From "The Vigil":

Lightning stopped to lower his nose into the water and drink. Graeme gave his neck a pat and tried to pretend that the roof of his mouth wasn't sticking to his tongue. "I can't say I'm too sure about goin' without water in this heat," he confided in the stallion, thumping his dusty neck. "Do you think it'd be all right to take a dip in the river, though?"

The horse snorted. But he gazed at the sparkling water longingly.

Graeme pursed his lips and fished his crank-winding Geiger counter out of a saddlebag. He cranked it hard for a minute or so, then aimed it at the riverbank as he made his approach. It ticked, but only at sparse and random intervals. He expected that - the Qu'Appelle was known to be safe, and didn't drain from any Badlands - but you could never be too careful.
It wasn't long before Graeme was stripping off everything but his jeans and splashing in the inviting green river. The shock of the cold was startling and refreshing all at once. He laughed aloud.

A green canopy of willows and poplars crested above him, while golden sunlight filtered through the spaces to cast sparkling golden diamonds on the green and white water. He didn't deliberately drink any, and he was careful not to get his forehead wet (though he had to admit this was probably a pointless exercise by now,) but he scrubbed the sweat off his body, leaned back, and carefully dipped the back of his head beneath the surface. He felt the cool moisture leeching the extra heat from his body and he sighed with contentment.

Something grabbed him by the ankle and pulled him under.

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It's a dangerous time for the Apprentice Gunslinger Graeme Walsh. Before he is initiated into the Gunslinger Order, he must undergo the ordeal of a Spirit Quest. Will he succeed in meeting the spiritual challenges he must now face? Or will the forces of darkness be able to turn Graeme from his chosen path? And what implications will his visions have for the future of the Wyrd West?

Welcome to the Wyrd West, a post-apocalyptic Canada where Western meets high fantasy and a dash of steampunk.

This is a serial of novelettes and novellas. A print collection of all six stories published so far will be available in May 2018.

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