BIOGRAPHY  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHY
    Charlie Steel, TALE-WEAVER EXTRAORDINAIRE,
    (born 1945) is a western novelist and internationally published short story
    writer.

    Steel has worked at many assorted occupations starting at the age of ten.  
    Some of his experiences include service in the Army, labor in the oil fields, in
    construction, in a foundry, and as a salvage diver.  Early in his life he was
    recruited by the US Government and spent five years behind the Iron Curtain.  
    He became an expert on the East German 110 mile corridor between Berlin and
    Helmstedt, Germany, and wrote a cautionary report on traveling the route for
    the US Government.  His undercover assignments monitored Russian activity.

    He attended eight universities: Delta College, University of Maryland, Saginaw
    Valley University, Northern Michigan University Marquette, University of
    Georgia, Fairfax University, Freie Universitate Berlin, and the University of
    Michigan and currently holds five degrees including a PhD.  He continues to
    read, research, and collect western literature.

    Charlie Steel is a member of DAV as well as the VFW.  For one year he served
    as commander of a VFW Post.  He is a member of two western associations,
    including Western Writers of America.

    Since the discovery of Charlie Steels manuscripts in 2002 by Condor
    Publishing, Inc., his short stories have been published by such varied
    magazines as The Fence Post, The Lakeshore Guardian, Canada's Story Teller,
    The Shootist, and others.

    From 2005, Condor Publishing, Inc. has secured contracts with magazines for
    Steel’s short stories ensuring monthly publication for years to come.

    For 40 years Charlie Steel was a prolific writer and his hundreds of manuscripts
    are still being compiled and edited.  Steel specialized in two types of writing,
    western literature and nostalgic pieces.  Condor Publishing, Inc. owns all rights
    to his work.

    Charlie Steel lives on an isolated ranch (at 7800 feet) at the base of Greenhorn
    Mountain, in Southern Colorado.

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    Should you desire to look at or purchase any of these well written quality
    stories, for first or second publication rights, please contact Condor
    Publishing, Inc. by e-mail at gheath@condorpublishinginc.com or telephone at
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BOOKS:
FIGHT FOR WET SPRINGS  
DESERT HEAT, DESERT COLD AND OTHER TALES OF THE WEST

AUDIO BOOK:
THREE DAYS UNDER THE SUN & OTHER TALES OF THE OLD WEST

NONFICTION ARTICLE:  
TRADITIONAL WESTERN FICTION

ANTHOLOGIZED:
JOSHUA'S VOICE - in - SIX-GUNS AND SLAY BELLS
YOU BIG, UGLY, STUPID PIG - in - ROPE AND WIRE WESTERN SHORT STORIES VOL. 4

SHORT STORY CONTEST WINNERS:
FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN
OLD MAN DYING
THE DEVIL, THE GAMBLER, AND THE GIRL
BUFFALO BONES

STORIES:
BAD CHARLIE SMITH
BOY ON THE DESERT  
DANDELIONS AND THE GARDENS
DEAD MAN'S SONG
DEATH COMES IN THE AFTERNOON
DEATH COMES LINGERING
DESERT HEAT, DESERT COLD
FOR THE LOVE OF A WOMAN
GRANDMA GIVES NO QUARTER
GRANDPA LOOKS OVER HIS LAND
HARD TIMES FOR BILLY O'REILLY   
HISTORY, A HEAVY, HEAVY, BURDEN (THE DAY JFK DIED)
HOT DESERT, HOT ROCK, HOT SNAKE
KID ON THE RUN  
LAMENTATION FOR BLACK KETTLE'S CHEYENNE
LITTLE SAMMY TUCKER AND THE STRANGERS
MOUNTAIN MAN COMES HOME
MY DAD, HUNTING, AND A CHRISTMAS TREE
MY FATHER, MY OLD MAN
NOT A COWARD  
NUISANCE AND THE GIRL
OLD MAN IN THE ROCKING CHAIR
ON THE EDGE
SOMETHING IN THE WOODPILE
THE ADVENTURES OF OTIS, ROBERT, AND CHARLES
THE BOY
THE BROKEN KEY
THE COWBOY BOOTS
THE DEER HUNT
THE DUST STILL RISING
THE LAD FROM NORWAY
THE PERFECT DAY
THE RAIN POURS ON
THE TROUT
THREE DAYS UNDER THE SUN


