April 23, 2026
I have been noodling this character since 2002, when The Top Secret Writer mentioned him to me at a dinner at the Silver Dollar Saloon in Tinnie, New Mexico.
He has been on my mind ever since.
Daily Revised Whip Out:
"Mickey's Multi-Cultural Metaphorical Serape"
“Mickey Free embodies three cultures. Culturally, he’s Apache; by heritage, he’s Irish and Mexican. Everyone hated him, but everyone needed him. American soldiers needed him, Apaches need him. But at the same time, nearly everyone thought he was always lying to them. He has some unattractive qualities. Americans like people to take sides. Instead, Mickey takes the white side as an Apache, as well as the reverse."
—Paul Andrew Hutton (The Top Secret Writer)
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