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Justice And Mercy

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Justice Payne built a town on an island in a river. Justice controls all aspects of life in his town. Most accept the situation. All except for Mercy O'Malley, owner and madam of a profitable brothel on the island. Will Justice prevail? Will Mercy?

Silver Screen Cowboy

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Latigo Brown is a cowboy. A real cowboy, not like those TV and movie cowboys who ride everywhere at a high lope firing off six-shooters and hardly ever come into contact with a cow. But he finds himself lured to Hollywood by a rodeo hero, where he unexpectedly becomes a box-office star. Amidst the glitter and glamour of the movie business, he still harbors resentment for the way he--and other cowboys--are portrayed.Will Latigo Brown swallow his pride and pocket the money? Will the starlets, the luxuries, the acclaim, the big bucks turn his head? Or will the lure of the ranch and rodeo arena and real cowboys overcome all that?

Black Joe and Other Selected Stories

Miller, Rod — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT

"Within these pages will be found Western Writers of America Spur Award and Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award winning stories by writer Rod Miller. The cast of characters includes cowboys, gamblers, gunfighters, swindlers, outlaws, lawmen, pioneers, miners, mules, horses, cattle, at least one sheep, and the occasional fair maiden. There is adventure, violence, hardship, struggle, and triumph. Mystery, conflict, suspense, and humor. Selected from among stories written over two decades are Millers first short story, "Good Horses," published in 2000, and his most recent award winner (at this writing), "Black Joe." In between are stories published in various anthologies and periodicals, along with stories appearing here for the first time"-- Provided by publisher.

Pinebox Collins

Miller, Rod — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

"Jonathan Collins is a relatively young man when he loses a leg in the Civil War, but he quickly learns to cope. He carves his own wooden leg, then he turns his skills to making coffins and, finally, undertaking. Since both trades are best plied where there's a constant need, he sets up shop in violent towns, and in one of those towns he meets Wild Bill Hickock. These towns are no place for a lonely man, so Jon, now nicknamed "Pinebox," relocates to Utah, meets a girl, and learns real carpentry; but then his hopes for the future are dashed and the girl is lost. Pinebox takes up drinking alone. Soon, his story revolves around meetings with Hickock. Each visit involves outlawry and requires a new wooden leg. Even after Hickock dies, he still calls to Pinebox, and there is a story there in the cards carved on Pinebox's latest leg. Miller's latest (Father unto Many Sons, 2018) is a mystery for Western lovers"-- Provided by publisher.

Justice And Mercy

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SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ROD MILLERJustice Payne built a town on an island in a river. He owns all the land and buildings as well as many of the businesses that occupy the buildings, and collects rent and taxes from the others. As self-appointed judge, mayor, tax assessor, and holder of every other office of note, Justice controls all aspects of life in his town.Most accept the situation, if grudgingly. All, that is, except for Mercy O'Malley, owner and madam of a profitable brothel on the island. Justice and Mercy are often at odds. He suspects her of short-changing him financially and she resents his autocratic highhanded manner. Mercy foments a strike and a revolt, demanding elections.Will Justice prevail? Will Mercy?Follow the rollicking conflict through the pages of Justice and Mercy.

Silver Screen Cowboy

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FROM SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ROD MILLERLatigo Brown is a cowboy. A real cowboy, not like those TV and movie cowboys who ride everywhere at a high lope firing off six-shooters and hardly ever come into contact with a cow. But he finds himself lured to Hollywood by a rodeo hero, where he unexpectedly becomes a box-office star. Amidst the glitter and glamour of the movie business, he still harbors resentment for the way he-and other cowboys-are portrayed.Will Latigo Brown swallow his pride and pocket the money? Will the starlets, the luxuries, the acclaim, the big bucks turn his head? Or will the lure of the ranch and rodeo arena and real cowboys overcome all that?

As Flame to Smoke

Miller, Rod — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The building of the Central Pacific toward Promontory Summit in Utah Territory and the completion of the transcontinental railroad was accompanied by a string of mostly temporary towns known collectively and individually as "Hell on Wheels." Two Finger Pete tended bar at O'Sullivan's Saloon in those towns. At Corinne, the last of the Hell on Wheels towns, he partnered up to build the Promontory Saloon, a more prominent establishment in a city with big plans. But one morning a body was discovered in an upstairs room--the murdered, mutilated body of a young woman. Who killed Lily? The town marshal, the county sheriff, and deputy United States marshal Porter Rockwell work together and apart and sometimes at odds to find the killer. With little evidence, questionable clues, several suspects, multiple motives, doubtful alibis, and unexpected complications, unraveling the riddle proves a challenge.

Shiny Spurs and Gold Medallions

Miller, Rod — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

"In Shiny spurs and gold medallions : Award-winning Western Stories by Rod Miller and Michael Norman, you'll feel the heat of the southwestern deserts, smell burning gunpowder, hear the creak of saddle leather, see the shine of horse sweat, and feel a touch of anxiety, anticipation, fear, and uncertainty---and even enjoy the occasional chuckle. From stories inspired by history to works of the authors' imaginations, Shiny spurs and gold medallions is sure to inform and entertain."--Back cover.

