The Quickest Gun from the East_Another Revision_No Turning Back_Planting Season
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The Quickest Gun from the East
The Quickest Gun from the EastIn November of the year 1880, Joseph Luban descended from the Southern Pacific Railroad train at Tucson in the Arizona territory, where the train had stopped for refueling and taking on supplies, before continuing to San Francisco. Joseph had planned to look over the city, but when a fellow passenger suggested that if he wanted to see “the real West,” he should travel to Tombstone, he decided to do so. He wasn’t sure he could return in time to catch the train, but there would be another in a week and he was in no hurry. He took a stagecoac...
Another Revision
It was no use trying to hide. Crazy Alice had spotted Margaret fair and square. Margaret sighed. She knew she would acquiesce to her demands. Crazy Alice had a way of doing that.Alice had received her endearing moniker for an abundance of reasons. She was most famous for strong-arming her neighbors into performing random tasks. These missions would hold no benefit for the crazy woman but she would make them sound as if they were necessary for humanity’s survival until you gave in and agreed to assist. She was a sweet, older woman who had once been the city’s first female council person and she...
No Turning Back
The fire marshall walked through the debris, kicking his boots through ash, thick on the bottom of the dwelling that once was. He shook his head sadly. Someone's home, the memories that remained like soft flour on a squelched floor. The truck had arrived, 4:00 am, after the 911 call was sent, flames pouring into the blackness of the night, while the nearby community slept unaware. 14 kids got safely outside, a missing cat, probably escaped into one of the maple trees, the girl had gone looking and calling with no luck. Parents had been away, a romantic escape weekend, leaving the two teens, A...
Planting Season
Content warning: domestic abuse“Don’t forget to change the clocks on Saturday night,” Betsy said. “I’m so ready for spring.”Betsy and Sue stood outside the grocery store parking lot. "You know what that means," Sue said. "Planting season is right around the corner. Soon that’s all our husbands will be talking about."Betsy nodded and smiled. “It also means it's time to start thinking about summer plans," she said. "I thought about it long and hard but decided Katy is still young for overnight camp. Paul loves camp Halayapaka though, and Katy will be ready next year. She is going to go to art ca...