The Hawk
by Tom Sheehan
The Hawk was a masked hero who helped the weak, the poor, and the afflicted. He saved the day when burglars, robbers, muggers, and murderers threatened. He was everywhere at once, so much so that one lawman thought it was impossible. Could there be more than one Hawk?

Riding the Vermillion Hills
by Dick Derham
Rustlers. Squatters. Sheep. Water disputes. Barbed wire. The ingredients for a profitable career for the likes of Pat Bailey. Why should a dang boy interrupt him?

Gold Thuggery
by Ralph S. Souders
Avery Baxter, a retired deep miner living in solitude, prospects his property for gold. He finds placer deposits in the nearby river and a small vein by his cabin. But when a stranger suspects him of hoarding gold, will Avery be able to protect what is his?

The Kingdom Ranch
by Tom Hale
Woodrow McAlister was a cowboy who had everything he had ever desired in life. But one day he wanted more, with tragic consequences for The Kingdom Ranch.

The Map
by Dana L. Green
He's the hostage of a bounty hunter more than willing to kill him and his mother for The Map. He'll have to endure two days of riding without boots or water in sweltering heat to protect his inheritance. Can he outwit the ruthless killer?

The Letter
by W.Wm. Mee
Tanner looked up as the strangers arrived. The form standing before him looked more wolf than man. Behind him, three others. Dobson glanced at his own musket on the other side of the fire: 'Hell, it might as well be on the far side of the moon!'

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