Category: Weird Westerns
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Now Available: A new weird western anthology featuring my “exploding outhouse” story!
Six-Guns Straight From Hell 3 is now available in paperback and Kindle! My “exploding outhouse” story is featured! It’s a gas. In “A Taste of Purgatory,” a disgraced parson gets one last hellacious chance at redemption. Saddle up for a wild ride through the weird, weird west. As you ride our trails you’ll want to…
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An explosive (and stinky) new weird western
— I just wrote and submitted a short story for a new weird western anthology. In “A Taste of Purgatory,” a defrocked preacher faces his own damnation when a gateway to Hell, or possibly a geological event, opens and erupts beneath him. This one was a blast to write and includes an exploding outhouse, followed…
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A new weird western with some kick!
The Odd Fellow’s Champion When a clever clairvoyant and the ghost of a murdered Indian girl ask a wandering warrior priest and his remarkable mule for help with a burial, resistance from the locals threatens to make them all permanent residents of the cemetery in 1880 Santa Cruz. “The Odd Fellow’s Champion” is a standalone…
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A fast, fun read.
Quicker Than the Eye A “Holy Heretics” Weird Western In 1880 Socorro, vampire bounty hunter The Sundown Kid goes undercover as a cardsharp street urchin to swindle and seize a low-life outlaw. “Quicker Than the Eye” is a standalone weird western tale set in the “Holy Heretics” universe. Rated G. Approximately 1425 words. CLICK HERE…
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A snappy new Weird Western
Attack of the Lightning Bugs A Weird Western Tale of Dry Gulch When stinging, sparking gnats swarm a crowded saloon, the citizens of Dry Gulch must find a way to squash the threat before it grows into a full-blown conflagration. This fast and funny weird western story features a town and stock characters originally created…
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A brawling Jesuit, a crusty seaman, and a skinless selkie walk onto a pier…
Here’s a new short story. It’s part of the slowly expanding “Holy Heretics” series I’m developing. A Jesuit priest fights a crusty seaman on a Monterey, California pier in 1876, going overboard to return a priceless sea lion pelt to its rightful owner. But when Father Julian plunges into the briny deep, who will save…