Annabelle the Cowgirl

Annabelle Hayward grew up in the hard old days of the American West. In her frontier town she knew her prospects were limited. Either she had to find a husband and settle down, or perhaps be a showgirl at a saloon, dancing for tips. With her dark hair and bulging breasts, people said she was pretty enough.

But Annabelle had no interest in either option. She wanted to forge her own destiny- and she knew the only way to do that was with the gun. So, whenever her pa would pass out after a hard day farming, she'd steal his pistols and practice. She became a crack shot, and fast on the draw. So, on her 20th birthday, when people were starting to ask more and more 'when you getting married', she set her plan in motion. Using the money she'd saved up mending clothes, she bought a pair of riding pants, a belt with holster, and a marvelous colt six shooter. Then she set off from home, off for a life of adventure and fortune as a wild and free cowboy, or cowgirl in her case.

There was one glaring problem Annabelle wasn't aware of. Sure, she was fast with the gun, and a crack shot. But she'd never shot anyone before. She didn't even have the stomach to blast at rabbits for moving practice. In other words, her skills with the pistol might not be as practical as she imagined...