Snake Den trailer

The Snake Den trailer is finally on my own account at Youtube. I get word of purchases from Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. More power to eBooks. Let's make them live.

THE SNAKE DEN

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Japanese reader comments on The Snake Den

I received this email from a Japanese woman (dare I say housewife?) who I met on Twitter. Remember that she's reading The Snake Den in English, which is a second language for her.

Charlie san

I've just read this book, "The Snake Den".
I couldn't stop reading when I had my time.
Thank you for the good time.

This story is different from others which I've read.
The boy is only 14 when he entered in the prison, I felt like as if I were his mother at first.
So I was very worried about him but soon I noticed even though he was too young, didn't have physical strength, to survive there,
he had a strong mind, a strong will. His strength made him physically stronger during this hard time.
It was a tough story but I believed in this boy because of his character.
I'd like to know this brave and honest young man's next story. He's still so young.
And I like people around Shawn who took care of him, supported him, treated him as a human being.
There are lots of nice people in this story...

I'm so glad after I've finished it, I could send you email.
I can say thank you directly and it's so nice.
Thank you so much!

regards
(name withheld to protect the writer's privacy)

The Snake Den Final Trailer

The Snake Den is born. It is now available for purchase and download at any of the following sites.

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The final version of the trailer is here.

The Snake Den

Read what Solstice editor Gary Dobbs has to say about The Snake Den!

Another Chuck Tyrell novel

I just got word from Robert Hale that my latest manuscript, Dollar a Day, has been accepted for publication. it will probably see daylight in late summer or early fall 2011, In the meantime, I am hard at work on another western, this one featuring Matt Stryker, who you probably met in Guns of Ponderosa. At the moment, Matt is at the scene of a murder in Rimrock, Arizona, and hired gunhand Eg Larson is in town.

Meet the Clantons -- VII

After Virgil Earp got wounded from ambush, Wyatt took a posse to the Clanton ranch to arrest Phin and Ike on a charge of assault with intent to murder. They were not successful.

The Clantons sent word that they were willing to answer to the charge, but would not surrender to the Earps, as the Clantons were sure the Earps would kill them.

Finally, a duplicate warrant was issued to John H. Jackson, who took a big posse commanded by Charlie Bartholomew and Peter Spencer to arrest the Clantons, who meekly surrendered. When the posse arrived back in Tombstone, Clantons in tow, Judge Stillwell adjourned his court so he could sit as an examining magistrate. The evidence against the Clantons was slim at best. It seems Sherman McMasters made a statement that he heard Ike Clanton say that he “would have to go up and do the job over again.” Right.

On the other hand, seven men testified that Ike was in Charleston on the night of the attempted murder. Case dismissed.

Ike then had the Earps and Doc Holiday arrested for the murder of Billy Clanton. They were released on a writ of habeas corpus and nothing ever became of the charges.

“Ranching” in Apache County

Phin and Ike moved to Apache County, taking out homesteads of 160 acres each. Sister Mary Else and her second husband Eben Stanley joined them. Notice that Phin and Eben were indicted by a grand jury on five, count them, five counts of improper branding and marking of calves and at least one trial was held. The verdict has been lost to history.

Still, the Clantons were continually in trouble. On the morning of June 1, 1887, Detective J.V. Brighton and Deputy Sheriff Miller carried warrants for Ike Clanton and others. The charges were cattle rustling. They rode to Wilson’s ranch on Blue River, where they saw Ike Clanton coming their way. Clanton recognized the lawmen and turned to ride away. As his horse turned, Ike drew his Winchester from its scabbard. The lawmen commanded Ike to halt. He did not, and Brighton fired, killing Ike Clanton instantly.

Phin Clanton served a prison term, and died on January 5, 1906, after suffering extreme exposure in a snow storm. The cause of death was congestive chills and fever. He was buried in Globe. His ranch was still in existence as of 1982, run by the son of Phin’s step-son.

From the files of the now-extinct National Association of Outlaw and Lawman History

International Award

Charles Whipple, who writes Black Horse Westerns as Chuck Tyrell, won THE 2010 OAXACA INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE COMPETITION, AGAVE AWARD FOR LITERATURE for his short story A Matter of Tea.

The competition is held in conjunction with the Oaxaca International Film and Video Festival because cinema and literature have always been closely intertwined. This competition provides a forum for writers from around the world to display their talents.

Whipple's story was selected as the winner from a thousand entries. He will fly to Oaxaca, Mexico, to receive the award. The top ten stories in the competition will be published in a special commemorative edition.