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Oct 3Liked by Sizemore

Dangit, Mike. A heckuva tale. Reminds me of Fairport Convention’s “Slipjigs and Reels” which, despite its origins, remains the best fictional Western I’ve ever known.

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Hey Misha! Wow. Glad you dug that one and thanks for that. I’m not overly familiar with Fairport Convention and I’d never heard that song before. It’s great. I kinda wanna throw a playlist together of western songs that aren’t classic country & western now. If I get introduced to a new song then the story is punching above its weight. Thanks for sharing!

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I didn’t know that particular tune either. I’m a big game of the stuff with Sandy Denny, but don’t know much outside of that. Thanks for the recommendation.

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“Fan” not “game”. 🙄

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Oct 10Liked by Sizemore

This is a belter. Good work Mike (and yes, would love to hear more from these two).

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Cheers, David! I’ll get on it.

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Oct 7Liked by Sizemore

Excellent! Would definitely love more of this story.

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So glad you enjoyed it! I’ll start thinking about those guys a little more.

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Love it. Please serialise this unlikely partnership. It’s got legs… and teeth.

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Ha! Glad you enjoyed it. I was gonna ask the readers which of the stories so far should have a sequel…

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That one for sure I think the boat trip would be carnage :-)

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Great story Mike.

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Ta. Pulled that one out of my ass, but I quite like it.

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