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After the Last Pour: One Night in Boomtown Bodie

Produced by Narrative Lab · Idea by Baptiste

Autumn 1879 finds Bodie crowded with miners, merchants, teamsters, and newcomers chasing uncertain fortunes. Boardinghouse worker Ada Price knows how quickly wages can disappear after dark, especially when her proud younger brother heads toward Ellis Ward’s saloon. Following him into a night of gambling, strained tempers, rough roads, and divided loyalties, Ada must decide how far protection can go before it becomes control—and whom she can trust in a town still awake behind every doorway.

3 chapters · ≈ 5,170 words · ≈ 23 min read