50wordstories.ca » blazing https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 High Noon https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=364 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=364#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:50:48 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=364 High noon, middle of Main Street, in Rocky Gulch.

His back to his target.

Five more steps to go.

Four.  Three.  Two.  One.

He spins ’round and lets loose, both guns blazing.

In the end, he’s standing, and his target is down.

His horse is in a better place, now.

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