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• The Funambulist

  by The Unnamable 3 months ago

  Perhaps he had needled away one too many sloe gin fizzes. Perhaps it was the sawdust under his stool, the all-too-conspicuous…

• Extraction(Doc2)

  by Wyatt Aapr 3 months ago

  Doc John put his valise behind the door out of sight, then got down his traveling instrument kit and spread it open on a sma…

• Out of the water

  by Wyatt Aapr 3 months ago

  out of the water.
  Kicking clumsily with his feet, one arm nearly useless, the other holding the unconscious girl against his…

• Unwanted

  by The Unnamable 4 months ago

  “You was spawned in the black hills and that’s where you stay!” sputtered the man. His raised arm clenched a shotgun with a s…

• Devil's Basin

  by Wyatt Aapr 4 months ago

  The indian girl, kneeling several feet away, saw August’s arched back as he tried to crawl backwards out of the water. She le…

• Prodigal

  by The Unnamable 5 months ago

• A Shot in the Dark (Long Patrol Chapter 4)

  by RazorbladeRhapsody 5 months ago

  “Cease fire, dammit! We ain’t made of shells!”
  The other riders lowered their rifles and watched the outlaws turn tail. “Bunc…

• Hunting for Buzzards (Long Patrol Chapter 8)

  by RazorbladeRhapsody 5 months ago

  “Hey, Yack?”
  Yack spat a glistening wad of phlem. “Whaddya want, ya inbred cuss?”
  “You remember that Ghost, that Ringo? Him w…

• Bring out your dead, or only one Quill.(The Long Patrol Chapter 6)

  by Mighty-Joe Young 5 months ago

  “That whore almost split my spine huh?”
  “I told you she’s so shady she cast two shadows. The whore used a pillow, and i got a…

• The dangers of being a doctor.(The Long Patrol Chapter 5)

  by Mighty-Joe Young 5 months ago

  Spec flopped like an eel on the pool table in the makeshift operating room.
  Pow Pow
  Shots blew a flower arrangement and t…