With A Kiss I Die

Miller, Rod — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

"September 11. A date burned into history like a brand. The date of the deadliest mass murder on American soil. But the 9/11 chronicled in With a Kiss I Die occurred in 1857 at a place called Mountain Meadows in Utah Territory-an evil deed unsurpassed in bloody violence until its one hundred and forty-fourth anniversary in 2001. With a Kiss I Die is a love story entwined in the tragedy of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Polly Alden, a young California-bound Arkansas emigrant, falls in love with Tom Langford, a Mormon boy she meets in the settlements of Utah Territory. Caught between the fear and hatred of the persecuted Saints for the emigrants, and the hostility of the emigrants toward Mormons who will not replenish their dwindling supplies, the young lovers defy mistrust and opposition as they aspire to a life together. Animosity between the emigrants and the settlers grows as the wagon train makes its way south through the territory, culminating in the blood-stained soil of Mountain Meadows. Follow the trail of the Arkansas emigrants and the blossoming affection of the star-crossed lovers in a compelling, engaging tale inspired by history-and the eternal conflict between good and evil, hatred and love"--"-- Provided by publisher.

This Thy Brother

Miller, Rod — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

"The new life they find in New Mexico is not what the Pate and Lewis families hoped for. Driven by disagreements with their father, eldest sons Richard and Melvin abandon the Pate family to join eastbound freighters on the Santa Fe Trail, an antidote that provides no relief. Younger brother Abel works with his father to build a ranching empire atop the Pajarito Plateau, while the Lewis family establishes a thriving mercantile network in Santa Fe and outlying communities. The families you met in Father unto Many Sons return in This Thy Brother as they face the challenges of poverty, discrimination, war, graft, rustlers, romance, and the harsh realities of life in the desert Southwest. Together, the families work for prosperity while the departed sons turn toward a different future. Will a tenuous foothold in a new land hold firm? Can the broken families survive? Will-can-the prodigal sons return? Seek answers to these and other questions in the pages of This Thy Brother"" -- Provided by publisher.

All My Sins Remembered

Miller, Rod — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT

"On a lonely road in a remote desert stands a roadhouse. Formerly a home station on a now abandoned stagecoach route, it is the only source of water and supplies for miles. Accommodations are crude and coarse, the hospitality rough and raw, the proprietor boorish and vulgar. Travelers are few and far between, and almost all must stop for water-which comes at a price. A mounted mail carrier who visits the roadhouse with some regularity suspects there is more to the place than meets the eye, and he comes to believe that for some travelers the roadhouse is the end of the road"-- Provided by publisher.

Pinebox Collins

Miller, Rod — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT

When Jonathon "Pinebox" Collins loses his lower right leg to a cannonball in his first Civil War battle, the course of his life is forever changed. While recuperating, he learns "The Dismal Trade" of undertaking, the emerging art of arterial embalming, and coffin construction. His first case turns out to be the victim of Wild Bill Hickok's first showdown, and Collins crosses paths with the legendary gunfighter - and occasionally his victims - across the Old West. ... Often avoided and sometimes shunned owing to his practice of The Dismal Trade, Pinebox Collins learns to drink alone. Love eludes him and friends are hard to come by. His recurring acquaintance with Wild Bill proves the most lasting, even after Hickok is in the ground -- Jacket cover.

Rawhide Robinson Rides A Dromedary

Miller, Rod — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

"Rawhide Robinson sails across the sea to help the Army acquire camels for military service in the desert Southwest. In America, the ungainly camels cause nothing but upheaval and a desert challenge is mounted"-- Provided by publisher.

Rawhide Robinson Rides the Tabby Trail

Miller, Rod — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Babysitting a herd of beeves on a train bound for Chicago, Rawhide Robinson reads about a rat infestation in Tombstone and hatches a plan for another astonishing adventure. All along the way Rawhide holds the enterprise together, and regales his drovers--and anybody else who will listen--with campfire tales of insane exploits and escapades experienced elsewhere during his extraordinary cowboy career on the western frontier.

Rawhide Robinson Rides the Range

Miller, Rod — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Cold As The Clay

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Outlawman

Miller, Rod — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Matt Warner was an outlaw. And a lawman. In a word, an outlawman. Once among the most notorious bandits in the Old West, riding with Butch Cassidy and other famous outlaws, Warner was wanted for crimes across the Southwest, the Northwest, and the Mountain West. After serving time on overblown charges following a shootout, Warner changed his prison stripes for a badge and served as a town marshall, justice of the peace, and deputy sheriff. Whether wearing a black hat, a white hat, or some shade of gray, Warner outlived the Old West but never abandoned its wild and wooly ways.

Outlawman

Miller, Rod — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT

"Matt Warner was an outlaw. And a lawman. In a word, an outlawman. Once among the most notorious bandits in the Old West, riding with Butch Cassidy and other famous outlaws, Warner was wanted for crimes across the Southwest, the Northwest, and the Mountain West. After serving time on overblown charges following a shootout, Warner changed his prison stripes for a badge and served as a town marshal, justice of the peace, and deputy sheriff. Whether wearing a black hat, a white hat, or some shade of gray, Warner outlived the Old West but never abandoned its wild and wooly ways. Follow the trail through Brown's Hole, Robbers Roost, and other outlaw enclaves as a mysterious old man tells the outlawman's story in a rundown barroom once owned by Matt Warner himself."--back cover.

