Tag Archives: Guns

Bolt Action

Bolt Action

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At first, Jessica thinks it’s the darkness that her body needs to escape. Their tent’s air pocket of darkness. The forests’ surrounding miles of darkness. She is scrambling away from the darkness. Not the explosions opening wounds into that darkness.more

All the Birds Scattered

All the Birds Scattered

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“Look here,” he said. “A good hunter knows his weapons.”more

Daddy Said I Had To

Daddy Said I Had To

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This was different than squirrels—revenge not supper.more

Dog

Dog

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“Have you ever shot anything before?” Mary aimed the gun at Byron’s foot, and watched him step back. “You can kiss me again.”more

A Convenient Funeral

A Convenient Funeral

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If you wanna be cool…more

The Gallows Fifty Cubits High

The Gallows Fifty Cubits High

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All I can do is search the room for someone who can help me. But Marie went home a half hour ago, Saul’s sitting with his head buried in an ice chest, and all the cousins are dancing, bunched up in front of the DJ, wasted. I’ve seen worse—it’s Purim—but it might be time to panic.more

Vigil

Vigil

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A story about the knockout game, and watching.more

Ventura

Ventura

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“We been friends a long time, Barry. But if you ever even think about goin’ to the police I will blow your goddamn head clean offmore

My Father’s .45

My Father’s .45

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“push the recoil spring into the slide chamber, forge the marriage between the barrel bore, chamber and action. Faster, he would say, when I ran the slidemore