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Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 22

“What was that all about?” Lou asks me after the banker is gone. “Someone doesn’t like us. He wants us gone in the morning.” Lou spits on the ground and wipes her lip. “I don’t know about you, but that makes me want to stick around for a couple of days.” “I feel the same … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 22

Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 21

“Thank you, thank you Mr….” It’s the young woman we saved from the riders. “No mister. It’s just Ace. And this is Lou,” I say. “I’m Annie,” she says. “What’s going on here?” Lou asks. “What were they talking about?” “Dace Jackson has been trying to buy us out since early summer. All along we’ve … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 21

Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 20

They’re at the far end of the street, four of them on horseback, whooping it up and firing into the air. Down near them is two-horse buggy, with a man just climbing into the seat. At the sound of the gunshots, the horses bolt. The man loses his hold and tumbles off the wagon into … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 20

Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 19

Lily Creek is a nice town. So nice that I’m suspicious. I’m used to flea-bitten cow towns and hardscrabble mining towns. But Lily Creek is different. For one thing, there aren’t any saloons. At least, none that I can see. For another, there’s no boot hill. Sure, there’s a graveyard, but it’s a small one, … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 19

Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 18

Lou grabs my wrist in an iron grip. “Roll it back, cowboy,” she hisses. I relax and let go of my gun. Fortunately, the men were talking to each other as they came out the door and neither one saw what I did. I still want to shoot him, but even I can see that … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 18

Ace Lone Wolf was selected for publication!

It’s true! Ace Lone Wolf and the Lost Temple of Totec was selected to be published by Amazon under their Kindle Scout program. (I know the title is a mouthful, but it actually has the same number of letters as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, which is, along with The Mummy, … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf was selected for publication!

Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 17

“Are we really delivering this freight to Dace?” I ask Lou once we’re under way again. “Yup.” That gives me something to think about. Dace Jackson owns the Hashknife Ranch, two thousand square miles of land stretching halfway across the Territory. Word is he has lunch with the President when he goes to Washington, D.C. … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 17

Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 16

The others come on out then too. The first one to emerge is wearing a shapeless mess of sweat-stained hat. One of his eyes doesn’t point in the right direction. “Howdy, Slow Eye,” I say. “Howdy, Ace,” he mumbles. The next one is tall and skinny with a dour look on his pinched up face. … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 16

Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 15

It’s a couple days later and that thing Lou said to me about not talking back when she first hired me? Now I think she said it so she can do all the talking. Seriously. It’s like twenty-five years of words built up and now the dam broke and they’re flooding me out. I spend … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 15

Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 14

“It was a love doomed to tragedy,” she says. “Like all the great Greek tragedies, there was no way it wouldn’t come to a bad end.” What’s a Greek tragedy? I wonder. But I don’t ask. I’m just going to keep my questions to myself from now on. They only cause problems. “I’d been on … Continue reading Ace Lone Wolf and the One-Eyed Mule Skinner – chapter 14