Fiction Shorts Drabble — Day 188
The Plague-Bringers Trail
Who rides there, through dust and dark?
Today’s word is remind + Twist: Genre Western
A drabble is a piece of fiction, exactly 100 words long.
By the time Hanson got to his eyewitness, the man had turned delirious, wasting away in a foul-smelling sickbed.
“And you saw the rider? With your own eyes?”
The dying man nodded. “With my own eyes. God… ” He made a rattling sound, filled with mucus and pain.
“Man’s got a bounty on his head I mean to collect.”
His eyes grew wide. “Then you’re the biggest fool I’ve met. You don’t know who he is?”
“Remind me.” Hanson grinned without humor.
“They say death rides on a pale steed. This one, though? He’s meant to make us suffer.”
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