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The Old Man With The .44
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Ongoing, First published Dec 15, 2017
"The Old man with the .44"

It's about a man in his late 40s. (48)
His name is Tyler Sheidlin.
He lives in 2049 Armor, Arizona. (Fictional Town).
He lives with his dog Bowie, a German Shepard. He has a daughter, Holly Sheidlin. His wife/Holly's mother, died August 18, of 2047. Holly was Tyler's only relationship his entire life, And his closest friend. 

His daughter holly knows how hard it is on Tyler and wants to help him. But at the same time, his daughter holly has inoperable brain cancer, a generational curse, and has 1 year and 8 months to live. 

His neighbor Allan, who lives down the road, hates Tyler for something he did along time ago, Tyler had shot his son Michael at 17, because Michael tried to sneak into Tyler's house and sneak out Holly. 

Holly and Michael want to get married before holly passes away. But Tyler doesn't agree with the marriage, he thinks that holly deserves more. But it's what holly wants.

While being a Iraq war veteran, he struggles with memories and guilt daily. Along with his aging body, all of these things are wearing down on Tyler, and he's afraid of his family name not being able to live on into the future.

Then one day, the U.S. government pays a visit to Tyler's land, and tells Tyler that they need to use this land for a private project. Tyler disagrees and the government says that they'll pay him $1,980,000 to move. But he doesn't want money, he just wants to live the rest of his life on his land, and watch the sunrise.

The government gives him a 90-day warning anyways. This sets Tyler off and he goes to his neighbor Allan to talk. And quickly remembers how much Allan dislikes Him...
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