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|title      = Simple Silas
|cover      = TGTBTU-972x1500.jpg
|anthology  = The Good, The Bad, and the Uncanny: Tales of a Very Weird West
|published  = 2023
|pages      = 18
|library    =
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[[Simple Silas]] is a short story in the [[The Good, The Bad, and the Uncanny]] anthology, published in 2023. The anthology features science fiction and supernatural stories set in America's wild west.

==Summary==
Silas, a simple man with developmental issues, is constantly bullied by a neighboring ranch hand. He summons a demonic wolf. hoping the wolf will exact the revenge Silas wants, but the wolf instead gives Silas weapons that will help him do it himself. Silas visits the neighboring ranch and confronts his bullies. In the aftermath, Silas discovers nothing is for free, and the price for the wolf's help is not just his bully's toes.

==Characters==
* Silas, a simple man who is bullied for his mental slowness
* Malsum, a demonic wolf
* Tripp,Alcott, a ranch hand who bullies Silas
* Kevin Murph, a ranch hand who works with Tripp and is party to Silas' abuse
* Daniel Dozier, a ranch hand who works with Tripp and is party to Silas' abuse
* Tom Randklev, a ranch hand who works with Tripp but has never been mean to Silas. Tom and Silas had been friends when younger, but not since Tom came back from the Army.

{{Scott Sigler Short Stories}}