Few writers recount tales of the old West as deftly as Pulitzer Prize-nominee and five-time winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award, Loren D. Estleman. Now, some of Estleman's finest work comes to life in this collection of vivid and richly detailed Western short stories. This digital edition contains all the stories originally available in the audio-cassette anthology "Hell on the Draw," as well as the contents of the earlier "Best Western Stories of Loren D. Estleman." These stories go far beyond your formula western - the are richly detailed and carefully drawn bits of an older world. Contents include:
Introduction: Hard Bone and Red Blood by Loren T. Estleman – by Ed Gorman and Bill Pronzini.
The Cat King of Cochise County
The Barber
The Alchemist
Iron Heart's Story
The Death of Dutch Creel
The Bandit
The Tree on Execution Hill
The Angel of Santa Sofia
Rossiter's Stand
The Pilgrim
The Pioneer Strain
Young Mister St. John
A Web of Books
Mago's Bride
Bad Blood
Kate
Hell on the Draw
