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    The Golden Calf
    The Golden Calf
    The Golden Calf
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    The Golden Calf

    By Josh Gaines

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    Japheth and Abram Dewitt, two impoverished adult brothers of the early 1900's, have acquired a unique young calf of otherworldly features named Dewey Dell. In this first volume of the Dewitt Brothers serials, the brothers are blazing their own trail across the treacherous Southwestern landscape in a race against the clock to meet the eccentric tycoon Obadiah Hawthorne, A.K.A. "The Big Man," who may just have use for a special cow such as theirs.

    In the Dewitt Brothers serials, author Josh Gaines (known for his curious plots and the intermixing of genres) blends a concoction of engaging interpersonal drama in the old west, supernatural and metaphysical elements that go beyond the boundaries of our world and a parable-like story structure that gives a nod to Biblical narrative and American folk tales.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJosh Gaines
    Release dateJun 1, 2017
    ISBN9780989924047
    The Golden Calf
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    Josh Gaines

    Josh wrote a sci-fi pulp thriller called THE SHOT and the stories Michigan, Ten Cents, Clara’s Quilt, Hitching Post and The Pirate-Ghost of Hole 19. He wrote some music articles for Vinyl Me, Please. He wrote and directed a short film called Cordial Kill which is in post-production. He does a podcast called Ink & Echo with his friend Andy. He was born in Lincoln NE, grew up in Albuquerque NM and now lives in Denver CO. He was once in the band Abraham the Poor, dropped out of a film program at CNM, won two poetry slams, and drew Harry Potter-themed comics for a while. He enjoys the work of Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, John Steinbeck, Bret Easton Ellis, Cormac McCarthy, PTA, Kubrick and Lee Hardcastle. He loves Alan Parsons Project and Huey Lewis & The News.

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      The Golden Calf - Josh Gaines

      The Golden Calf

      by

      Josh Gaines

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, places and events presented are fictitious and a product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Author: Josh Gaines

      Copyright © Josh Gaines 2017

      All rights reserved.

      First published June 2017 in the USA

      Distributed by Smashwords

      Ebook formatting by www.ebooklaunch.com

      Cover design by the author

      doctor-gaines.com

      ISBN-10: 0-9899240-4-1

      ISBN-13: 978-0-9899240-4-7

      Contents

      Also by the Author

      Dedication

      The Golden Calf

      About the Author

      Also by Josh Gaines

      Novels:

      The Shot

      Stories:

      Michigan, Ten Cents

      Clara's Quilt

      Hitching Post

      The Pirate-Ghost of Hole 19

      Scripts:

      Cordial Kill

      for Dad

      The Golden Calf

      Japheth Dewitt sat atop his horse, Cuthbert, on the cliff edge, rolling a cigarette using the dried out tobacco from his pouch, looking out on the wide valley below that had been turned a tan and purple hue by the brooding thunderheads crowding the sky above the land.

      His brother, Abram, was laid out on his back on a colorful handmade blanket they had gotten in a trade from the natives in exchange for a tarnished steel pistol and a quarter sack of cornmeal. The young men had gotten the better end of that deal by far, for the functionality of the sixgun was questionable at best and the cornmeal very near to turning. The Dewitt brothers had not been trying to swindle them into a bad trade (the indians had not seemed to mind anyhow), but were merely using what limited items with which they had to barter. Abram had his head resting on a pillow-shaped rock and chewed a yellow length of dry wild grass. His own horse lay dead with a sun-bloated stomach some forty miles behind them on the trail they were blazing for themselves.

      Think we’ll make it in time to catch The Big Man? Abram asked.

      You know that I do not have the answer to that any more than you do, Japheth answered, picking a sliver of tobacco off of his tongue and flicking it away. He added, We will make it if God wills it.

      Abram

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