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    A LAST CHANCE FOR HAPPINESS
    ARCHIBALD
    BILL HENRY
    CONFLICT ON THE WILLIAMS RANCH
    FORCED GUN
    JUST FRIENDS
    MAIL ORDER BRIDE
    MY OLD MAN WAS HARDER THAN NAILS
    NO MONEY, NO NAME
    POOR WHITE TRASH
    SEAN
    STARTING A NEW LIFE
    THE FORTY-NINERS
    TOO LATE CHARLIE
    TOUGH OLD CHARLIE
    TWO WOMEN CONQUER THE WEST

    YOUNG ADULT FICTION:
         CORNELIUS KOGELSCHITZ GOES WEST

    STORIES:
    A BAD DREAM
    A BAD MAN DOES GOOD
    ABRAHAM GOES OUT OF HIS MIND
    A BLACKSMITH GAINS A COMPANION
    A BOYHOOD MEMORY
    A BRIGHT NEW DAY
    A BRIGHT SUMMER SUNDAY AFTERNOON
    ACID RAIN
    A GOOD DAY TO DIE
    A KILLER GETS REPRIEVE
    ALICIA'S COURAGE
    A LITTLE BOY SKIPS SCHOOL
    ALIVE BUT IN HADES
    ALL YOU LOVE IS EVENTUALLY MURDERED BY THE HANDS OF TIME
    A LONG SUMMERS DAY
    A PRIVATE CONVERSATION
    A RUN FROM BULLIES
    A RUNNING GUNMAN MAKES A DECISION
    A WESTERN CARD GAME
    AN EAGLE BORN
    ANGRY FATHER, WILD SON
    ANOTHER INDELIBLE MOMENT
    A TALE OF ULI PAPPENFUSS
    A TRAPPER AND THE BIG STORM
    A WESTERN CARD GAME
    AT THE BUBBLING SPRINGS
    BETTER NOT TO HAVE SPOKEN - 1776
    BIG JIM
    BLACK-HEARTED MAN FROM WICHITA
    BILLY JOE
    BORED RANCHER
    BURIED WITH MALICE
    BURIED ALIVE
    BUY HER AND RIDE
    CAT METAMORPHOSIS
    CHANGE OF LIFE
    CHARLIE LATTIMORE
    CHARLIE NOTHIN MUCH
    COWBOY AND INDIANS NEVER DIE
    CROSS ROADS
    DANCE WITH DEATH
    DARKNESS AND REVENGE RIDE ALONE
    DEATH AND DROUGHT OF 67
    DEATH AND SURVIVAL HAVE NO BOUNDARIES
    DEATH AND TAXES
    DESPERATE WORLD, DESPERATE PEOPLE
    DREAMING TO LIVE
    DROUGHT
    FAITH AND BETRAYAL
    FIGHT TO THE LAST BREATH
    FINAL RETRIBUTION
    FINITE TIME
    FLASH OF LIGHT
    FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAND
    FOR THE SAKE OF MY MOTHER
    FRAGMENTED MEMORIES
    FROM OUT OF THE DESERT
    GOLD UNDER THE HOT SUN
    GOOD AND EVIL
    HANDSOME YOUNG DRIFTER
    HAPPY
    HIRED KILLER FINDS PEACE
    HEADING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
    HENRY PUGH WOULD NEVER SHIRK HIS DUTY
    HUNGRY LIZARD
    INNOCENCE LOST
    IN SEARCH OF THE YANKEE DOLLAR
    INTO THE MOUNTAINS
    IRISH LAD IN AN AMERICAN WAR
    IT'S ALL A DREAM
    IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE
    JENNIFER'S RANCH
    JUSTICE IS NEVER GIVEN
    JUSTICE WITH A GUN
    JUST SHOOT
    KATY BENNETT
    KID TAKES A DIFFERENT TRAIL
    LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN
    LAST STAND, LAST JOURNEY
    LEAVING AN OLD LIFE
    LIFE AND DEATH
    LIFE GOES ON
    LIFE’S REVENGE IN TRINIDAD COLORADO
    LONE MAN STANDING
    LONE WOLF
    LOST AT SIXTEEN
    LOST SOUL
    LOST YOUTH
    LOVE AND WAR
    LOVE, LIFE, AND DEATH
    LUNGER IN CANYON CITY
    MISTER BIG SHOT
    MORTIMER AXEL SPENCER
    MOUNTAIN MAN AND THE IRISH COUPLE
