A Robot Walks Into A Bar

Jack McDaniel
4 min readDec 20, 2022

He pulled hard on the reins of the horse, dust pillowed up under its hooves and slowly settled in the late afternoon sunlight. He dismounted with a clang, wrapped the reins around a post and sauntered through the swinging saloon doors.

One of the establishment girls in a low cut, frilly dress looked up, yelped, and headed out of the room. Scared.

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Jack McDaniel

Jack McDaniel is the author of six novels and multiple short stories and essays. Learn more at https://www.jackmcdaniel.net or https://paradigmSHIFT.marketing