Talekai

Western

Dust, iron, and a reckoning at noon

Stories of the American frontier: gunslingers, lawmen, outlaws, homesteaders, and the hard choices of a lawless land.

Styles
Novel · Literary · Pulp · Noir, or Random
Aisle
Historical

Begin with

  1. The Widow's Ranch

    Your husband is dead and the railroad wants your land. You have a rifle, two ranch hands, and a dead man's reputation as the fastest gun in the territory, which nobody knows was really yours.

    Your role: A frontier widow

  2. Sheriff for a Day

    The sheriff of Dry Fork dies, and the town elects you as a joke. You are the town undertaker. Then the outlaw who killed the sheriff rides back in.

    Your role: An undertaker turned sheriff

  3. Last Cattle Drive

    You lead the final cattle drive before the railroad makes them obsolete. Halfway to Kansas, you find a child hiding in the chuck wagon, and men are hunting her.

    Your role: A trail boss

Start a premise as written, or make it yours with your own hero, style, tropes and intensity. Every scene after the first is written around your choices.

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