    MY BROTHER AND ME
    MY FATHER
    MY FATHER DIED
    MY FATHER, MY OLD MAN – REVISITED
    MY FRIEND SAYS
    MY GRANDSON AND ME (Part 1)
    MY GRANDSON AND ME (Part 2)
    MY LOVING FAMILY
    MY MOTHER AND ME
    MY MOTHER AND THE FIFTIES
    NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
    NEVER HURT ANYONE
    NEVER TOO LATE TO FISH
    NICK JONES
    NO ROOM FOR ERRORS
    NOTHING LEFT TO LIVE FOR
    ODE TO ZEST SOAP
    OLD MAN DYING
    OLD MAN WILLIAMS
    ON THE AuSABLE
    ON THE STREETS
    OPENING DAY
    PACO
    PARADISE
    PARTNERS
    PENNY TROUBLE
    PETS AND STRAYS
    PRAIRIE GIRL
    PUMPKIN PIE
    PURE SCIENCE FICTION
    RICH MAN’S JUSTICE
    RIDERS AT RYE COLORADO
    RUFF AND THE BOY PUP
    RUNNING FEAR
    SAND LILY OF THE DESERT
    SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER
         SHELTER IN THE WOODS
 SHOT AND LEFT TO DIE
 SLIM CHANCE OR NONE
 SPINSTER LADY
    SPORTS STAR FOR A DAY
    STEP OVER OR AROUND
    STILL BREATHING
    STRUGGLE TO THE LAST BREATH
    STRUGGLING DOWN THE TRAIL
    STUCK IN A HOLE
    SUMMER VACATION 1956
    SUNDAY MORNING SUNRISE
    SUNLIGHT ON THE POND
    THE BORED RANCHER
    THE BLACK-HEARTED MAN OF WICHITA
    THE BLUE ROAN
    THE BULLHEAD
    THE CAT OF THE PLAINS
    THE CONTINUED SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN HUSBAND
    THE DRIFTER
    THE DRUMMER BOY
    THE DYING STRANGER
    THE EAGLE SCREAMS
    THE ENGLISH FOOL
    THE FAILURE MAN
    THE FOREIGN COWBOY
    THE GOLD, THE UTES, AND MY LIFE
    THE INDIAN
    THE LONG SLEEP
    THE LOST STRANGER
    THE MAGIC LAMP
    THE MAKING OF A BAD WESTERNER
    THE MAKING OF A WESTERNER
    THE MAKING OF RYAN O’BRIAN
    THE MAN WHO CHANGED THE NAME OF A TOWN
    THE MAN WHO NEVER BECAME PRIEST
    THE MINER AND THE GREENHORN
    THE OLD MAN AND THE GIRL
    THE PINKERTON MAN
    THE PREACHER AND DOC HOLLIDAY
    THE PREACHER'S SON
    THE PROFESSOR
    THE PROFESSOR GOES WEST
    THE REVENGE OF BRADEN MARTIN
    THE SADDEST MAN ON EARTH
    THE SCARECROW MAN
    THE SILENT MAN
    THE SMELL OF WOOD SMOKE
    THE STABLE BOY
    THE STEALING OF HENRY MORGAN'S RANCH
    THE STORE CLERK
    THE STRANGER
    THE TOWN DRUNK
    THE TRAIN AND THE IRISH BOY
    THE TWO-LEGGED BEAST
    THE WAY OF LIFE - OUR STORY
    THE YOUTH, THE CANDY, AND THE STRANGER
    THREE POUNDS OF GOLD
    TIRED OLD MAN, INQUISITIVE YOUNG BOY
    TO BECOME A SOLDIER
    TOMMY TUCKER AND FISHING
    TO MY LAST BREATH
    TOO BAD TO BE GOOD
    TOO OLD TO DIE
    TRAPPER JOHN
    TWO BOYS GO OUT ON THE TOWN
    TWO GREENHORNS
    TWO LIVES, TWO MEN, TWO HATES
    TWO MEN
    TWO O’CLOCK TUESDAY AFTER TUESDAY NEXT
    VAGABOND
    WHAT IS A MAN?
    WHEN THERE’S NO HOPE LEFT
    WHEN YOU CAN FALL NO FURTHER


       

    (Other stories are being compiled as they are transcribed from old
    manuscripts.)

    Updated 18 November 2012
BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY