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  • The Widow’s Son – Alternate Opening

    The Widow’s Son – Alternate Opening

    Wrote this intro when I was playing with different POVs for the novel. It’s narrated by Zarahemla Two Crows. Didn’t make it into the book, but I like it.​

    Ryan Williamson

    June 9, 2021
    Works in Progress
  • The Widow’s Son: A Novel of the Weird West

    The Widow’s Son: A Novel of the Weird West

    Pass the bottle and I’ll tell you a story of whiskey and wheelguns; of when mighty Buffalo Soldiers patrolled the desert on iron steeds, and of cannibal lizard men deep in the Louisiana bayou; of Navajo skin-walkers and the Mexican undead; of the forgotten tomb of an ancient Mayan god and the Man with Bronze Teeth. A story of the halfbreed lawman and young widow who together stormed the gates of Hell to rescue her son. A story, my friend, of when the West was Weird.

    Ryan Williamson

    March 18, 2021
    Published
    adventure fiction, featured, old west, paranormal, steampunk, weird west
  • Max Archer

    Max Archer

    A cynical gun-for-hire is contracted to take out a group of pirates who turn out to be abolitionists liberating human cargo.

    Ryan Williamson

    February 27, 2021
    Works in Progress
    comic book, cyberpunk, graphic novel, science fiction, space opera, space western, wip, work in progress
  • Angéle is French

    Angéle is French. She was transferred to our Seattle office for twelve weeks as a liaison between our teams. We are shivering on a bench in a gazebo. It is forty degrees and raining. White paint peels off the grey wood of the bannister. Figures on the path form as they approach, then are lost […]

    Ryan Williamson

    March 2, 2020
    Flash Fiction
    affair, Flash Fiction, loss, love, romance, writing prompts
  • Hotkeys

    A burnt-out programmer goes all Dale Carnegie on an architect’s ass.

    Ryan Williamson

    February 24, 2020
    Flash Fiction
    dale carnegie, email, Flash Fiction, people skills, programming, true story, writing prompts
  • Hanna

    Some people thrive in the solitude of deep space, while others flay themselves and wrote poetry with their blood and feces on the walls. It can be difficult to anticipate which way an engineer will go.

    Ryan Williamson

    February 18, 2020
    Flash Fiction
    Flash Fiction, insanity, love, science fiction, writing prompts
  • Jack B. Nimble

    In a world of thieves the only final sin is stupidity.

    Ryan Williamson

    February 12, 2020
    Flash Fiction
    Flash Fiction, love, stupidity, thieves, writing prompts
  • Cognac Tan

    Sometimes all you need is a good sofa.

    Ryan Williamson

    February 3, 2020
    Flash Fiction
    Flash Fiction, love, sofas, writing prompts
  • Dress Parade

    A true story.

    Ryan Williamson

    May 9, 2016
    Flash Fiction
  • Johnny Reb

    A short audio play set before battle in the American Civil War.

    Ryan Williamson

    January 24, 2015
    Flash Fiction
    audio play, civil war, courage, fear, glory
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