Seeing Red | original story
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Last published Fri, Aug 9, 2019
A young woman spends the night at a local saloon, waiting for her client. When morning comes, her client still hasn't arrived. Instead, an enraged cowboy and his gang of henchmen seize control of the saloon, searching for a missing heirloom of apparent value.
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