THERE’S A BULLET IN MY POCKET BURNING A HOLE.    #deputystakes — an independent and highly selective writing blog for deputy u.s. marshal ashley graves of go set a watchman, an original project based in the crime, horror, and neo-western genres.   based in lore developed in conjunction with montana.   affiliated with #deputyfangs.   est. may 5th, 2021   /   re-est. october 20th, 2021.    deputized by raylan.  

       AN EXPLORATION OF:   old-time lawmen in the contemporary era, lazarus syndrome, family curses and hereditary anger, tragic protagonists, trauma under pressure, the american gothic, god’s favorite customers, and vengeance as an open wound.      CURRENT INSPIRATIONS:   fx’s justified, silence of the lambs (1991), near dark (1987), eric kripke’s supernatural, and the national + father john misty lyrics.