Tincture, A Weird West Trilogy

At sunset, the old gunslinger looked upon a fallen kingdom and found himself unimpressed.
 
Music in Book 3, Chapter 19:
 
Cullah - Please Bring Me Shelter (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Crowander - Vanda's Blues (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Monolog Rockstars - Two Years (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - Floor Shine (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - Floretin (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Rain On Heavy Glass
Allen Masterton - Project 5
Cory Gray - Follow The Trail (CC BY-NC 3.0)
straget - the rain falls against the parasol (CC BY 3.0)
Kai Engel - From Dreams to Melancholy (CC BY-NC 4.0)
tim.khan - 019 denver airport (CC BY 3.0)
Allen Masterton - Berceus
BOPD - Grotesque (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Timbre - remixes of 32985__hardpcm__alarm001 (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - The Envelope (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Kai Engel - Paranoia (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Marcos H. Bolanos - The Sea (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Podington Bear - Wren (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Borrtex - There Is Always A Reason (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Borrtex - Falling Into Presence (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Podington Bear - Juliette (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Podington Bear - Monday (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Borrtex - Over Again (CC BY-NC 4.0)
rambler52 - Pickup_Ford_62_Start_Idle (CC BY 3.0)
klankbeeld - wood on mattress 001 (CC BY 3.0)
Inspector J - Destruction, Wooden, A (CC BY 3.0)
Podington Bear - Feldspar (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Jamie Evans - Opening Doors (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
Scott Holmes Music - Escape (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Kai Engel - Paranoia (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Audionautics - Crowd Long (CC BY 3.0)
InspectorJ - Crowd Screaming, A (CC BY 3.0)
Scott Holmes Music - Discovery (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Dexter Britain - Sleepless Nights (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Origamibiro - Flicker (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
Crowander - Black Trees (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Crowander - Looking Back (CC BY-NC 4.0)
My Bubba & Mi - Goodnight Heart (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
Crowander - I Found You (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Scott Holmes Music - Uninvited (CC-BY-3.0)
Dexter Britain - Lifted (CC BY-NC-SA)
Dexter Britain - Transpire (CC BY-NC-SA)
Allen Masterton - Iodine
Crowander - Old Man's Tale (CC BY-NC 4.0)

The moment cut his word in half, flickered lights before his eyes, then shut it all down with a deep dark absence of color so grim it was difficult to put word on.
 
Music in Book 3, Chapter 18:
 
Cullah - Please Bring Me Shelter (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Marcos H. Bolanos - Stranded (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Allen Masterton - Iridian
Siddhartha Corsus -  Oh Radiant One (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Borrtex - Fog In The Street (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - Floretin Interlude (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Crowander - Underwater (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - Catcher Textile (CC BY-NC 4.0)
AVOIDANT - Apparitions (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Kai Engel - Extinguished (CC BY-NC 4.0)

In the dark and rainy parking lot of the diner, Tom and Noah pulled the collars of their jackets up over their ears. Mark did not seem to notice the rain.
 
Music in Book 3, Chapter 17:
Cullah - Please Bring Me Shelter (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rain On Heavy Glass
Blue Dot Sessions - Remsen (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Allen Masterton - Iodine
Borrtex - Going Undercover (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Marcos H. Bolanos - Suspects (CC BY-NC 4.0)
poalopat - [AMBIENT] Desert Valley (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
Allen Masterton - Project 5
Blue Dot Sessions - Bliste (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Borrtex - The Undertake (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Be forewarned, I can still taste the ferment on my teeth. Conjecture and abstract thought do not, admittedly, serve much purpose in a guide to the mysterious world you and I now inhabit, yet I would submit that you can cut as deep as you like as long as your implement remains sharp.
 
Music in Book 3, Chapter 16:
 
Cullah - Please Bring Me Shelter (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Allen Masterton - Berceus
Scott Holmes - Abandoned City (CC BY 4.0)
Scott Holmes - Vasky Skyline (CC BY 4.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - Nervous Whisp (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Allen Masterton - Iridian
Blue Dot Sessions - Cobweb Transit (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - Stillness (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Crowander - Backward (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Origamibiro - Flicker (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
Crowander - Above Us (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Abranyah blinked through the rain, peering down both ends of the street, waiting for activity.
 
Music in Book3, Chapter 15:
Cullah - Please Bring Me Shelter (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - Bask VX (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Guitar Drone 1 - Ghost Hunter (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
Podington Bear - Submerging Blue-Black (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Podington Bear - Dark Water (CC BY-NC 3.0)
The Rifleman - Day Of The Hunter (1960, clipped)
Podington Bear - Satellite Bloom (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Crowander - Prayer (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Crowander - In The Sun (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - Fog Interlude (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Kai Engel - Rejecting the Sirens (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Blue Dot Sessions - Big River Run (CC BY-NC 4.0)