After a moment, I barked in laughter and sloshed a good portion of my beer over the floor. With a stealthy glance to the side, I spotted my mark flinching, and looking straight ahead with a thousan…

As I inspected the paddock, I could immediately tell a few things.

“Twenty head. Prime heifers. Gone without a trace,” he explained. Jeb had a way with words.

Brogah and I set ourselves at the edge of the circle and let the dance of the flame consume our minds for a while.

By the time I had to deal with Blackhawk again, it was to bring him before a judge. After the rattling he gave me, I was feeling renewed and ready to finally bring him to justice.

“Shane,” Ben said, his voice a low rumble, “Those men weren’t just my deputies. They were my friends. Good men. And they knew the risks. We all take that oath, knowin’…

“More’s the pity. Now that you got me under lock and key, you’ll only suffer the wrath of my ‘Bad Hand.'”

Sheriff Hayes was fast, pulling a loaded gun on the outlaw and shoving him roughly against the wall of the cave.

The Sheriff, deputy, and I kept our faces forward as we slowly trudged to where we knew Blackhawk would be waiting for us.

Leaping to my feet, I growled and crouched with sword in hand. I was ready to wipe this bastard off the face of the earth.

As we followed the rocks, they began to get larger and larger, until the land stacked together and formed solid enough to bring us to the side of a large plateau.

The arrow whizzed past my head by a mere inch before hitting its mark. Brogah seemed more shaken than ever, looking anywhere but at me as I threw him a mean glare.

“There he is! Welcome back to the land of the living, Marshal.” When I opened my eyes, I saw not only the concerned face of the Sheriff, but the doctor, and one of the deputies lying on…

The shock of such a nightmarish figure dominating the space of the cramped room sent my brain into a whirl, the likes of which I was not prepared!

The sheriff and our remaining men split off to dispatch the explosives on the track, as I ran over to Blackhawk’s side while he lay belly up on the ground, a wadded up handkerchief pressed to…

“All who enter the castle shall encounter its traps and dangers. All who depart afterward carry with them the key to their deepest desires.”

Bullets flew across the short distance in a chaotic dance of smoke, fire, and dust.

What once appeared to be a majestic fortress now stood in eerie desolation. Its stone walls were cracked and overgrown with creeping vines while its towers leaned precariously, their tops shattered…

With the help of Sheriff Hayes and a crew of three deputies, we came upon the lethal method by which Black Hawk planned to derail the train and loot its victims.

Broga spun from the Gaunt’s strike, landing in a heap at the edge of the forest. With the animal’s focus seemingly fixed on the ranger, I made my move.

“Please Marshal, I don’t want no trouble,” the barman said in a low growl, but with pleading eyes, as he looked at me from behind the bar.

In the distance, only a few meters from our campsite, a pale skeletal form condensed itself and trotted into view. Its eyes were white.

Once again, I found my boots leading me through the swinging doors of The Lone Star Saloon.

The next morning, I saddled up Keo and repacked my supplies for the journey South. Before I set out, however, a rangy young man dressed in a forest green jerkin and pants approached to have a word …

“I won’t tell you nothin’, Marshal, and it wouldn’t matter even if I did. Black Hawk’s already got his sights set on you after last night.”

It took several days’ hiking back through the Veiled Mountains and down to the Tempest Hills with the child riding on Keo’s back while I navigated with rein in hand, and a watchful eye.

With the side of my balled fist, I rapped against the metal bars and called out, “Hey there, Sleeping Beauty! It’s time to wake up and start singing.”

Though caught by surprise, I was fast enough with my sword to inflict a bit of damage as her talons raked across my arm. Whipping my sword around, I was able to parry the next attack and get in an …

In the morning, I met with Sheriff Hayes in his office. He presented me with my next assignment in the form of a yellowed poster depicting an ugly, disheveled man’s face, and the epithet &#82…

I crouched, bracing myself for the ice beneath to give way. But the sound didn’t come from beneath my feet. “You! You’ll pay for killing my Meeka!” a shrill voice came from …

Before I made my way to the hotel, I stopped by the town doctor’s office to get a look at my new bleeding shiner.

Our muscles ready and spirit renewed, we began another search for signs of the witch’s passage. Unfortunately, that sign arrived in the form of the witch’s familiar: a wolf with fur bla…

A solid punch to the jaw from a man twice your weight can be enough to make you reconsider your profession.

It’s been 3 tendays since the Destroyer took everything from me: my home, its people, and my self-worth. I had only left for a few days to visit Uncle, but Whitebrook needed all her guards th…