Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted January 19, 2019 Please post your comments here and refrain from injecting outside material into the story. Thanks in advance for your consideration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 1,022 Posted January 20, 2019 Wonderful to see this come back to life. Thank You Uncle Charlie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted January 20, 2019 You’re welcome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted January 20, 2019 3 more posts added to Firelands: Lady Leigh, William A.A. Wallace and Duzy Wales. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted January 20, 2019 More posts added... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted January 21, 2019 More posts up, folks, and a new character has stepped on stage! If nothing else, I'm boosting my post count exponentially! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 1,356 Posted January 22, 2019 I had a squad partner, Fredericka. Good steady partner she was, I could not ask for better. She retired, became mayor, lived a quiet life and I moved to the Yankee North with my wife because there was no more work to be had in Athens County. Fredericka and I kept in touch and just for grinskis and gigglers, I'd got to printing out Firelands and sending to her. Freddie kept it hid as long as she could, but she had cancer, and she told me at one point that nights were the worst for her, knowing there was nothing to be done to keep her from an unwanted trip to the Valley: the night would close around her and she could almost hear the black-burlap whisper of the Reaper's robe as he walked around her house, patiently waiting. She said she'd pick up my printouts of Firelands. She said as she read, she could hear the saloon piano, see the drape of the ladies' gowns; she could feel the scared little girl's hand in hers, she felt Duzy's derringer bark and jump in her hand when she punched Bert's ticket, she heard boot heels loud and hollow sounding on warped boardwalk planks, she could hear trace-chains and hoofbeats on the street and smell cigarette smoke and beer and unwashed bodies as cards were dealt and coin was chucked into the poker pot. Firelands was catharsis for its writers, it was relief for at least this one reader, it was a lesson to me that we never know the good that we do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted January 22, 2019 It dawned on me earlier today that if I don't keep posting the Firelands story I'm going to still be doing it sometime next century. More posts up, folks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted January 23, 2019 And the story goes on. A couple of new characters have wandered into town now, too... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 1,356 Posted January 26, 2019 Oh my good heavens, I've been alternately leaning forward, devouring the words on the screen, leaning back and howling with laughter and then sitting here with my jaw bone swingin' in the wind with absolute amazement! I looked up at my amused wife and said "I wrote that?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted January 28, 2019 I know the feeling. I had forgotten just how convoluted that story was! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 1,022 Posted January 28, 2019 ………………... but ain't it great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted February 2, 2019 I forgot to warn you fine folks that some of the posts I'm putting up for others in the Firelands story could be considered rated R... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 1,022 Posted February 4, 2019 'sOK Uncle Charlie ……. I is all grow'd up now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted February 5, 2019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted February 24, 2019 Just as a FYI, folks, I will be away from my computer next week visiting my granddaughters so Firelands will be on hiatus beginning next Monday afternoon. Will be back the following Monday... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jailhouse Jim, SASS #13104 527 Posted February 24, 2019 I want to thank you for posting Firelands Charlie. I first learned of it from Linn Keller after reading The Sheriff's Son and am enjoying it immensely, although it took me a bit to get caught up. I find that stories like this one where several writers are feeding off each other makes for a fun and very entertaining tale. Thank you again for taking the time to post it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted April 21, 2019 Hey, y'all, in case you're wondering, the story of Firelands isn't over yet, I've just been away from my computer for a while, and will be again starting tomorrow. I'll get some posts up as soon as possible. Sorry for the delay... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 1,356 Posted April 24, 2019 Oh good heavens it's good to read this again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted May 20, 2019 Been running back and forth to Nevada helping my son and daughter in law with cow stuff, but I'm back for a few days now and I'll try to get some more of Firelands posted... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 618 Posted July 21, 2019 As you may have noticed, Firelands is back at least for a short stint. I won't guarantee how long I'll be able to keep posting this time around. Life tends to get busy on pretty short notice around here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 1,356 Posted July 22, 2019 Couldn't sleep. Re-reading memories that run far deeper than the story. Amazing the number of ghosts that walk through that tale! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
