Author: Western Mat Archer guided his appaloosa carefully down the trail until he entered a small natural clearing. He stopped and surveyed the ranch below. It was a typical, if...
Ransom Miller paddled his fur-ladened canoe around a bend in the Missouri. The river was too wide and too slow to worry about rapids, and sand bars were no problem...
Mayeve Reeves, recently married to John Reeves, the Montana rancher, galloped into the yard of her huge, mansion- like ranch house. Chickens and men scattered before the sharp hooves of...
Author: Western A desert breeze blew in through the open doors of the hacienda. The water ola swung gently beneath the cool, shaded porch. Sparrows, nesting in the nearby adobe...
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Dina asked for the tenth time. The old man's directions seemed easy, follow the salt water lake until it ended in a...
What is my fantasy? Hell, that's easy. I have two really,the first has been fulfilled many times, the second was justfulfilled last night. And boy, what a fantasy it was....
Roberto Sanchez craned his neck as he passed a quaint old motel. It had once been fabulous in days long past. Roberto pinched his lips as he tried to decide....
Matthew Harbor pulled his roan to a halt at the top of the small hill overlooking a storybook like farm. The gray house, bright red barn, and white picket fence...
Cannons roared in the distance. Black pillars of smoke arose in the south, marking the boundaries of the once great city of Vicksburg. A brisk wind blew the weeping willows,...
A tattered wooden ship under full sail smashed through 14 foot waves. Mist and white water deluged the weathered decks. Three sailors scurried up the main mast to trim the...
Lee ducked his head, peeking under a low-hanging branch at the Apache squaw bathing in the river. Normally he left the Apaches strictly alone, they were the fiercest warriors and...
The War Between The States had just ended when Jenny's parents decided to leave their failing estate in Georgia. Jenny had just become of marriageable age and was distraught at...
Nancy Matten came awake as the red light above her door began flashing in time with a subtle beeping sound issuing from her ceiling. She sat up and yawned, stretching...
Daisy looked at her cards. She stared at the handsome man across the table from her. He smiled in response, revealing nothing. "Two cards," she said, tossing two cards onto...
It was in the 1800's there was a western town, Wichita. The town was full of scum and whores. Upon those many scandals and theifs, there was a man who...
"I hope this will suffice, Mr. Appleton," Raybeth Carson said, as she stood by the door and pointed inside. "I would appreciate it if you would hang up your gun,"...
The Delta Queen pulled out of Natchez on 12 August 1853, heading north. The Mississippi was vast, making it hard to see the far bank. A soft, warm flower-scented wind...
What follows is a brief description of some of the sexual experiences of a young girl in 1840s America called Nancy. She lived on a small farm just over a...
Author: Western Circa: 6 December 1866 one year after the end of the Civil War. The Indian wars were not as dynamic as the penny novels would have people believe,...
Move along," a voice yelled behind him. He slid out of the way, reveling in the noise and confusion. It was like stepping into a different country. Representatives of most...