted doors but now a blackened charcoal of nothing recognisable. Panting Profusely the unprepared assistant ran to the emergency exit in disarray, contemplating how his simple mistake could have caused such an awry.
Finally what seem to be safety had approached where, in recollecting himself, he stared before a police chase in front of him . Sudd...
“what are you doing?” joy exclaims in concern, throwing herself over the control board. her hair was messy as she just woke up.
no one else was awake, except of course for fear and pain. pain is one you may not know. the color is black.
fear and pain’s eyes were bloodshot from staying up all night, manning the board. they didn’t need to, but the couldnt stop.
it was a disease.
the sound of a t...
His tummy rumbles as his stomach is empty, starved he gives his last can of tuna to his dog as he knew the dog needed it more than him. As the man starts to sleep, he gets woken up by a man waving bread at him and telling him to check the dumpster for some extra bread. He checks, a gold mine....