This is a new collection of short stories. They are not similarly themed and include, Western (The title story), apocalyptic, horror, sci fi, drama and more.

Six stories total. .

. Only in Dreams: A fateful night on a dark river road takes a toll on a young man, killing his wife and friends and leaving him in a deep well of despair he must try to climb out of.

But fate is not finished with him when dreams continue to drag him back to that fateful night and then seem to take control of his waking life as well. Mister Johnson: A horse thief steals a poor dirt farmers plow horse, part of a team he needs to tend the farm and make a living.

He sets out on his second horse to find the thief. Firefight: It is the nineteen sixties and a young man finds himself in the jungles of Vietnam.

He has no idea exactly where he is or even how he got there. In fact, his companions seem to know more about his situation than he does.

Blackness of the Soul: A man finds himself at a crossroads of his life. He has made serious mistakes and lost his way.

Worse than that he can't see any way out of it. (Caution: Contains suicidal themes that may cause triggers for some individuals)The Book of Carl: A young man wakes up to the nearly complete ruin of America.

He begins to think that perhaps it was all spelled out in a book written by his favorite writer, so he sets out to see if he can change the direction, he feels it is taking. Vacation: Joel Morisson works in the mill five, sometimes six days a week.

He has planned his vacation for some time. It seems that the world may have the last say on that vacation though.

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