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, Doomtown, Event, Ross Fisher-Davis
By Ross Fisher-Davis SuAnne Bettelyoun considered herself an observant woman. She noticed small things around her, subtle changes in the dirt, smells in the winds, the movements of birds. She could judge the distance of a train approaching Deadwood to the minute by...
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, Debt of Blood, Doomtown, Russell Smith
By Russell Smith June 1882 The food smelled so good, it felt as if Marshal Bass Reeves hadn’t eaten in days. Fact was, Bass had been far more interested in the serving of the Aunt Lou Marchbanks’ famous version of chuckwagon stew than he was the shot of Union No.13...
