28. That Damned Wizard

Around a hundred years ago, the Wild West got
a whole lot wilder. And a whole lot weirder, too.
They asked that damned wizard if he had any last words
as he stood on the gallows, ready to be hung for
his crimes. They really shouldn’t have done
that. In his last few words, before the hangman
finally had had enough and pulled the damned
lever anyway, he used his last few breaths to
put a curse upon this land. We’ve been paying
for it ever since. And it seems that as time goes
by, it’s only getting worse.
Sometimes the dead just won’t stay dead.
Sometimes that fella you’re about to have a little
altercation with, well, he might just be
possessed by a demon. Or worse, he might just
be one in disguise. You never know anymore.
The undead and the unholy roam the land day
and night. And they’re not even the worst of
your problems. There are worse things.
But that’s where you come in, partner. You and
those like you, you’re the only thing standing
between them and the end. Send them all back
to Hell, and pray they don’t come back looking
for you.

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