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** Rewrite ** When the law won't back you, there's only one recourse -- western justice. Read More

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Poem / Humor

March 01, 2021

Reads: 79

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This poem was inspired by the "Bonanza" TV show Read More

Tags: fiction, western, bonanza, curse, television

Script / Westerns

February 11, 2021

Reads: 141

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Billy gets tired of his old life, but is his new one any better? Read More

Tags: history, western

A young woman on the run suddenly finds herself at the mercy of hardened, violent criminals. Enduring the cruelty, she vows never to give in and find a way out of her plight. This is the beginning of Veronica Murray's story in The Outlaw Series by Sandra Hall. Read More

Tags: adventure, western, action, african-american

Though this story is portrayed years before my time, I grew up in quite similar situations as a very poor farm/ranch son. We hunted jack rabbits, coyotes, raccoons, and badgers and sold them to a local creamery. We milked 23 head of cows by hand and separated the cream from… Read More

Tags: train, western, butter, wagon, settlers

A quick tale of three folk who are forgotten by the dust. Read More

Tags: unknown, western, bountyhunter, firefights

Short Story / Westerns

November 12, 2020

Reads: 244

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Review Chain House

Enjoy my take on a Western, set in my fantasy world. Read More

Tags: fantasy, western

song lyric about the beginning of the California Gold Rush Read More

Tags: history, western, california, gold-rush

The deadly skirmishes that helped shape the flamboyant and notorious Belle Starr Read More

Tags: cowboy, western, west, old-west, belle-starr

Tags: western, old-west, overland-trail, oregon-trail

"Cattle Kate" becomes the most famous woman in Wyoming - after her hanging Read More

Tags: cowboy, western, west, old-west, cattle-kate

How Wild Bill Hickok spoiled two bear cubs’ playtime Read More

Tags: cowboy, western, west, old-west

The wild ride that helped prepare Nat Love for his role as the most famous black cowboy in the West Read More

Tags: cowboy, western, west, old-west

Deadwood Dick, Kit Carson Jr., Buffalo Bill and the rest gallop across the pages of Beadle & Adams' dime novels Read More

Tags: western, west, old-west, dime-novels

An eventual billion dollars in silver, gold and copper begins with a simmering bowl of beans Read More

Tags: western, west, miners, prospectors

The wild and woolly days of the Pony Express Read More

Tags: western, west, old-west, pony-express

The lack of planning for a Fourth of July event that planted the seeds of Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show Read More

Tags: western, west, wild-west-show, buffalo-bill-cody

The relentless quest of vengeance that led Jesse James down a path of infamy If you have time, please leave a comment Read More

Tags: history, cowboy, western, western-history, jesse-james

Cock-eyed Charlie’s Disguise That Led to One of the Biggest Shocks of the Old West IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT Read More

Tags: western, cowboys, old-west, stagecoach

"Mountain Charley" tracks down a murderer and eventually reveals a fascinating secret IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT Read More

Tags: western, west, old-west, mountain-charley, stage-coaches

During a thunderstorm, Black Elk's sacred grandfathers give him a bow that will protect him from a flurry of gunfire at Wounded Knee. IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, I WOULD APPRECIATE A COMMENT Read More

Tags: western, indians, sioux, wild-west, black-elk

The Sad But True Story of the Handcarts and Heartaches of the West's Greatest Emigrant Disaster. IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, I WOULD APPRECIATE A COMMENT Read More

Tags: western, west, mormon, old-west, overland-trail

A Perilous 1845 Overland-trail Journey Tests the Will of 16-year-old Sarah Walden IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, I WOULD APPRECIATE A COMMENT Read More

Tags: western, west, frontier, old-west, sarah-walden

In the aftermath of the American Civil War, a man waits alone, preparing for the arrival of his accusers. In a land still diseased by bigotry he considers his past, his situation and the price he must pay for being himself. Read More

Tags: alone, drama, western, reflective, bigotry

Tags: family, magic, western, great-depression, great-recession

A frontier-western-horror-monster tale. One lone outlaw, a train robber by trade, is on the run. At first, he runs from the authorities, hired guns actually, who are after him. But then... later, those who would have a noose around his neck are not the ones he is afraid of. The… Read More

Tags: train, monsters, western, outlaw, apocalypse

Short Story / Westerns

April 07, 2020

Reads: 1248

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The DOWN-HOME House

Novelette - 1856 - an eight year old boy and seven year old girl are brutalized by Indians, then by an outlaw gang, the boy's mother murdered. Rescued by a Texas Ranger and adopted by him, the boy grows up to acquire the skills needed for him one day as… Read More

Tags: romance, drama, western

Nick has been charged and convicted of a murder he didn’t commit; he is going to hang unless a miracle happens. His prayers are answered in the form a short and scared woman called Danica. Under the town charter Danica can stay Nick’s execution if he marries her and agrees… Read More

Tags: romance, adventure, western

What would you do to win the heart of the one you love? Evangeline Langlois is a 31 year old vineyard manager, too beautiful to be a spinster, but too independent to be tamed. Set in the burgeoning California grape fields of 1893, this book was born from a photograph.… Read More

Tags: romance, western, victorian, vineyard, historical-romance

A lone Rider comes to town, seeking vengeance on a gang of murderers. Read More

Tags: paranormal, western

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