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It was here in the small town with no name that Cody 'Cannibal' Wilkens arrived. The old mountain man was known for many other monikers. Some called him 'the Eater of Savages' Souls' or 'the Crow Nightmare' after the tribe he was most famously known to have feuded with. But it was his original nickname of 'the Cannibal' that stuck. It was the name most people remembered him by, because of his infamous actions against the Crow tribe.
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Thomas Crane was never really one for company. The man always worked best alone. Thomas was a rough sort who preferred the company of his horse and dog more than people. This innate nature of Thomas to stay away from the company of people usually caused him a lot of trouble. Oftentimes, Thomas even believed that he was more than a little cursed. After all, wasn't it written in the Good Book that "No man is an island?" Or that "the greatest love that...
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I had just finished a few jobs and was resting up a bit the only way I know how. With a shot of whiskey and a song. Maybe a card game, here and there would follow, or maybe something else. Turned out it was the latter that happened to me.I had just finished my shot of whiskey, and my thoughts were about my recent jobs. I had been embroiled in the old Hatfields vs. McCoys family feud. My services were tapped by the McCoys and I was one of the members...
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Bounty hunter Jacob Spade felt the hard boot on his face. His head was turned around from the impact of the kick. The boot landed squarely on his jaw, and he thought one of his teeth went loose. He was already on the ground, but the kick to the face just made his terrible predicament even worse.Spade had been lying on the hot desert floor for what seemed like an eternity now. He had bruises and welts all over his body, and his difficulty in breathing...
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Milton 'Frisky' Farraday grinned as he set the bags of bills on the wooden table. The creaky old wooden table shook, as the money bags were slammed on them."Look at that loot and weep, boys! We're rich! Rich!"His breath reeked of tobacco, whiskey and rotten teeth. Frisky had several rows of teeth missing that his boys often wondered how he even managed to chew on food at all. They wondered to themselves, but they didn't bring it up to Frisky, unless...
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The bank is being robbed!" cried a panicked townsman running into Sheriff Bean´s office."Time to go to work, Sam," Bean said, with a grin. He grabbed two shotguns off the wall, threw one to his deputy and they hurried out of the office to the bank.As they arrived at the bank, Bean and Sam were confronted by three armed men - faces covered by black bandanas – running towards their horses. Seeing the lawman, they immediately opened fire, wildly shooting...
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Daniel Lawton was a quiet, hard working man. He took a hard job with the railroad, putting in long, hot hours to lay railway tracks, all in hopes of making a future for himself and the woman he loved. Against Rebecca's wishes, Daniel took what little they'd managed to save to a poker game. Not only did he win, but he also got more than he bargained for. His winning streak would not last for long.Beaten to a pulp and his winnings stolen, stumbling...
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He wandered through the badlands with little or no purpose. Most men did not know who he was, or why he did what he did. He was many things to many men. Some men viewed him as he was, a man of few words and many mysteries. A wanderer that seemed to be running from something, something even he wasn't sure of. Others saw him as something more than a man, as a spirit that moved through the realms of the living and the dead. The only thing that was sure...
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The bounty hunter is comin' to town tomorrow!Everyone had heard of the bounty hunter. Who had not? The man had reached near mythic and infamous status. He had developed a nasty reputation of always getting his man, no matter how tough or dangerous. And he always demanded to be paid fair and right. To many, hiring the bounty hunter was like making a pact with the devil himself. And for them, the devil was coming to town tomorrow.
10) Redemption
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The old mountain man woke up with a splitting headache, and his limbs felt a lot stiffer than usual. His joints and legs were sore, but not because of lack of use. No, the old mountain man was not one to be sedentary or to inactive. Considering that he lived alone in the middle of a secluded patch of forest, a slow an inactive life was a luxury he could not afford. After all, out here in the middle of the wilderness, if you did not hunt for your own...
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"Dr. St John? There's someone here to see you."The lady knocked a few times on the door, but no one answered."I'll just let ourselves in. Come with me, and don't get too startled when you see him. Dr. St. John can still be quite ornery, even with his advanced disease.""Ornery? What do you mean?"
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The Last Train to ChristmasMere days before Christmas, Rocky is devastated that his wife has left him and decides to drown his sorrows at the local saloon. He had no idea when he stepped through the doors that he would be witness to two shootings within minutes of each other, or the intended third victim.Rocky is sure he is about to meet his maker when a stranger stepped in and ended the one-sided gunfight. Eager to repay the stranger for saving his...
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"Who are those men Pa?" Thomas Charles asked.Henry shook his head. He didn't really know what to tell his boy. So, he decided to make it simple and straightforward."You better get inside, son." he said.Henry tried to keep his voice from trembling. Several thoughts and feelings came upon him at the same time. He tried to stay tough and firm, but deep inside of him, a storm was raging. Henry Howard knew why Papa Muertes' boys had come a knocking on...
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Billy knew this would be no ordinary training course, and he would need all his reflexes and skills to get past it.This training course was designed to test his skills to the limit, and he had to pass it. It was the only way he would be able to return home, and exact justice.This one thought and the painful memories that preceded it, would have to be enough for Billy to carry him through the grueling course. Billy gritted his teeth and focused on...
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Listen up! Listen up! Come far an' round! I've got a tale to tell and believe me, it begins an' ends with a man on the ground.The story is quite sad, truth be told, even a little bitter. An outlaw turned lawman, and outlaw again. His badge lost a lot of its glitter.This is the tale of one Henry H. Flatt, a man that almost had it all.His love for his wife, that is what led to his fall.
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I was in the cabin of the legendary mountain man Jeb Carlyle. He had just fed me a sumptuous dish of rattlesnake head, of all things. After some initial trepidation, I managed to finish the surprisingly good meal. The meal was only one of the many things that could catch your eye in his little home. As we continued our conversation, I would later realize that just about everything in that little cabin had a story waiting to be told. After an initially...
18) The Dark Woods
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"We're going through the Dark Woods.""Pa, with all due respect, is that such a good idea? I mean, I've heard a lot of stories about them woods. And all them stories are bad."Young Bob Weiss spoke with a lot of fear and hesitation. He had heard a lot of stories about the dark woods, stories from men and friendly Indians. The tales spoke of strange dangers inside the woods, of getting lost and almost never getting out, and a savage tribe of unknown...
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Jim Bridger, also, known as the 'King of the Mountain Men' lay on his stomach on a wooden table, as the doctor cut up the skin on the top area of his back. His back was stained with his own blood, but the good doctor had cleaned the blood as it gushed out, keeping bleeding to a minimum. Bridger himself was enduring the procedure in a very stoic and affable manner. He had been lying on his back for almost an hour now but was not complaining in any...
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Gunther Martin was a large and imposing man easily towering over his fellow outlaws in height. He was also packed with more muscle than any of them which was no mean feat, considering that they were on the run from the law, and meals were sometimes a luxury. Despite their hectic and dangerous lifestyle, Martin was built like a mountain while his fellow outlaws were built more like stringy pebbles. A life on the run had clearly taken its toll on the...
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