The trick is so simple – real musket, real gunpowder, real handcuffs, and my Sylvie, chained to that wheel, spinning like a dervish.
Every night I hit the lock dead centre, every night the crowd loves me.
Except today I found her letters.
Deceit changes things. Blood and screaming change everything.
William Mitchell lives in East Sussex in the South of England. He is an award-winning author, having had early success with various Horror and Science Fiction publications before winning the Writers of the Future contest in 2012. His first novel, CREATIONS, came out in 2014 with John Hunt Publishing.
Good writing BUT drop the the last sentence altogether, not needed
then pad the remainder with some foreshadowing good job
I’m divorced may color my view
stingingly funny as ever!