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    Westlich: Tales of Weird West
    Westlich: Tales of Weird West
    Westlich: Tales of Weird West
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    Westlich: Tales of Weird West

    By Alec Silva

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    Westlich is not a book, but rather two short stories that take place in a hypothetical Old West, mixing elements of horror and sci-fi and fantasy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEX Editora
    Release dateJul 28, 2017
    ISBN9781507178317
    Westlich: Tales of Weird West

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      Westlich - Alec Silva

      Alec Silva

      WESTLICH

      Tales of Weird West

      "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

      "

      The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

      Preface

      ––––––––

      Westlich is compilation of two not quite successful attempts, from a few years ago, at writing Old West based short stories. I suppose I ought to be glad I didn’t achieve much with these stories, for it allowed me to revisit them and do some editing.

      As you will see, both stories portray female characters as main elements; in Margareth, a fantasy story with steampunk elements, the woman is a seductress; smart and ambiguous, and the object of desire of a scientist that belongs to a diverse group of bounty hunters. It would be wrong to presume she is not independent and firm in her decisions, or that she lacks homicidal abilities. It is a world that I intend to further explore in the future, after all I do love sci-fi fantasy and stories about science coming head to head with mysticism are often very attractive. In Thalita, the woman is equally as seductive but not because she wishes to be, but rather as part of a diabolic plan that disgraced lives and souls, shaping an entire city to the whims of demons. Containing elements of horror, it is a western that takes place in the same realm as The Immortal God and At Heavens Door, other stories I’ve published previously.

      I hope you will appreciate the reading, and see you soon.

      Alec Silva

      Margareth

      ––––––––

      I have never been good with women, spending my time immersed in studies and analyses of different technologies that swarmed throughout the world; like the usage of vapor in machines that grew ever more sophisticated and useful in several sectors. It was fantastic to see ships, factories and automobiles being perfected, allowing a kind of progress never before envisioned by the human mind. What was even more fantastic was watching the automatons that appeared, the war machines that not even the most talented speculative author could have foreseen.

      And I was, in a peculiar manner, part of a whole extraordinary chapter of human history, even if many of my achievements were fated to be filed and subsequently fade to yellowish pages stacked up in shelves belonging to governments of all continents where my activities were needed.

      In that one group of admirable people, made up of bounty hunters and mercenaries, I was the only one that steered away from adventures in unknown lands, avoiding fights and chases. I could have actually taken the risk of participating; after all, I had been taught from a young age how to maneuver guns and pistols with the mastery of a gunman. Nonetheless, I was much more valuable rummaging through my gadgets than killing someone; even if most of my inventions was designed for that specific lethal purpose.

      We were a small coalition: a religious man so fanatic that he once burned an entire village to ashes when he suspected it might be home

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