Last week, I posted some Flash Fiction that put some old gods in new situations. This has been an interest of mine for some time. I thought I’d pull in some old stories of mine and see what else can be done. Like this one – The Drifer’s Hand. It would be silly to try… Continue reading From The Vault: The Drifter's Hand
Tag: western
Flash Fiction: Flint Smoke
For the Terribleminds Paint Color Title Scheme challenge. “Whiskey. Best make it a double.” He didn’t always start his time in the saloon this way. Most days here saw him talking with one of the girls, or hitting up the poker table. But today was different. A lesser man might have ridden for an extra… Continue reading Flash Fiction: Flint Smoke
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Bunraku
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/bunraku.mp3] Bunraku is a preposterous title for a film, and also slightly pretentious. It refers not to a character or a location, but rather a type of Japanese shadow play, a theatrical production using puppets that tells broad stories based on archetype and fable. It’d be like naming Flash Gordon “Raygun Gothic Adventure with Queen.”… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Bunraku
Flash Fiction: The Gunsmith
For the TerribleMinds flash fiction challenge, Must Love Guns. His fingers, stained with soot and grease, ached to their bones. He removed the visor he’d worn during the process and reached for the nearby cloth. He couldn’t take his eyes from his work as he pulled the towel over one hand, then the other. By… Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Gunsmith
Movie Review: True Grit
I grew up with Westerns. The big music and booming voice of John Wayne is something I’m quite familiar with. Unfortunately some of my childhood memories are a bit spotty, and the only thing I really remember from the 1968 version of True Grit is the famous scene of The Duke riding towards four men… Continue reading Movie Review: True Grit
Free Fiction: The Drifter's Hand
As promised, today sees the second entry in my new Free Fiction section. I was admittedly a little surprised when I saw how well Greek myth and tragedy translated into non-Greek settings like science fiction. I wanted to try and experiment with other mixes, taking classic stories and putting them in different genres. Norse myth… Continue reading Free Fiction: The Drifter's Hand
