Gutshot

By J.C. Hulsey

A shot to the stomach is one of the slowest and most painful deaths a human being can endure.

"You feel your belly fill up with blood. You're bloated. You can't move. You can't breathe. You can't die!"

• Language: English
• Publisher: J.C. Hulsey Books
• Release date: Apr 1, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224352203

J.C. Hulsey

I really can't explain how or why I write. It's like an explosion in my brain and the words come flowing out like a raging river and then other times like a frozen glazier. I wrote a twenty-eight page booklet of poetry over the course of two days and nights. I mention nights because as soon as my head hits the pillow, it's like a switch goes off in my brain and I have to write. J.C. Hulsey J.C. Hulsey has lived in Midlothian, Texas for thirty years. He's a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has been married for 56 years. He enjoys Western movies and TV Shows, (especially the older ones) and reading about Mail-Order Brides. He is also the owner of six cats (all stray cats, showed up on the back porch) and one dog (rescue dog) He worked for 33 years at Bell Helicopter. He served in the USAF for five years, and the Air National Guard for four years. He has always wanted to be an author. He started writing songs in his early twenties. He recorded a couple of songs in the late 1960s. He started writing poetry in the 1970s to share with others. He self-published them on Amazon in 2013. He still felt the need to write something different. He tried writing a book in the 1970s, but it was never finished. In 2014, he felt the urge to write a western novel. However, he needed something different than what was on the market. What about a young Christian Gunfighter? He now has 44 books on Amazon.com

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To my Creator for giving me

a brain that works like mine.

This short story came to me as I was reading about a man getting shot in the belly and left to die. He’s lying there on the dirty dusty floor as his life’s blood leaks from the wound in his gut. He’s always heard stories of how men getting gutshot never survive. He’s having thoughts of his life as a youngster. He remembers his first wife and their unborn child. He remembers falling under the influence of a corrupt politician and joining a gang of killers. He remembers telling the leader of the gang he wants to quit. A gunfight ensues with him killing the man. The gang, now without a leader, look to him to replace their leader. He refuses to lead them and barely escapes with his life. He changes his name, goes to work as a cow hand on the Walking Horse Ranch. He falls in love with the daughter of the owner. They marry and move onto a small house that her father built for them. I think I revealed enough of the story. Why don’t you read the complete story and find out want happened? 

I hope you enjoy it.

CHAPTER ONE

Cedar Creek, Texas 1867

Turner Trask alas Doke Harper

He’s been shot in the gut and left to die. His hands are tied behind him to a straight backed wooden chair.

He tells in his words how he feels and how he wishes things had been different in his life.

He closes his eyes.

"As I sit here with a bullet in my gut, I remember growing up on a small farm. I remember how my pa mistreated me,