by Scraps Y-E-E-O-W-W-! That scream lets you know I’m on my way to whoop asses, lest you hear its echo, in which case I’m leavin’! I’m Wild Sam’l Kitchen, the original shitkicker, and I’ll kick your shit clear out the top ‘a your head if you look at me wrong, see if I don’t! The […]
Category Archives: Bang*Bang no. 122
23
Aug
Cards on the Table
by Zero X Infinity (0 x ∞) Joel had come downstairs after putting away Jolene for the night — except the earrings, he’d decided to keep those on — when a man he’d seen neither hide nor hair of for six months stumbled, considerably more than a little drunk, into the saloon. “What the ever […]
23
Aug
Bar None
by shukyou (主教) “Welcome,” shouted the queen in the long sequined gown, “to the fucking meat market!” The cheer that went up from the crowd was deafening, ringing off the rafters of the warehouse they’d rented out for the evening. Zalo had wanted to cram them all into the Steel Seraph, which did have the […]
23
Aug
Goodnight Loving
by Devin Ambrosia illustrated by ChibiSaboten April 15, 1868 Fort Belknap, Texas Dear Diary, Heaven above, I am in trouble. At least I traded for this journal and have someone to talk to. (Sort of.) But where to begin? I’m known (fondly, I believe) for being both dramatic and enthusiastic, but this time I’ve really […]
23
Aug
An Ambitious Man
by Togi Kayako (土宜草子) Alest scraped roughly at the final stretch of blue-green tissue clinging to the kelpie hide on his table. His hands ached and his grunts of effort echoed through the large, cold workroom. The only mercy was that the wood of the tabletop and the leather of his gloves were both enchanted […]
23
Aug
A Pretty Piece of Calico
by Suzuran The stranger rolled into town like so much tumbleweed in the middle of a Thursday afternoon. I was behind the bar when he walked into my saloon, all in a thud of heels and a jingle of spurs, and as he pushed through the doors, the hinges squealed like a skewered pig, and […]
23
Aug
Run
written and illustrated by spicy-wrenegade El felt the wind on her back as she ran, strong legs carrying her across the prairie, a tawny blur in the shrubland. Something caught around her ankle and suddenly she was yanked back, her small body hitting the ground hard. Heavy footsteps made the earth tremble underneath her as […]
23
Aug
Raven and Rhinestone Cowboys
by ChibiSaboten Raven flies south, chasing the hot season while playing hide-and-seek with the sun along the great spine of the world. He soars high above, day and night, until the cool lushness of damp cedar forests thick with fir trees and rivers that run red with salmon fade into a seemingly endless expanse of […]
23
Aug
A Third of a Chord To Please the Lord
by Greta Jia-Kang Cabrel Clem had known that they would not be cast in The Marriage of Figaro, and they ultimately didn’t want to be: Dr. Opal, the chair of the music department, was directing the production, and the old coot had been markedly hostile to Clem since their appearance in a national feature about […]
23
Aug
Virginia Smolders
written and illustrated by Iron Eater Odd hunched in the shade of a twisty little mountain tree with an equally twisty hand-rolled cigarette, his clothes still dusty from the grave he’d started digging before sunup. Nobody out there worked in the noontime sun if they could help it. Something about the sun in the high […]
23
Aug
Giddyup
written by Devin Ambrosia and illustrated by spicy-wrenegade read the artist’s notes for this piece Love7
5
Jul
Prospective Participants for Bang*Bang 122
This is a signup for the August 24 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, August 11 and the art deadline is Saturday, August 22. Please reply to this post if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue, indicating whether you are interested in contributing to the issue as an author and/or […]
