This story first appeared on the Wily Writers’ Podcast. It was an early story to see publication and had the added bonus of being read by a voice actor for the podcast! The theme, Weird Western, wasn’t a genre I’d ever read much of, but my fantasy/wild west mash up apparently met the editor’s expectations. Happy to share it here again on my site!
A funny thing happened. If you recall, I posted one of my old stories which I won a contest with. Well, I won another one right after that…
We’ve all had the same dumpster fire year. Bushwhacking through the chaos. But I’m back on the trail.
One of my short stories originally published in the anthology “Redacted” – Jan. 2014. In it, a prepper named Remy finds himself facing an apocalypse he didn’t quite expect…
Damn that was bad. Anyway, I was recently asked to write a short story for a science fiction anthology. It had some pretty particular guidelines which focused on near future, near earth events. As part of the project, I started with… Read More ›
Okay…okay…I’ve finally come up for some air. And HOLEEE CRAP is this place a mess. Dust. Enough post-its to encircle the earth, and a whiteboard that looks like somebody tossed a loaded scrabble board at a spider’s web. Of course… Read More ›
Ooops. Behind on my posting this week. I’m trying to put the finishing touches on my collection of short stories set in the Crimson Son universe. So far, everything is on schedule for June. It will be a digital only release… Read More ›
We’re at that part in the story where the hero moves up to the championship bout, gets his face smashed in and has to nurse his wounds over a beer. Then some scrappy bartender says “keep your head up kid”… Read More ›
As my last post noted, I may have failed miserably at my goals for the year in an epic, super-heated, transmuted-to-plasma-crash-and-burn sorta way, but I have proven one thing this year: I can write shitty fiction. Errr, well, this guy… Read More ›
This story was never shopped for publication and instead ended up right here on my website. More free fiction straight to your face! Let me know in the comments if you enjoy it.
RUSS LINTON 