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• Out of Luck in Liberty Junction

  by SKermitgorf about 1 year ago

  ‘You better aim better then I hear ya do marshall, you jes got lucky when you shot and killed my brother Clay, you sonnofadad…

• Good Luck in Liberty Junction

  by SKermitgorf about 1 year ago

  For Cole Talbot good luck more then anything was his greatest asset. He wasn’t particularly adept as a gunfighter. He wasn’t …

• Heap of Trouble in Liberty Junction

  by SKermitgorf about 1 year ago

  I got a sour feeling in the pit of my belly the way that cavalry soldier was looking past Annie at Cole in the saloon.

  “You …

• What Happens When You're Stuck In a Cell With Nowhere to Go While Burning Liquid Slowly Creeps Toward You?

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  Fauxtes sniffed the air.

  “Smell that?” he said, brows raised.

  Dadaelee looked over at him.

  “Smells…hot?” she tested, wig…

• Sucked Dry

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  So it was true! the Sovereign Marshall thought, brain boiling at the thought of it, at the sight of it! He couldn’t even co…

• The Judge's Report

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  The Sovereign Marshall sat quietly in his penthouse, brooding. Dali was now acceptably silent above him, so he could finally …

• The Roost

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  The Roost turned out to be the hollow spire set above the Marshall’s penthouse. It was at the very top of the Tower, and comp…

• The Sovereign's Sentence

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  Judge Dench handed the Marshall a pulsating orange globe. “I believe I have…two thousand, three hundred sixty-eight memorie…

• Twelve Lifetimes in One

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  Countless questions were battering my brain. I was a thousand years old? What had we done to threaten the Marshall? Was Dadae…

• The Builder Cover-Up

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  I stared at him. Ok, well… I thought. This was an interesting piece of information. The Marshall smiled at my confusion.
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