Skeeter Bill comes to town

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Skeeter Bill comes to town

by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

EN·~1 hours·6 chapters

Chapters

6 total

I

11:23

II

11:49

III

11:57

IV

10:51

V

12:45

VI

11:32

Description

In a dust‑caked frontier town that still smells of stale whiskey and sun‑baked tumbleweeds, a lanky stranger known only as Skeletal Bill leans against the bar, his high‑heels and sombrero making him impossible to ignore. With a quiet charm and a reputation for impossible gun tricks, he wanders into a conversation that unravels the legend of Hooty Edwards—a notorious outlaw who vanished after a daring bank robbery. Through the bartender’s rambling recollections, Skeletal Bill learns of a family left adrift, a son named after him, and a mystery that still haunts the valley.

As the story unfolds, Skeletal Bill finds himself drawn into a tangled web of loyalty, unfinished business, and the uneasy peace of a community still nursing old wounds. Listeners will be pulled into a vivid, dialogue‑rich tableau of western life, where every grin hides a secret and the promise of a birthday gift could spark a fresh chase across the rugged landscape.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (67K characters)

Release date

2025-10-04

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle

1883–1969

A hugely popular western storyteller of the pulp-magazine era, this Montana-born writer published more than 1,000 stories and dozens of novels. He is especially remembered for the adventures of Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens, two cowboy heroes with a strong comic streak.

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