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Dead Man's Hand
Dead Man's Hand: Five Tales of the Weird West | Nancy A. Collins
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Have you seen the dark, strange corners of this big ol' stretch'a land called the West? Sure, you've heard the stories of gunfights and gold rushes, but that ain't the half of it. Not by far. Have you met Dr. Mirablis and his miraculous elixir re-vitae? Or heard the real story of the Ghost Dance and the man they call Walking Wolf? How about Sam Hell, the Dark Ranger with a taste for blood? Looks like you need yourself an education, and there ain't no teacher better than Nancy A. Collins. Dead Man's Hand collects her acclaimed novellas "Walking Wolf" and "Lynch," the short stories "Calaverada" and "The Tortuga Hill Gang's Last Ride," and completes the five-card draw with the all-new vampire Western novella "Hell Come Sundown." The West has never been wilder ... or weirder. Book jacket.
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Each page of the book has playing card magic in the margins and centre. I love it!

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I love a bit of comedy in any mash-up and the mix of humour, the devil's son and wild west in 'The Tortuga Hill Gang's Last Ride' sure had me chuckling away.

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“Me, Black Hat and Horseflesh was playing cards in the cabin when we hear what sounds like someone on the porch.“

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“Pretty reached into one of the pouches tied to her belt and withdrew a handful of small, polished bones and tossed them onto the ground. She squatted on her haunches and squinted at the pattern they made in the dirt at her feet. She quickly snatched the bones back up, returning them to their pouch.“

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With something as profoundly earthshaking as the death of Death, one had to be absolutely perfect, or it was all for naught.

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The Devil saw the look of horror and fear on Drake's face and grinned. Drake was frozen, unable to look away from the pale specter as he made his slow, stately way toward him from across the burning barroom, the fire reflecting in his mismatched eyes until they glowed like coals.

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“I carry with me a white man who is dead during the day and walks at night. He drinks the blood of the living - both animal and man.“

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“Twenty-four hours ago, this had been a place where people lived, worked and planned for the future. Now it was a scene of carnage.“

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