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Submitted to Contest #15
I stared at the black silhouette hanging five yards in front of me, a faded red and gray bullseye decorating its chest. My fingers trembled as I curled them around the grip of the revolver. “Now, ya wanna make sure ya squeeze the trigger. Don’t just yank ya finger back. That’s the trick, Mike. Keep it straight, keep it slow and keep it steady,” a gruff voice barked behind me. I winced and adjusted my earmuffs. “I can hear you just fine, Uncle Rick. You…you don’t have to yell,” I said. Rick growled somewhere deep in his throat but did lower ...
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