Morning Cloud Chronicles

I have always liked westerns. I devoured them as a child, yet even then, I had a soft spot for the Indians who always seemed to get the rough end of the story. As time has gone on, the genre has started to see them as the good guys, which is no bad thing.

While I have dabbled with storytelling for the best part of twenty years, I had never written a western. Then one day while driving home along the M4, it occurred to me that maybe I should try. So it was that Morning Cloud was born. My hero was always going to have Indian blood. As I drove, she rode into my imagination as a complete character with a back story.

Initially, the first couple of stories were published in the first Underdog Anthology and subsequently in Blackjack, my collection of short stories. I had no particular plans to write more. But as time went on, more ideas occurred to me and the characters developed along with each new story. Despite being published elsewhere, as people will be reading these stories out of context and the collection follows an overall story arc, it made sense to publish the whole collection in one place. Hence this collection; Sinistré – The Morning Cloud Chronicles.

In this collection of short stories, you will come across the standard themes that typify the genre; there is a tip of the hat to Shane, The Magnificent Seven, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the usual chase across country with shootouts and dream quests. I have also slipped in references to country and western music, so it’s up to you to find them. Some are obvious, some less so.

I thoroughly enjoyed my foray into the Wild West on my own terms this time, alongside characters of my creation. Hopefully, those who buy the book will, too.

This anthology will be available on Amazon in the next few days. I’ll put links up as soon as they become available.

Well, here’s the paperback and Kindle links.