Western Story Magazine, December 21, 1929 cover by Gayle Hoskins Another minute, and there would have been only a red dot on the ground, so i suppose this was the more interesting moment…a very well painted one at that. Gayle Hoskins manages to give the impression of a immense herd of bison very well in… Continue reading Improbably beautiful covers #1 – Western Story Magazine, December 21, 1929 cover by Gayle Hoskins
Category: Westerns
A muse on a mule
From Short Stories, January 10th, 1946 comes this poem from S. Omar Barker:
Interview with Gordon D. Shirreffs, Western writer
Gordon D. Shirreffs: An Interview with a Western Writer Carole Shirreffs Cox My father is Gordon D. Shirreffs. He has written 79 novels of the West as well as hundreds of short stories, pulps, and TV and movie scripts since he first began to sell what he wrote in the 1940s. He visited me in… Continue reading Interview with Gordon D. Shirreffs, Western writer
Read online: Western Story Magazine July 27, 1940 and more
With a novel by T.T. Flynn and stories by S. Omar Barker and others, looks like a must read. Courtesy the Western Games blog. Go to the end of the article to open the magazine. The same site also has a bunch of pulp western stories available.
H.A. DeRosso – new ebooks – 2 novels and 1 short story collection
AmazonEncore has reissued three H.A. DeRosso books in ebook format: A dark, psychological Western, .44 merges the brooding sensibility of noir with the stark, iconic desert landscapes that symbolically leave the characters exposed and vulnerable to the harsh high noon sun, but also those parts of themselves that they’d rather not give in to.… Continue reading H.A. DeRosso – new ebooks – 2 novels and 1 short story collection
Western Pulps from the Pulp Magazines Project
Some Western pulps have been added to the Pulp Magazines Project collection: Includes stories by W.C. Tuttle, Ernest Haycox, H.A. DeRosso, Walt Coburn, Hapsburg Liebe, Johnston McCulley, S. Omar Barker and others. Click on the links below the pictures to open the magazine. Support them in any way you can. THE FEUDISTS by Ernest Haycox… Continue reading Western Pulps from the Pulp Magazines Project
Origin stories: Hashknife Hartley by W.C. Tuttle
[This is a slightly modified excerpt from an article in the The Pittsburgh Press of Jul 23, 1950.] W.C. Tuttle, author of the “Hashknife Hartley” stories, admits that the idea for the “Hashknife Hartley” Western adventures was born of a blister but the character is the composite of two men Tuttle knew some… Continue reading Origin stories: Hashknife Hartley by W.C. Tuttle
Short story by Robert V. Carr – Business Letters of a Cowboy
From the Popular Magazine, January 7, 1916, comes this funny story of a cowboy. Robert V. Carr, the author, was a famous cowboy poet. Thanks to the PulpMags project for providing the original scans of this. I wish I could get the other stories in the series. Anyone who can share, please drop a line… Continue reading Short story by Robert V. Carr – Business Letters of a Cowboy
Luke Short novels as comics (FREE)
Some Luke Short novels were also published as comics by Dell Publishing. Dell also published other western comics by Max Brand and other western authors. They have been scanned by some contributors to the amazing Internet Archive. Here are the ones that I found: 1. Brand of Empire 2. Top Gun 3. Marauder’s Moon 4.… Continue reading Luke Short novels as comics (FREE)
The burning sky – novella by H. A. DeRosso
This novella by H.A. DeRosso is about a marshall who comes to town to retrieve stolen gold. With an unusual happy ending, perhaps because that is what a slick like Collier’s wanted. Download the story here.