July, 2011

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Issue #22

In This Issue

Brady Hammer Stole a Pie
by D.L. Chance

Brady never met a pie he didn't like. But will the pastry provisioner, widow White, be able to change his life? Question is, can he survive the experience?



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Cayo Bradley
by Nina Romano

Outlaws feared him, horses obeyed him, other men respected him. So why couldn't Cayo Bradley stand up to a fifteen-year-old girl?



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Forgiving Wind
by Matthew Dexter

Mama always turned her nose up at material possessions. This is why we ride real horses when everyone else is in them newfangled iron horses. So why the Sam Hill does she have us all digging for gold?



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It Happened in Oso
by John Duncklee

A tongue-in-cheek tale of politics, Prohibition, and high jinks in a New Mexico border town. If bartender Frank Villa was to grow a mustache he'd be the spitting image of Pancho Villa. But that can't be — Pancho's dead . . . isn't he?



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Issue 1 - October 2009:
When The Jingle Bob Job Was Over
by Dusty Richards

Issue 2 - November 2009:
Brothers Under the Skin
by Kathi Sprayberry

Issue 3 - December 2009:
Double Event
by Terry Alexander

Issue 4 - January 2010:
Windward Rock
by Greg Camp

Issue 5 - February 2010:
Apache Gold
by Kenneth Newton

Issue 6 - March 2010:
White Hawk
by Kenneth Mark Hoover

Issue 7 - April 2010:
And Hell Came With Him
by Larry Payne

Issue 8 - May 2010:
Split Nose
by Terry Alexander

Issue 9 - June 2010:
Last Rider: Nopal, Texas
by J. B. Hogan

Issue 10 - July 2010:
Bottomless Bartlett's Beautiful Bride
by John Putnam

Issue 11 - August 2010:
Freedom Ford
by Ellen Gray Massey

Issue 12 - September 2010:
Ozark Child
by Pamela Jones

Issue 13 - October 2010:
Firebaugh's Ferry
by John Putnam

Issue 14 - November 2010:
The Hog Lot Shooting
by Ellen Gray Massey

Issue 15 - December 2010:
We Won't Tell. Ever.
by Ellen Gray Massey

Issue 16 - January 2011:
Desert Rose — Bounty Hunter
by Kathi Sprayberry

Issue 17 - February 2011:
Payback at Murderer's Bar
by John Putnam

Issue 18 - March 2011:
The Lord in This
by Jeff Richards

Issue 19 - April 2011:
Cayo Bradley
by Nina Romano

Issue 20 - May 2011:
A Saddle in the Desert
by Tom Sheehan

Issue 21 - June 2011:
The Stock Detective
by Kenneth Newton
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