The Gun Fight
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John Benton was one of the toughest men ever to wear a Texas Ranger badge. But eight years ago, in August 1871, he hung up his guns for good.
Or so he hoped.
Then young Robby Coles challenged him to a fight over some imagined slight to the boy's sixteen-year-old girlfriend. At first Benton tried to laugh off the affair. Why, the boy was little more than a child. But rumors and gossip spread like wildfire through their dusty frontier town and soon enough the entire community seems to be goading both men towards a fatal confrontation neither one truly wants.
Benton doesn't want to kill again. Robby is secretly terrified of facing the legendary gunfighter. Yet, with both men's honor on the line, is there any way to avoid a duel to the death?
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Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson (1926-2013) is the author of many classic novels and short stories. He wrote in a variety of genres including fantasy, horror, paranormal, suspense, science fiction, and western. In addition to books, he wrote prolifically for television (including The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, and Star Trek) and numerous feature films. Many of Matheson’s novels and stories have been made into movies, including I Am Legend, Somewhere in Time, and Shrinking Man. His many awards include the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards for Lifetime Achievement, the Hugo Award, Edgar Award, Spur Award for Best Western Novel, Writer’s Guild awards, and in 2010 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A 30-minute episode of Gunsmoke elongated into a 90-minute format. It's almost shocking how sloppy and blase this is, considering the author has a relatively high reputation in the mystery/horror/sci-fi genre. Obviously, he has little relish for the western, so why in heaven's name would he take it up in mid-to-late career. As a genre it's in its death agony, with limbs still twitching while the CNS has shut down.