Famed fighter Harry Destry comes back from jail a changed man. The town thinks he no longer has what it takes to defend himself, but Destry's innocent act covers a plot for vengeance against the men who set him up.
A WESTERN TRIOIn the title novella of this collection, Stephen Macdona fled his home with only two possessions: his talent for survival and his prize mare, Christy. Before he can be charged with a killing he never meant to commit, he's south of the border with a new name. But it's Christy who att...
The pen name Max Brand sounds like his novels should be way macho, and this one from 1919, probably his first, is. I just wish it was more interesting. The hero reminds me of a comic book superhero. He has the strength of several men and can win a fight even when ganged up on. He can fire a w...
He waited, however, until the whole cavalcade had moved on. There were now fourteen men besides the girl and her father; evidently the whole Moon band had assembled at the Cosslett cabin during the night. The thirteen were led by one so formidable as lack Moon. It was indeed a Herculean task even...
Carrick Dunmore is a capable man on a horse and in the use of a six-gun. However, he does have a serious handicap. He's hopelessly lazy and prefers to spend his time drinking, playing knives, and just having a good time. Everything would have gone on as usual if Carrick's friends hadn't goaded hi...
The overblown emotion is too strong in all three, predicts plot. Girl always gets guy. Forgiveness wins. They're all too good for me, but okay read.1 Lawman's Heart - Larry Traynor takes revenge on stagecoach robber that kills his mentor, veteran guard Sam Whitney, leaving behind brand-new Stetso...
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They ran whining here and there. One of them swam across to the farther bank, but even there the trail could not be gained. “He knows we’re after him,” said Hank Jeffries briefly. “Here’s where the fun begins.” “No trouble at all!” called Themis cheerily. “He might cover his own trail, but he can...
“You play a deep game,” said the girl bitterly. “Why would you do it?” “Because,” said Donnegan faintly. “I love you.” Her hand had been on the knob of the door; now she twitched it open and was gone; and the last that Donnegan saw was the width of ...
There was a second room in the story above. It was hardly a room. It was rather a mere corner with a cot in it and a bit of cracked glass for a mirror on the wall, with a tiny dormer window peering out over the roof. There she lay down, but she had hardly closed her eyes when she heard talking in...
He was at the opening of the main doorway to the patio, and, as she passed, he merely lifted his glance to her and let it fall again heavily. She knew he was very angry—angrier than she had ever dreamed he could be.She went straight back through the house and to the room that had been assigned to...
The horse had his name from his color. When the brilliant colors at the end of the day begin to fade from the clouds, and when they are only shimmering with a rusty red, such was the tint of the hide of the horse, and yet the mane and tail and the four stockings of the stallion were jet black. It...
But as it was they went on almost on tiptoe. Certainly they heard, for a reward, the most harmless chatter. The girl did most of the talking. Peter put in only a word now and then. He seemed to be asking her advice. It appeared to be a matter of the greatest moment to Peter to learn what she migh...
The whole thing had a wet gleam, as though it had just been heaved out of an ocean. It was like a bit of new world making, and when I glanced ahead at Clonmel and the girl, I could not help feeling that they were the sort of people to inhabit big, new spaces. They had the spirit for it. As for me...
a six-part serial in Western Story Magazine, which appeared in the issues dated November 21, 1931 through December 26, 1932. As most of Faust’s continuing characters, Speedy is a loner, little more than a youngster, able to outwit and outmaneuver even the deadliest of men without the use of a gun...