[Short Story] - Wild West - Part 7 - 5 minute freewrite challenge

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Wild West - Part 7


“When it reaches the ground, we pull,” said James, taking a handkerchief from his pocket. He then crouched down, picked up a stone and started wrapping it inside the handkerchief without looking at it. For about 10 seconds or so – while James was wrapping the pebble in the handkerchief – they just stared at each other, a killer’s look in the eyes of both.

Magnum stood completely still not far from Tom - much like a whale, stranded on a sofa with a really bad plankton indigestion – and watched in silence. He knew that if his owner was the one to fall, he was to fall with him. No way James would've taken care of him. He had his own horse.

Tom spread his legs a little more than shoulder-width apart and bent his knees slightly to allow for the fastest pull of his pistol. When in position, he spoke the last words to his father.

“May the better gunslinger live, and the worse die.”

“And so it shall be, son.”

James then threw the wrapped pebble into the air, and the handkerchief unfolded right about halfway between the two.

They could both feel the adrenaline rush as their fingers grew more and more impatient with every inch of altitude the handkerchief lost.

For when it reached the ground, one of them was to be no more.

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The prompt was:

"stranded on the sofa like whales with a plankton's indigestion"


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Previous writing prompts I have fulfilled:

Brutal
Funny/Misc
Happy ending
Gross
#1 - Living off the grid
#3 - A young thief
#8 - A traitor from hell
#9 - Not alone
#10 - Millitary testing grounds
#13 - Bigfoot
#14 - And angel in love with a whore
#15 - Down the rabbit hole
#18 - Reborn as a 10 year old
#19 - A struggling door to door salesman
#24 - Rebellious talking food
#26 - Ssssnails!
#28 - Mission Erased
#32 - Dog's breath
#38 - Abducted
#2 - A dolphin tea party
#4 - Stained hands
#7 - The giant depressed onion
#21 - The red star
#25 - Long-distance Relationship
#27 - A dream
#30 - Potato
#31 - Dragons
#33 - The Jungle
#35 - A life lesson
#36 - Unicorn meat







#5 - The homeless man
#6 - A blind date
#11 - The wealthy man
#12 - Happy ending
#16 - Asshole soulmate
#17 - My bunny Fluffy
#20 - War veteran
#22 - Wishing to meet a villain
#23 - School trip







#29 - Green Chewing Gum
#34 - Turkey Trauma
#37 - Stuck in a loop















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Five minute freewrite challenges I have fulfilled:

Fire, Toilet, Flash, Soft feet, Pillow, Grounding, Surprise, Ending the pain, Going for a walk, Car Mechanic, Murderer, Dog hair, Ducks, Untested medicine, Forbidden love, Vacation, Awakening, Dentist, Wild west.

Next writing prompt to be fulfilled:

"Purple road"
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