Big Win
by Tony Masero
You can’t take it with you…. But you can damned well try!It’s a sentiment offered to Joe Alberplas, a simple cowhand who is content to keep to his own affairs then one night discovers that there is a sight more to life than punching cows.It is more than an unexpected surprise and demands some radical adjustment.With word of Joe’s shift in fortune the balance tips and a grim journey begins as Joe has to learn to live by the gun instead of the lariat.Events take a turn that leads the cowboy in pursuit of his new prospects. Along the way he runs up against the trickiest and most devious scam artist in the West and his gang of underlings who would think little of burying Joe six feet under. The trail leads to a booming silver-mining town where Joe must confront a demon of disguise and choose between a woman’s love or follow the path of a killer if he is ever to claim what is rightfully his.