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Unsafe, Unsound

Book cover Unsafe, Unsound fantasy western short story

Ethan and his family live on the outskirts of town, between civilization and the total lack of it. Ma always keeps the shotgun handy.

Ethan’s brother announces a nighttime visitor as “a dead man coming up the road.” The man surely looks halfway to death, but Ethan fears his brother, touched in the head after a long illness, sees something else. Something more.

Then the pistol on the man’s belt catches Ethan’s eye. A weapon of eerie, unearthly beauty, meant for more than the mere killing of outlaws. What trouble follows a man with a weapon like that?

“Unsafe, Unsound,” a tale for fans of western weird fiction.

The eBook of this short story is in the following collections:

Tales from Forgotten Days

Tales of Old Gods and New

Published: June 27, 2017

Available in: eBook (epub and mobi), Paperback

ISBNs:

eBook 978-1-946552-44-0

Paperback 978-1-946552-45-7

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