Abilene: The Dickinson County War

Holden…   At first, you thought it was too much drink and not enough sleep. Then you thought someone was playing tricks on you. Then you began to think you were haunted.   Then you really started to get scared.   It was nothing really, at first.  You...

Onesimus….   “Any last words, boy?” spits the deputy from the lever at the side of the gallows. “Yeah, I got something to say!” you shout. “I think you’ve said quite enough, thank you,” mutters Jacob from the noose beside yours.   Your scouting mission to...

Ahiga…   You found Nizoni’s body in a barn outside Dead End, Arizona.  She’d been beaten, raped, but she’d fought back.  The band of men - a dozen or so in number - had stayed there for two days with their three captives. The man at the trading post had traded with...

Olivia…   He found you on the side of the road, covered in your husband’s blood, dying of exposure in the plains sun.  He was gentle, but dark, cold, and terrifying.  He saved your life, tended your wounds, took you to Father O’Connor’s church in Abilene.  Alistair...

Here's what I've been listening to while working on the story... The Preacher - Jamie N Commons Lead Me Home - Jamie N Commons One By One - Grey Reverend She Is Like The Swallow - Lucia Micarelli You Will Be My Ain True Love - Alison Krauss Long Time Traveller - The...