Three Kids, a Bar, and a Star
“I HATE geometry! ‘Specially these stupid shapes! Who cares what a six-sided star is called? Let’s go!” With that, Drew leaps off the bench...
Desperate Times
Abram Grothe paced Dave’s cramped sheriff’s office. Well, it’s my office now, he thought. He stopped and stared at the cluttered piles of wanted posters, briefs...
Kevin Wainwright
Kevin Wainwright ambled through the town square with the rolling gait of a drunken sailor. Instead of the expected trail of dust clouds, his...
Gina Tailfeathers
Genesee “Gina” Tailfeathers made a direct line to the center section of the Union Casino’s long wooden bar. With a twirl, she perched on...
Frontier Justice
Philip Swinford blinked as the late afternoon sunlight reflected off the oak-dappled canyon. He strained futilely against the ropes that bound his hands in...
The Caretaker
Theo Boyer-Whateley wiped his lips. The white linen napkin contrasted with the floral swirls of his paisley shirt. He gave a contented sigh. “Once...
Blight Serum
“Kevin …” Ivor Hawley said.
On cue, his diminutive assistant strode through the tent flaps. “Yes, Ringmaster,” Kevin squeaked.
Ivor held out two small vials of...
A Ghost of a Chance
August 29, 1877
“I still hear hoof-beats behind us,” Kevin Wainwright lifted his ear from the ground and looked back up towards the coach as he...
The Alighnment
Lucy Clover leaned against one of the thick ropes that supported the tent to take some weight off of her ankle. It throbbed with...
A Grand Entrance
Kevin Wainwright watched the smoke plumes rising, clouding Gomorra’s sunset. Ivor Hawley’s transformation had panicked the would-be posse. The fleeing mob no doubt thought...