Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites by Hal Duncan

Author:Hal Duncan
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: literary, gay, queer, fantasy, short stories, dark fantasy, spec fic
Publisher: Lethe Press

Revenges and Redemptions

The crossed pistols catch the sword blade and Black Joey feels the boot in his chest that flips him as the two roll back and over. He lands on his back on the sand but rolls on, out into a crouch and a twirl to see Carter twist onto his front, take aim. He leaps and swings to hack the pistol barrel aside, circles the blade on the follow-through to bring it down on the man’s skull, but Carter rolls, whips himself back to his feet, brings the gun in his left hand up again, too close now for a swing. Joey spins like a dancer inside his reach, brings the guard of his sword down on the bastard’s fist, then punches him with it full in the face. Carter staggers back, dropping the pistol, but now brings its twin to bear with a curse—only to lose aim as he twists out of the way of Joey’s lunge, grabs his arm with his free hand and lets Joey’s momentum pull them both to the ground. Sand in his eyes, Joey feels the teeth sink into his knuckles and he roars, slamming his left forearm into the dog’s face even as he feels the sword fall from his grasp. A pistol-butt smacks his forehead and he grabs the wrist and twists with all his force.

Then it’s just the two of them, spinning savage in the sand, all fists and knees, elbows and teeth. He feels a foot in his stomach that sends him flying back through the air, cracks his head on something hard as he lands, grabs for the rock and finds a pistol instead. He’s wiping sand out of his eyes, rolling to his feet, but Carter is already up, running and diving, rolling.

Then it’s the two of them there, both on one knee, both with a pistol in their hand pointed at the other’s heart.

—I told you they weren’t lovers, says one of the queer little creatures stood in a circle around them. Another of them, now holding Joey’s sword, casually jabs him in the foot with its point.

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