From a kill-or-be-killed gunfight with a vampire to an encounter in a steampunk bordello, the weird western is a dark, gritty tale where the protagonist might be playing poker with a sorcerous deck of cards, or facing an alien on the streets of a dusty frontier town. Here are twenty-three original tales—stories of the Old West infused with elements of the fantastic—produced specifically for this volume by many of today's finest writers. Included are Orson Scott Card's first "Alvin Maker" story in a decade, and an original adventure by Fred Van Lente, creator of Cowboys and Aliens. Other contributors include Tobias Buckell, David Farland, Alan Dean Foster, Jeffrey Ford, Laura Anne Gilman, Rajan Khanna, Mike Resnick, Beth Revis, Ben H. Winters, Christie Yant, and Charles Yu.
Strangers from a Strange World
Christian Stahl
bookBeyond The Crack In The Sidewalk
Maryann Miller
bookDream Lover & Other Tales
RJ Cook
bookDoughboy
Don Broyles
bookThe Unforeseen : Stories
Molly Gloss
bookThe Collection
Suzanne Maddox, Dawson Morley, Alice Stanton, April Finney, Elena Atherton, Craig Sharpless, Yasmeen Boyle, Myra Rojas, Lilly Hayes, Maria Hampton
bookNobody's Victims
Leslie Fish
bookWeirdbook #46
Adrian Cole, Darrrell Schweitzer, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Mark McLaughlin, David C. Smith, Cynthia Ward, Sharon Cullars, Franklyn Searight
bookSchrodinger's Kids and Other Short Stories
Natalia Corres
bookNew Devilry
D.A. Watson
bookIt was a dark and stormy night- Time after Time
John Chapman
bookWeirdbook #45
Adrian Cole, Darrell Schweitzer, Sharon Cullars, John R. Fultz, L.F. Falconer, Christian Riley, Marlane Quade Cook, Laura Blackwell, Franklyn Searight
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