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...
Bacillus Pastueria
“A package, sir,” said Raymond Archibald as he entered Louis Pasteur’s laboratory at Morgan Research Institute.
“Excellent, and not a moment too soon,” said Pasteur....
Quickdraw Handgun
Smith and Robards Catalog
Spring 1878
When you need an edge, bigger is not always better. Sometimes surprise wins out over force. Introducing Smith and Robards’...
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 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...
Jokers are Wild
Bullets slammed into the walls and posts of the Telegraph Office, sending splinters flying everywhere. Lucy Clover had had enough. “Why, I ought to...
A Snake in Woman’s Clothes
Henry Lunsmith was livid. “Good riddance, Avie Cline, you two-timin’ hussy!” Indeed, he could not bring himself to use his surname, bestowed lovingly a...
The Temptation of Brother Petrovic
“Vot do you see? Vot is my fated destiny?” Brother Feodor Petrovic’s fingers brushed up and down against the three cross beams of the...
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...