Cold as the Clay

Miller, Rod — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

"Orphaned, homeless, and on the verge of manhood, Wilson Hayes finds refuge in the employ of powerful rancher Jesse Longmore. Cowboy skills, tenacity, and grit propel the young man's rise to a powerful position on the Fishhook Ranch and membership in the family-but Longmore's belief that he has become a threat results in his driving Hayes away and into the uncomfortable company of an outlaw band and a rival rancher. Follow Wilson Hayes in an empire-building quest of biblical proportions as he seeks a way home to the Fishhook."-- Back cover.

Contention and Other Frontier Stories

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

For twenty-four years, Five Star Publishing, an imprint of Gale/Cengage, has offered readers the best in new voices, as well as many beloved authors, in the traditional Western and American frontier fiction genres. Contention and Other Frontier Stories, edited by Hazel Rumney, features seventeen brand-new stories that will delight historical fiction fans. These stories capture the spirit of freedom and individualism in the evolving American frontier through the early 1900s and feature exciting new characters who face life-changing challenges in settings that are in stark contrast to civilized society. Ranging from high-action traditional Westerns to introspective historical dramas set in the American West, readers will discover the amount of courage and tenacity it took to survive the tumultuous frontier. In this anthology, you'll enjoy stories by New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors such as Loren D. Estleman, Johnny D. Boggs, Michael Zimmer, Max McCoy, John D. Nesbitt, Preston Lewis, Rod Miller, W. Michael Farmer, Greg Hunt, Bill Brooks, Tim Champlin, Robert D. McKee, Michael R. Ritt, Kathleen Morris, Vonn McKee, John Neely Davis, and Marcia Gaye. Contention and Other Frontier Stories is a great addition to your Western fiction library.

Western Stories by Today's Top Writers

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

"Saddle up and ride down the trails of the Old West with this outstanding new short-story anthology from Silverado Press. Our all-star posse of acclaimed, seasoned western writers and fresh new voices have each taken a real historical event and build a story around it. From the 1812 earthquake in southern California to the 1856 sinking of the steamboat Arabia to Utah's Black Hawk War, these tales are guaranteed to thrill, entertain, and teach a little something in the bargain"-- Page [4] of cover.

Lone Star Law

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT

A collection of twelve tales of the Old West chronicles the exploits of the legendary Texas Rangers, in an anthology featuring such authors as Louis L'Amour, Elmer Kelton, and Ed Gorman.

Hobnail and Other Frontier Stories

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT

"For a quarter of a century, Five Star Publishing, an imprint of Gale/Cengage, has offered readers the best in new voices, as well as many beloved authors, in the traditional Western and American frontier fiction genres. Hobnail and Other Frontier Stories, edited by Hazel Rumney, features seventeen brand-new stories that will delight historical fiction fans. These stories capture the spirit of freedom and individualism in the evolving 19th century American frontier. These epic narratives are organized by timeframe to offer readers a panoramic view of pioneers who faced life-changing challenges in settings that are in stark contrast to civilized society. Ranging from high-action traditional Westerns to introspective historical dramas set in the American West, readers will discover previously untold stories about the tenacious individuals who shaped the iconic American West. In this anthology, you'll enjoy stories by New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors such as Loren D. Estleman, Johnny D. Boggs, Rod Miller, Patrick Dearen, John D. Nesbitt, W. Michael Farmer, Richard Prosch, Harper Courtland, James D. Crownover, Vonn McKee, Paul Colt, L. J. Martin, Greg Hunt, Wallace J. Swenson, John Neely Davis, Lonnie Whitaker, Steven Howell Wilson. Hobnail and Other Frontier Stories is a great addition to your Western fiction library"-- Provided by publisher.

Contention and Other Frontier Stories

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

"For twenty-four years, Five Star Publishing, an imprint of Gale/Cengage, has offered readers the best in new voices, as well as many beloved authors, in the traditional Western and American frontier fiction genres. Contention and Other Frontier Stories, edited by Hazel Rumney, features seventeen brand-new stories that will delight historical fiction fans. These stories capture the spirit of freedom and individualism in the evolving American frontier through the early 1900s and feature exciting new characters who face life-changing challenges in settings that are in stark contrast to civilized society. Ranging from high-action traditional Westerns to introspective historical dramas set in the American West, readers will discover the amount of courage and tenacity it took to survive the tumultuous frontier. In this anthology, you'll enjoy stories by New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors such as Loren D. Estleman, Johnny D. Boggs, Michael Zimmer, Max McCoy, John D. Nesbitt, Preston Lewis, Rod Miller, W. Michael Farmer, Greg Hunt, Bill Brooks, Tim Champlin, Robert D. McKee, Michael R. Ritt, Kathleen Morris, Vonn McKee, John Neely Davis, and Marcia Gaye. Contention and Other Frontier Stories is a great addition to your Western fiction library"-- Provided by publisher.

The Way West

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT