A collection of twenty-nine tales of the Old West featuring previously unpublished stories by such classic Western writers as James Reasoner, Douglas Hirt, McKendree Long, and Michael R. Ritt. Edited by award winning author, L. J. Washburn. Western Fictioneers is the only writers' organization devoted solely to traditional Western fiction, and this huge collection will take readers from the dusty plains of Texas to the sweeping vistas of Montana and beyond.Western Fictioneers was f...

Retired Deputy Marshal Sam Brennan is chasing devils. First, the three drunken miners who butchered his wife and stepdaughters. Second, the demon in the bottle that helps numb the pain.Doe is an Apache. All but enslaved by the gang of scalp hunters who killed her parents, she has become a stranger in a strange land, an outcast from her tribe. After being sold for the second time to a white man, she is beaten and abused on a daily basis. When Sam stumbles into her owner’s camp and w...

Norman Thompson doesn't seek out trouble, but it always seems to have a way of finding him, anyway. All he really wants is a job as a ranch foreman. He'd tried in Montana, but ended up in a gunfight with a pair of ugly-looking brothers over a horse. Leaving one dead and the other swearing revenge, Norm figures it'd be wise to make himself scarce. He heads south, making his way to Nebraska. Instead of work, though, he finds something he never expected—a partner. Edith is a beautiful young w...

From Saddlebag Dispatches Magazine, the Award-Winning Home of All Things Western, comes Between Hell and Tombstone, a new anthology bringing you the best of the untamed west. Paul Colt, Anthony Wood, and P.A. O’Neil headline a roster of western writers including old hands like J.R. Wolff and Alex Slusar but with a great selection of newer talent such as David Bowmore, Julianne Metzger Taylor, and Megan McCain. Walk with them down the dust...

Straight from the mineshaft, gambling halls, houses of ill-repute, and fancy hotels, Saddlebag Dispatches Magazine brings you Lungers, Lawdogs, and Legends, the best of boomtown yarns and campfire tales. Mark your claim and strike it rich with great new western tales from award-winning Western authors like Sharon Frame Gay, P.A. O'Neil, J.D. Arnold, and Kyleigh McCloud.You'll find a band of outlaw...

Welcome to Aces, Eights, and Unmarked Graves: Legends of the Black Hills, where the Old West comes alive through the words of some of the finest authors in Western writing.Come in out of the bone-chilling wind and take a seat by the campfire. Hear the ghost of Wild Bill Hickok speak through the veil as he prepares his own killer for the gallows. Stand beside a grieving ranch widow, forced to face down two strangers who arrive hungry for supper but harbor d...

Welcome to Under the Hot Prairie Sun: Blood, Dust, and Destiny on the Plains, a Saddlebag Dispatches corral filled with the best of western short story fiction.So set your eye on that lone tree in the far off distance. Point your wagon team west as the hot prairie sun brings sweat to your weary brow. Hop on the trail with a young man who was saved by a sheriff to become a trusted tracker for a Texas Ranger. Listen as an old bard t...

Grab your pick and shovel, nugget pan, and pack mule loaded with supplies-it's time to hit the trail and join Saddlebag Dispatches as we journey back to the California Gold Rush with Greed, Gold, and Gunsmoke. The clock's ticking, and the pickings are endless. Miners toil from dawn till dusk, while claim jumpers lurk in the shadows, ready to steal a fortune at the first chance.Step into the shadows of a dark shack with a young man...

Gil Slatter is quick on the draw and has a head for running a ranch—but he’s also a lonely man with nothing more than a cot in the bunkhouse at the TXY Ranch to call home. When the ranch’s foreman drops dead of a heart attack and the owner picks Gil to take his place, his entire world turns upside down. One day life is simple. The next, he’s running the entire outfit, buying new horses to replace the rundown remuda, finding new markets for the beef, tackling the problems of water shortages...

A drunken plan to make some quick money with two friends landed drifter Whit Ralston in the Yuma Territorial Prison—the worst prison in Arizona. Now he’s doing hard time in the inferno the inmates call the Hell Hole, counting the days until his release. He’s vowed never to do anything so stupid again, but that becomes a hard promise to keep when his crazy cellmate starts talking about a load of stolen gold stashed up in the mountains. When he falls for a beautiful, blue-eyed lady of the ev...

Two brothers, one dream—and the fight to become Texas legends.With the gritty authenticity of a true cowboy, bestselling author Dusty Richards weaves a moving coming-of-age story set against the rugged landscapes of Civil War-era South Texas.Twin brothers Andrew and Jackson Franks have spent their lives under the harsh rule of their father, Pryor. When a violent outburst shatters their family, leaving their mother dead and Pryor gone, the brothers ...

Vince was a mustanger with a solitary camp high in the Hondo Mountains, where he worked his operation alone. He liked it that way.Then, on a trip back from selling some mustangs, he came across Julie, a saloon girl on the run from some pretty bad hombres. Before he knew it, her fight was his fight, and he was looking forward to a life with her.They just had to survive a small war first.