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Blood of the Lamb    by Stephen Cote
Price: Free! 7360 words. Language: English. Published on December 23, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

In the nineteenth century, Cain is a gunfighter known as a leading cause of ghost towns. His desire for a peaceful life is impossible given his inability to remember his sordid past. Now, his friends from a Palouse tribe have begged him to right a wrong brought about by the US Cavalry. Indebted to the tribes, Cain rides to confront the Cavalry. And the demons of his past ride beside him.
The Man With No Face    by Jake Bible
Price: $0.99 USD. 7970 words. Language: English. Published on December 22, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

Tortured, murdered and ready for revenge, The Man With No Face sets off across the West to find the Union soldiers that killed his kin and stole his skin! Nothing will stop him, nothing can stop him, for he has made a deal that will let him live forever. And he is willing to take that long, if need be, to track down his prey and end the evil that made him The Man With No Face.
Return    by Allison Merritt
Price: Free! 2300 words. Language: English. Published on December 13, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
A cowboy returns to his homeplace to face the mistakes of his past.
Brothers of the Mountain    by Jeremy Perry
Price: $1.00 USD. 4520 words. Language: English. Published on December 1, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

(Short Story) Henry and Lucas McCarty have traveled to the High Lonesome of the Rocky Mountains to fulfill their wanton urges to seek out uncharted territories and gain desirable profits as respectable fur trappers and honorable mountain men. This time their hopes, dreams, and ultimately their lives hang in the balance when they come face to face with members of the blood thirsty Blackfeet tribe.
Ghost Colts    by Peter Brandvold
Price: $0.99 USD. 17030 words. Language: English. Published by Western Trail Blazer on November 22, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

Ranger Armstrong seeks shelter from a Texas snowstorm with his injured prisoner. Half a dozen men, a woman, and a boy watch as he slings the unconscious desperado over his shoulder and totes him to a room in the saloon's second story. As the night deepens and the storm worsens, the Ranger keeps watch for trouble. When Renfrow's gang shows up the Ranger gets help of a most unusual sort.
Golden Vengeance    by Terry Compton
Price: $1.99 USD. 8600 words. Language: English. Published on November 18, 2011. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Western.

Lucky Dawson knew that he should have just kept on riding. How could a little conversation, a meal and a card game lead to a hanging. His hanging to be exact. In 1875, Montanans didn't like card cheats but he wasn't one. He was just, well, lucky. The other players didn't think so and that started the ordeal.
The Kid    by Ray Daley
Price: Free! 510 words. Language: English. Published on November 16, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

0.5 star(4.43 from 7 reviews)
Flash fiction set in a Western frontier town
Sheriff Gregg & The Righteous Widow    by Hank Florentine McLoskey
Price: Free! 3540 words. Language: English. Published on November 4, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

Hester Jones is a new arrival in Butterfield, a respectable widow who's inherited a farm up in the Smoky Hills. But is she all that she seems? The third short story in the 'Sheriff Gregg' series.
Homer Bolton: The Sheriff of Duncan Flats    by Mark Goodwin
Price: Free! 11100 words. Language: English. Published on October 24, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

Here is the first person narrative of Homer Bolton. Follow Homer as he starts out on his father's cattle ranch, then becomes a Deputy in Broken Hearts before becoming the first Sheriff of Duncan Flats. It is meant to be a light read and should take about 60 minutes. Buy this before NOV 15, 2011 and get another of my stories free (you will need to contact me for the code).
Song of Pierre    by John D. Nesbitt
Price: $0.99 USD. 7950 words. Language: English. Published by Western Trail Blazer on October 17, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Western.

Cactus Pete hired me to do a job—a secret sort of job, for two bits and food. It didn't sound too bad, at first. Then he brought out this black, smelly beast he called a burro. Pierre and I took an instant dislike to each other, but we came to an uneasy understanding. Later on, out in the desert when strange things began to happen, I'd be glad I had made the acquaintance of smelly old Pierre.