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Synopsis

You stumble on in to a dirty old saloon. Everything is laid out the same way it’s always been laid out. Everyone sayin’ the same words they’ve always said.

A beautiful gal walks up and begs you to save her. Just like before. I reckon you know what’s coming next.

That’s when he busts in, armed and angry, and once again you got a choice: run for your life, or give up and put an end to this crazy cycle.

Once you realize that a weary life’s better than no life at all, you run for it. But this time somethin’ is different. You get yerself all disguised up as a woman so’s you can hide. And when he finds you, he don’t want to kill you. Now he reckons to marry you.

Fiction Clemens, a low-talking cowboy-type cactus rancher has a face no one can forget. The toothpick tycoons want it to advertise their product. Arch-enemy, Tiberius Kitchens can’t decide if he wants to punch it or kiss it. Lunatics on the outskirts of town think it is the sacred sign they been waitin’ for.

And the mysterious conspirator known as the “Clockmaker” realizes that all these aspects of Fiction Clemens can work together in bringin’ about his master plan. He aims to drag the Old West kicking and screaming into the Space Age.

Mixing elements from westerns and post-apocalyptica, Fiction Clemens reveals the day-to-day lives of bandits, hit men, and capitalist mongrels as they try to make sense of the illusive hand of fate that seems to be governing their destinies. But as the bullets fly, ol' Fic takes it all in stride with a tip of his hat and a will to enjoy life in whatever form it takes.