Killing Dirty
The Across the Barren Landscape series, Story 1
Pete Clark
Smashwords
Fiction, Western
Themes: Frontier Tales
***+
Description
Aging gunfighter Jack Hemmingway rides into a forgotten dusthole of a town with a Colt on his hip, money in his pocket, and an invitation to a very special game that
will make or break his fortune.
An eBook-exclusive title. (The linked title includes more tales in the Across the Barren Landscape series.)
Review
This freebie short story reads fast, with plenty of grit and gunsmoke. It lost a half-mark for the ending, which feels adrift; I know it's the first of a series, but I'd hoped for a little more closure. Still, overall it's not a bad little tale.