Books and Short Stories by Charlie Steel

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(Available for Second Rights)

Charlie Steel Books

  • Fight For Wet Springs
  • Desert Heat, Desert Cold And Other Tales Of The West
  • Fire Canoe Finnegan
  • Billy Thorne’s Gold
  • Cornelius Goes West
  • Applejack And Bat Masterson: Trinidad’s Law
  • Strong Women Of The West (Anthology)
  • The Soul Gatherers Thirteen Western Tales
  • Three Days Under The Sun (And Other Tales Of The Old West)
  • Tom Sharp: The Man And The Legend (A Novel)
  • West Of The Big River: The Forty Niners (Published by Western Fictioneers)

Anthologies That Include A Charlie Steel Story

 (Anthologies controlled by the various publishers of these books. Stories by Charlie Steel published in these books are available for second Rights)

  • A Dark & Stormy Night (52 Western Short Stories) “race Across The Pass”
  • Best Of The West “Too Late Charlie”
  • Bourbon And A Good Cigar (52 Western Short Stories) “Granpa And Grandson”
  • Livin’ On Jacks And Queens “too Many Aces”
  • Memories From Maple Street, U.S.A.: Pawprints On My Heart “My Cat Stella”
  • Memories From Maple Street, U.S.A “The Best Christmas Ever”
  • My Dog Can Do Magic! “Ruff And The Boy Pup”
  • Rope & Wire Western Short Stories Volume 4 “You Big, Ugly, Stupid Pig”
  • Six-guns And Slay Bells: A Creepy Cowboy Christmas “Joshua’s Voice”
  • Sundown Western Tales “Buffalo Bones”
  • The Shot Rang Out (52 Western Short Stories) “The Woman And The Outriders”
  • Western Fictioneers Presents: The Untamed West “The Professor Goes West”
  • Under Western Stars: Western Stories “The Miner And The Greenhorn”
  • Wolf Creek: Book 10 - O Deadly Night (Ford Fargo) “Irish Christmas At Wolf Creek” Page 26+
  • Wolf Creek: Book 13 - Massacre (Ford Fargo) “Kelly O’brian Chapter Four” Page 58+
  • Wolf Creek: Book 14 - War Stories (Ford Fargo) “Reluctant Tale” Page 82+

