These fourteen stories will have you standing beside lawmen and outlaws as the bullets fly, saddling up some of the best horseflesh to be found West of the Mississippi, and wagering your livelihood on the turn of a card. Tales that include savvy swindles, gunfights, loves lost (and found!), the making of an outlaw and the secret protection of a president will draw you in and hang on tight.
This anthology is bustin’ with acclaimed Western authors such as James Reasoner, Livia J. Washburn, Jackson Lowry, Kit Prate, Charlie Steel, Richard Prosch, Big Jim Williams, Cheryl Pierson, J.L. Guin, Clay More, and David Amendola.
What are you waitin’ for, pardner? You’re burnin’ daylight! Happy trails!
Ordered a few of the print books and will order more later. It is uplifting to be among such fine writers!
ReplyDeleteCharlie, I had a lot of fun reading these stories--so many good tales here! I agree with you--we are in very fine company with the other authors in this anthology!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all of you authors on THE BEST OF THE WEST. What a line up of talented and imaginative authors indeed. Golly, even the cover gets me all excited to delve in as soon as I can. Certainly looking forward to reading this anthology. Wishiing all of you the best.
ReplyDeleteBev, I'm really so honored to have a story in this collection along with so many other fantastic storytellers--there's a wide variety of kinds of tales, too, to keep the reader interested.
DeleteCongratulations! I wish you great success.
ReplyDeleteThanks from me, Sarah! I hope readers will love it.
DeleteAs a Brit I sort of feel that I sneaked onto this stage. It is a brilliant cover, by the way. I'm going to order some print copies, too, as soon as they are available this side of the Pond.
ReplyDeleteKeith, I always love your stories so much. You didn't sneak on! Not at all! You are too modest!
DeleteVery pleased to be included in this anthology; and a privilege to be included among these authors. Couldn't ask for better company. <3
ReplyDeleteKit, we are thrilled that you had a story to submit to this anthology!
DeleteThere are some darned good stories in Best of The West.
ReplyDeleteI was delighted to learn that one of my stories would be included in this collection. I salute the other fine authors for their inclusion.
Thanks to Livia and Cheryl for all the tireless work they each put in to make this book happen.
Love the cover.
J L (Jerry) Guin
Jerry, I love that cover, too. Livia really outdid herself on that--SO intriguing, isn't it? Livia and I love putting these stories together and getting them out there for others to read. Lots of good entertainment between these pages!
DeleteThank you, Cheryl and Livia, for including my story in this anthology. I wrote it a few years back mostly for my own amusement, since it seemed like no one published westerns anymore.
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David, I loved your story--so different and unusual, and you had me wondering from start to finish at what in the world was going to happen. So glad you submitted it, and glad to have you with us!
DeleteMaybe it being different and unusual has something to do with my literary influences. I love western films (Clint Eastwood) and true western history, but I don't actually read many fictional westerns. My favorite authors are Ian Fleming, Robert E. Howard, Frederick Forsythe, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Aside from Howard, none of them wrote westerns, and Howard's westerns are my least-favorite of his yarns. So perhaps because of that I approach the genre from a little different angle, so to speak.
DeleteI always think it's neat to hear authors' favorite books, authors, and other influences on their writing. Like you, I love western films and also the tv westerns that I grew up watching. I didn't read westerns until much later on in life, with a few exceptions--but those westerns on the screen--large and small--really influenced me, as well as growing up in Oklahoma.
DeleteI'm happy James and I are both in this anthology. It's like old times.
ReplyDeleteTwo of the best, Livia. I really did enjoy y'all's stories so much. This is just a fabulous anthology, in my opinion.
DeleteDoes that mean that MAYBE we could get you to write a little story from the wife's point of view to Jim's wonderful tale?
DeleteGreat cover. I can think of someone who just might like it for Christmas. I love the cover. It raises a lot of questions about what is happening.
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