Jan 6, 2025 | Doomtown Fiction, Authors, David Orange, Debt of Blood, Doomtown
by David Orange Jessica Patchett curled one card, then the other upwards, revealing a jack of diamonds and a four of clubs. She looked over at Claude Fontenot, one of the Gem Theater’s dealers, who returned an equally impassive gaze. Jessica pointed at the...
Jan 6, 2025 | Doomtown Fiction, Authors, David Orange, Debt of Blood, Doomtown
by David Orange “All aboard. Leaving for Deadwood in thirty minutes.” The conductor paused long enough from his shouted announcements to punch E.B. Farnum’s ticket. Farnum took measured steps down the aisle, scanning both sides for what he hoped would be a row to...
Jan 6, 2025 | Doomtown Fiction, Authors, David Orange, Debt of Blood, Doomtown
by David Orange June 1882 “Arthur, when is that contraption gonna go off or blow us all to Kingdom Come?” Arthur Dingler turned to see Seamus O’Toole cowering behind a makeshift iron shield. “Seamus, for the umpteenth time, this is not a weapon. And it is most...
Jan 6, 2025 | Doomtown Fiction, Authors, David Orange, Debt of Blood, Doomtown
by David Orange Sylvester Heath adjusted his duster as he prepared to step out into the cool night air of Deadwood, South Dakota. Before doing so, however, he turned and looked back at the two Entrepreneurs poring over the blueprint he had left with them. The gas lamp...
Jan 6, 2025 | Doomtown Fiction, Authors, David Orange, Doomtown, Weird West Edition
by David Orange The Peaceful Life of Jessica Patchett by David Orange The afternoon sun scorched the rounded outcrops of the Black Hills. The tedium of fence repair had settled into a peaceful rhythm. Ranch labor was a small price to pay for starting a quiet life far...
Jan 6, 2025 | Authors, David Orange, Doomtown, Doomtown Fiction
by David Orange “The Clantons and their allies are either dead or scattered. They are not the onlyones. The Earp brothers are all dead as well. Gunned down by a stranger as evil ashe is powerful.” Xiong “Wendy” Cheng paused as she surveyed the townspeopleassembled in...