Audible Books

  • Cornelius Goes West
  • Desert Heat, Desert Cold And Other Tales Of The West

Stories Available For Second Rights

  • A Bright New Western Day
  • A Christmas Storm
  • A Good Day To Die
  • A Good Woman Saves A Bad Man
  • Alicia’s Courage
  • A Running Gunman Makes A Decision
  • Bad Charlie Smith
  • Big Jim, A Trial For A Living Soul
  • Bill Posen And The Devil
  • Boy On The Desert
  • Buffalo Bones
  • Buried Alive
  • Buy Her And Ride
  • Chapter 4 Wolf Creek 13: Massacre
  • Charlie Lattimore
  • Dandelions And The Garden
  • Dead Man's Song
  • Death And The Devil Come For An Old Man
  • Death Comes In The Afternoon
  • Death Comes Lingering
  • Desert Heat, Desert Cold
  • Dreams And Promises
  • Fighting For Paradise
  • Flash Of Light
  • For The Love Of A Woman
  • Grandma Gives No Quarter
  • Grandpa Looks Over His Land
  • Grandpa And Grandson
  • Hard Times For Billy O'reilly
  • History, A Heavy, Heavy Burden (The Day Jfk Died)
  • Hot Desert, Hot Rock, Hot Snake
  • Hungry Lizard
  • Into The Mountains
  • Irish Christmas At Wolf Creek
  • Just Shoot
  • Joshua’s Voice
  • Katy Bennett
  • Kelly O’brian, Small Rancher
  • Kid On The Run
  • Lamentation For Black Kettle's Cheyenne
  • Light And Shadow
  • Little Sammy Tucker And The Strangers
  • Michael’s Judgment
  • Mountain Man Comes Home
  • My Cat Stella
  • My Dad, Hunting, And A Christmas Tree
  • My Father, My Old Man
  • My Mother And The Fifties
  • Not A Coward
  • Nuisance And The Girl
  • Old Man Dying
  • Old Man In A Rocking Chair
  • On The Edge
  • Opening Day
  • Race Across The Pass
  • Reluctant Tale
  • Retribution For Hired Killers
  • Rich Man’s Justice
  • Running Fear
  • Ruff And The Boy Pup
  • Sand Lily Of The Desert
  • Satan Visits The West
  • Saturday Night
  • Spinster Lady
  • Step Over Or Around
  • Still Breathing
  • Something In The Woodpile
  • Stagecoach To Trinidad
  • Sunday Morning Sunrise
  • The Adventures Of Otis, Robert, And Charles
  • The Boy
  • The Broken Key
  • The Christmas Tree Hunt
  • The Christmas Tree Hunt
  • The Cowboy Boots
  • The Deer Hunt
  • The Devil And Donovan Fletcher
  • The Devil Comes Calling
  • The Devil Takes A Vacation
  • The Devil, The Gambler, And The Girl
  • The Dust Still Rising
  • The Indian
  • The Lad From Norway
  • The Miner And The Greenhorn
  • The Old Man And The Kid
  • The Perfect Day
  • The Professor Goes West
  • The Rain Pours On
  • The Slipping Soul Of Wild Bill Hickok
  • The Timid Man
  • The Trout
  • The Woman And The Outrider
  • The Youth, The Candy, And The Stranger
  • Three Days Under The Sun
  • To Live Or To Die Kit Carson Vs. Porcupine Bear
  • Too Late Charlie
  • Too Many Aces
  • Two Boys Go Out On The Town (Airport Dance)
  • You Big, Ugly, Stupid Pig
  • War Kills All You Love
  • When You Can Fall No Further

(AND MANY MORE--- NOT LISTED HERE)

Books Available For First Rights

  • Archibald
  • A Tale Of Uli Pappenfuss
  • A Trapper And The Big Storm
  • Bill Henry
  • Cat Metamorphasis (Science Fiction And Tales Of The End Of Time)
  • Conflict On The Williams Ranch
  • Forced Gun
  • Just Friends
  • Mail Order Bride
  • My Old Man Was Harder Than Nails
  • No Money, No Name
  • Old Man In The Woods (A Sam Whitley Mystery Story)
  • Poor White Trash
  • The Reluctant Postman
  • Sean The Irish American
  • Starting A New Life
  • Three Days Under The Sun
  • Tough Old Charlie
  • Two Women Conquer The West

(And Many More Books Not Listed Here)

