• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to footer
Darkling Whim Untethered tales, beautifully scarred
  • Stories & Poems
  • AI
  • About
  • Now

    Poor Kid

    The Sheriff hauled Jimmy to the gallows to become acquainted with the hangman’s knot.

    less than 1 minute read

    Doug Langille

    Doug Langille

    hack writer & shameless technophile

    • Nova Scotia
    • Digital Doug
    • Amazon
    • Email

    Poor Kid

    The Sheriff hauled Jimmy to the gallows to become acquainted with the hangman’s knot. You see, he tried to clean the table with a counterfeit full-house. Drunk on hooch, the poor kid wasn’t quite as sharp. He should have stayed with the corn whiskey and Miss Kitty’s lace bosom.

    Photo by fractalznet

    Subscribe via RSS. Subscribe via Email. Did this leave a mark? Tell me. Share with a friend.

    Tags: solitude, speculative, tension

    Published: March 20, 2014

    Previous Next

    You may also enjoy

    Xanarax

    less than 1 minute read

    There once was an alien named Xanarax

    Tanked!

    less than 1 minute read

    Bob cruises with stealth

    First Change

    less than 1 minute read

    Raised by the pack, we didn’t know about the Change util it happened to my friend Brown Ear.

    Six Minutes

    less than 1 minute read

    That’s how long it takes us to realize the Sun has gone dark.

    • Follow:
    • Darkling Whim
    • Digital Doug
    • Amazon
    • LinkedIn
    • Feed
    © 2013 - 2026 Darkling Whim. Powered by Jekyll & Minimal Mistakes.