A Deadly Substitute
by Lowell "Zeke" Ziemann
Teenager Billy Barker watched Emmett Lee goad his pa into a gunfight before gunning him down. The sanctimonious Parson Chandler offered advice, as did Marshal Smith. But the marshal refused to disobey the law and simply call Lee out. With revenge deep in his soul, Billy needed a plan.

Buzzard Bait
by Jeffrey A.Paolano
Life carries those of adventurous heart through rigors and trials which build character and strengthen soul. Theirs is a light upon the world different than that illuminating mere mortals. To accurately reflect their lives, their endings must be calibrated in grit and emotion. So it is in this tale of last requests.

A Gunfighter's Last
by Christopher Davis
Cold and alone, Mont Morgan lies in bed knowing that the end is near and wishing that he could see the boy—his boy—just one more time.

Betrayal, Part 2 of 2
by Jesse J Elliot
Bobby and Alonzo had been friends forever. Now both were involved in a life-and-death struggle over prize horses, as well as surviving the blizzard that caught them all in its deadly wake. Sheriff Jones and her deputy Cruz finally arrive, but are they too late?

The Amazing Demise of Old Jerry
by Robert Cameron
In this whiskey-fueled yarn, a long-standing dispute flares into gunplay, three men die—and our narrator says he knows how it came to pass, who killed them, and what happened to the corpses. It's a gripping tale, and plausible enough, but can we believe anything this storyteller says?

Hell Found Me
by Jim Pickens
The story of a cavalry trooper who survived an Apache ambush in Arizona in the 1870s, while the other members of his group were being tortured and killed by the Indian warriors.

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