[Fiction; Work In Progress] Black Hat Bill's Very Bad Adventures
Introduction Alright, it is time for me to confess my journey to you, wary strangers. Don’t worry about the bite of the rope around your wrists and ankles. Oh and don’t worry about the lasso tightening around your neck, bud... I’ll explain that too. For now, sit up (if you can) and listen good! Because the same thing could be happening to you. Chapter One All Saints Eve Hanging 1866. It was All Saints’ Eve and I was in big trouble. I got caught outside Redrock Basin and I got told I’m due for a hanging. Then they were putting the rope around my neck on a cold nooner day, with shafts of light falling through the cracks in the dark cloudy skies. The heavens were against this, and the whole area held an eerie glow I could not describe without waxing poetics so I'll refrain. The bottom line is I’m the villain of this story. I be due for a hangin’ but they don’t care to check if I committed the crime, and mind your manners when you speak to the judge, scum. All this they tell me while