#HistoricalPulp

Sheriff Step Chaplin – Trailer grudge The early morning mist clung to the pines like a second skin as Sheriff Stephen “Step” Chaplin eased his worn boots onto the creaking wooden porch of the county’s only diner. He adjuste…

Trailer grudge

His battered cruiser sat crooked in its usual spot. It wasn’t the only thing crooked in these parts, but Step had long since made his peace with that.

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Sister Erandi – Pulque and justice Sister Bianca Erandi Cotilla wiped the sweat from her brow as she crouched behind a cart overflowing with oranges, her dark eyes fixed on the alley where smoke curled like lazy snakes. The market i…

Pulque and justice

Bianca’s fingers grazed the hilt of the slender rapier she had hidden beneath her habit, the steel singing softly against the heavy folds of her black-and-white robes.

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Sheriff Step Chaplin – Forest bang Sheriff Step Chaplin leaned against his creaky desk, his thick fingers tapping a slow rhythm on a cup of cold coffee. The office smelled like old wood, gun oil, and yesterday’s meatloaf—a ble…

Forest bang

Sheriff Step Chaplin leaned against his creaky desk, his thick fingers tapping a slow rhythm on a cup of cold coffee.

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Sister Erandi – Feathers of fate Sister Bianca Erandi Cotilla adjusted the heavy folds of her habit and wiped the sweat from her forehead as the sun blazed over the cobbled streets of Mexico City. The air smelled of baked tortilla…

Feathers of fate

Sister Bianca Erandi Cotilla adjusted the heavy folds of her habit and wiped the sweat from her forehead as the sun blazed over the cobbled streets of Mexico City.

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Sheriff Step Chaplin – Winding ride The morning sun was just cutting through the pines when Sheriff Step Chaplin rolled into the gravel parking lot of the Silver Loon Diner. His pickup rattled to a stop next to Sisika Cox’s bright gr…

Winding ride

The morning sun was just cutting through the pines when Sheriff Step Chaplin rolled into the gravel parking lot of the Silver Loon Diner.

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Sister Erandi – Crimson Veil The sun hung like a golden coin over Mexico City, turning the tiled roofs of the convent into molten metal. Sister Bianca Erandi Cotilla, a figure both solemn and formidable, stood in the courtyard…

Crimson Veil

The sun hung like a golden coin over Mexico City, turning the tiled roofs of the convent into molten metal.

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