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Burden Kansas    by Alan Ryker
Price: $2.99 USD. 32950 words. Published on March 27, 2011. .

Vampires are not sexy or sensitive. Hungry, bloody and stinking of the grave, they hunt the dry Kansas plains, taking what they want until they cross rancher Keith Harris. Keith is a damaged man who's always made the hard decisions others couldn't. As the two forces battle for survival, the lines between man and monster begin to blur. How much of a community's burden of sin can one man take on?
The Road Between    by Florence Bell Ore
Price: $6.00 USD. 34120 words. Published by Raven Publishing of Montana on May 9, 2011. .

As a child living on the Alberta prairies during the 1930s and 1940s, Florence Bell traveled between the influence of three cultures: English morals and manners of her family working as missionaries on the Blackfoot Reserve, her Indian neighbors emerging from their tribal past, and the Canadian people striving for independence. Dust, the Great Depression, and World War II added other dimensions.
The Ranch Next Door and Other Stories    by Elisabeth Grace Foley
Price: $2.99 USD. 40530 words. Published on October 2, 2011. .

A collection of Western short stories focusing on character and conflict. From the suspenseful “Cross My Heart” to the comedic romp of “A Rangeland Renaissance,” to a Western twist on star-crossed romance in the title story, “The Ranch Next Door,” these stories will appeal to a variety of readers, as well as fans of the traditional Western. Total length approx. 40,330 words or 160 book pages.
Smoke    by Richard Puz
Price: Free! 2470 words. Published on October 7, 2011. .

Short Story about the American frontier in the 1800s. Prairies are one of God’s greatest gifts, but these can also turn deadly. Pioneers take desperate measures to save everything they have created.
Ghostly Tales    by Sheri L. McGathy
Price: $2.99 USD. 10880 words. Published on October 14, 2011. .

Ghostly Tales by Sheri L. McGathy is a collection of four short ghost stories set on the American prairie. They first made their debut in the anthology Trespassing Time. The stories range from the humorous to the scary, with ghosts that might make you smile, cause your heart to sigh, perhaps bring a tear to your eye, or maybe, just maybe, will give you pause as you pass an old cemetery.
The Saltness of Time    by Randy Attwood
Price: $1.99 USD. 10410 words. Published on November 29, 2011. .

A Kansas snowstorm forces a car of college students returning home for the holidays to take refuge in the hotel of a small town where they encounter a fellow traveler, who also seeks shelter, and has a story to tell about the consequences of another snow storm decades before when a hideous truth is revealed about an old woman.
Uncertain Hand    by David Garrett
Price: $2.99 USD. 53390 words. Published on December 1, 2011. .

Two professional bounty hunter's join forces in east Texas in the 1880's to apprehend a group the state's most notorious killers and find this may be the job that changes their lives forever.
The Courting Cowboy    by Tara Janzen
Price: $2.99 USD. 56950 words. Published on February 16, 2012. .

SHE WAS THE LAST THING HE'D EXPECTED...AND EVERYTHING HE WANTED. Ty Garret's been hearing a lot about his son's new teacher, an owlish widow lady with glasses, but nothing he's heard prepares him for Victoria Willoughby, the Oxford-educated peer of the realm who has washed up in Talbot, Colorado.
A Rose Blooms Twice    by Vikki Kestell
Price: $2.99 USD. 83950 words. Published on May 17, 2012. .

Rose Brownlee must choose whether she will bow to conventional wisdom or, like Abraham, follow where God leads her . . . even to a country she does not know. Set in the American prairie of the late 1800s, this story of loss, disillusionment, rebirth, and love will inspire, challenge, and encourage you.
To Whom It May Concern    by Bob MacKenzie
Price: $0.99 USD. 3660 words. Published on May 20, 2012. .

Spontaneous human combustion and the idea that it passes from generation to generation has long fascinated me, as has magic and the supernatural. In a coal-blackened back shed, when I was six or seven, I saw a girl of about twelve do simple magic, passing her hand through a candle's flame and having her pet crow do tricks. Later, these elements came together and I wrote “To Whom it May Concern.”