Link to part 2
Link to part 3
Link to part 4
Link to part 5
Link to part 6
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.
"stranded on the sofa like whales with a plankton's indigestion"
in the comments below leave me a clue,
an idea for a story you'd love to read,
a journey to the unknown my keyboard will lead.
If you enjoy writing yourself, I am hosting a constrained writing contest, where each week I limit your writing with various rules and force you to be creative in brand new ways! If you're not a writer yourself, check it out and see what others have come up with! :D
I turn your writing prompts into stories.
Want such a table for your own work? Or even make it better?
Learn how to do it here.
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:
Provided by @bhop42moro
Gif by @rocking-dave