PseudoPod 662: Indian Giver (http://pseudopod.org/2019/08/28/pseudopod-662-indian-giver/)
Author: Ray Cluley (http://pseudopod.org/people/ray-cluley/)
Narrator: Jonathan Danz (http://pseudopod.org/people/jonathan-danz/)
Host: Alex Hofelich (http://pseudopod.org/people/alex-hofelich/)
‘Indian Giver’ first appeared in the collection, Probably Monsters, in 2015. It was reprinted in Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year (Volume 8).
Content Warning:
Racial violence, genocide
Show Notes
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Every man carries his share of ghosts, but there are those who listen to them more than others. That was Grady’s opinion, anyways. And most of those listenin’ didn’t much like what they heard; that was his opinion, too. So he wasn’t surprised to see Tom stumblin’ across the darkening yard towards him. If he was surprised at all it was only that it had taken the man so long.
The taming of the wild west was something Grady never saw—he was a proper lieutenant, not a glorified book-keep or ledger-maker —but even so, all he saw of the west was tired and worn down. Land and people. Native people, mostly, but Tom carried the same look himself right now. He had something in his hand that was supposed to be Tennessee whiskey but probably wasn’t. It would taste right, though. And they’d drink it down just fine. A tale of woe was best punctuated with whiskey.
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