DROPPED THE MOON

This is my attempt at a western novel.  If you like it or not, let me know. Contact: joecushnan@aol.com Seven Pouches   A Western   By   Joe Cushnan       Drifter Willard Gammon returns home to find his father dead and his mother grieving.  He embarks on a journey of revenge to track the seven men responsible, to deliver his own brand of justice and to retrieve the seven pouches used to divide up his family’s gold. Chapter 1 (of 22)   The ranch looked quieter than normal.  Any time he had visited before, there had always been movement.  Horses, chickens and just general lived-in activity.  But today nothing to catch the eye.  Nothing to catch the ear either.  Silence.  He carried on riding towards the house, looking left and right for anything, a sign, a threat.  Nothing.  He got off his horse slower than usual, looked at the house and then scanned to the left, to the country behind him and to the right.     In most worlds, peace and quiet are good things, he thought.     In this open