Stories Available For First Rights

  • 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 Cheated Life
  • A Dying Man’s Eulogy Of Unrequited Love
  • A Good Day To Die
  • A Homeless Veteran
  • A Killer Gets Reprieve
  • 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 Matter Of Life And Death
  • A Private Conversation
  • A Rainy Summer Saturday Day
  • A Run From Bullies
  • An Eagle Born
  • Angry Father, Wild Son
  • Another Indelible Memory
  • A Tale Of Uli Pappenfuss
  • A Trapper And The Big Storm
  • A Trial For A Soul
  • As I See It
  • At The Bubbling Springs
  • Bad Medicine Cave
  • Because Of A Woman
  • Better Not To Have Spoken - 1776
  • Billy Joe
  • Black-hearted Man From Wichita
  • Bored Rancher
  • Broken Promises
  • Buried With Malice
  • Buried Alive
  • Buy Her And Ride
  • Cat Metamorphosis
  • Change Of Life
  • Charlie Is Bullied And Has An Awful Life
  • Charlie Nothin’ Much
  • Cowboys And Indians Never Die
  • Crossroads
  • 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
  • Exploited And Wronged
  • Faith And Betrayal
  • Fight To The Last Breath
  • Final Retribution
  • Finite Time
  • Footsteps In The Sand
  • For The Sake Of My Mother
  • Fragmented Memories
  • From Out Of The Desert
  • Gambling Fool
  • George Pappenfuss And The Robot
  • Gold Under The Hot Sun
  • Good And Evil
  • Gruff Old Man
  • Handsome Young Drifter
  • Happy
  • Heading Down The Highway
  • Henry Pugh Would Never Shirk His Duty
  • Hired Killer Finds Peace
  • Hungry Lizard
  • Innocence Lost
  • In Search Of The Yankee Dollar
  • In The Year 2075
  • Into The Mountains
  • Irish Lad In An American War
  • It's All A Dream
  • It's Good To Be Alive
  • It’s Just A Job
  • Jennifer’s Ranch
  • Justice Is Never Given
  • Justice With A Gun
  • Katy Bennett
  • Kid Takes A Different Trail
  • Last Day Of Kindergarten
  • Last Days On Earth
  • Last Stand, Last Journey
  • Leaving An Old Life
  • Life And Death
  • Life Goes On
  • Life’s Revenge In Trinidad, Colorado
  • Little Fist’s Great Vision
  • Lone Man Standing
  • Lone Wolf
  • Lost At Sixteen
  • Lost Doves
  • 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
  • Mutants
  • 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 On A Sunday Morning
  • My Mother And Me
  • My Mother, Summer, And The Fifties
  • My Old Man Was Harder Than Nails
  • 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 Au Sable
  • On The Streets
  • Opening Day
  • Paco
  • Paradise
  • Partners
  • Penny Trouble
  • Pets And Stays
  • Pumpkin Pie
  • Pure Science Fiction
  • Reshaping Planet Earth For Mankind
  • Review Of Cat Metamorphosis
  • Rich Man’s Justice
  • Riders At Rye, Colorado
  • Run, Hide, Or Die
  • Running Out Of Time
  • Sailing To America On A Coffin Ship
  • Sand Lily Of The Desert
  • Satan And The Cowboy
  • Shall We Gather At The River
  • Shelter In The Woods
  • Shot And Left To Die
  • Slim Chance Or None
  • Sports Star For A Day
  • Still Breathing
  • Struggle To The Last Breath
  • Struggling Down The Trail
  • Stuck In A Hole
  • Summer Vacation Michigan 1956
  • Sunday Morning Sunrise
  • Sunlight On The Pond
  • Sunny
  • The Black-hearted Man Of Wichita
  • The Blue Roan
  • The Bored Rancher
  • The Bullhead
  • The Cat Of The Plains
  • The Continued Secret Of Life Of An American Husband
  • The Crackerjack Box And The Magnifying Glass
  • The Drifter
  • The Drummer Boy
  • The Dying Stranger
  • The Eagle Screams
  • The End Of Life
  • The English Fool
  • The Failure Man
  • The Foreign Cowboy
  • The Gold, The Utes, And My Life
  • The Indian
  • The Last Rocket Ship To Mars
  • 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 Never Became Priest
  • The Man Who Changed The Name Of A Town
  • The Man Who Never Became A Priest
  • The Perfect Married Couple
  • The Perfect Married Couple Part 2
  • The Perfect Year 1957
  • The Pinkerton Man
  • The Preacher And Doc Holliday
  • The Preacher's Son
  • The Professor
  • The Revenge Of Braden Martin
  • The Saddest Man On Earth
  • The Scarecrow Man
  • The Silent Man
  • The Smell Of Woodsmoke
  • The Stable Boy
  • The Stealing Of Henry Morgan's Ranch
  • The Store Clerk
  • The Stranger
  • The Timid Man
  • The Town Drunk
  • The Train And The Irish Boy
  • The Two-legged Beast
  • The Way Of Life - Our Story
  • They Rule You
  • Three Pounds Of Gold
  • Tired Old Man, Inquisitive Young Boy
  • To Become A Soldier
  • To My Last Breath
  • To The Very End
  • Tom Tappan’s Dream
  • Tommy Tucker And Fishing
  • Too Bad To Be Good
  • Too Old To Die
  • Trapper John
  • Two Brothers Hate
  • 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 Furthert

(AND MANY MORE SHORT STORIES NOT LISTED HERE)

(Other stories are being added as they are written and/or located in old manuscripts.)

Updated June 2023