Pyrite
by Ralph S. Souders
A young rider encounters an eccentric old man in the desert. The old man, a miner, is searching for money that was hidden in the area by bank robbers. The rider agrees to help the miner in his search, but will they find the stash before the bandits return?

The Cur
by Willy Whiskers
Western heroes come in all shapes, sizes and species. The Cur was one with four paws who knew his job and did it so well that his legacy lives on to this day.

The Road to Laramie
by Dick Derham
"Hard work, clean living." Those were the rules of his childhood. But when a child becomes a man does he put aside childish ways?

This is My Land
by Calum Robertson
Grandpappy settled on this stretch of land back around 1820, and my family has lived here ever since. We've fought wolves, bears, cougars, and the like to keep our stock safe, but now there's a strange new threat—one that kills people. But how do you fight music?

Kid Bullet and the Gainful Ministry
by Tom Sheehan
Kid Bullet was elected sheriff in Winslow Hills, in the Wyoming Territory, at the age of twenty-one. But with a father who bragged on him constantly—and to anyone who would listen—would he survive to see twenty-two?

Daniel Boone & The Wilderness Road
by W.Wm.Mee
Daniel Boone looked at the band of men that had survived the attack. "Abe, you n' your boys hit 'em from the right. My brother n' me'll come from the left." Daniel took his younger brother by the arm. "You see one of us in trouble, that's your target!"

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