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PUBLISHED NATIONALLY & INTERNATIONALLY – Available for Second Rights)

 

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
  • 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

AVAILABLE FOR FIRST RIGHTS

BOOKS:

  • 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.)