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Julia's daddy was the judge in town. He used to be fair, but recently it seemed that had changed. What cost to regular folks would there be?

One hundred years after Russia's thermonuclear first strike, the radioactive wasteland that was once America has become a slave state crushed under the iron fist of the Soviet invader. Only a small, fierce group of survivors refuse to submit to the oppressive Red overlords. Led by Ted Rockson, the ultimate soldier of survival, the Freefighters are dedicated to returning freedom's way to their nuclear-shattered homeland; to push the hated Russian oppressor into the sea - or die in the attempt.

Western Missouri. Former army scout Jack Gregory returns from battle to a homestead in ruins. A wanted man with no place to go, he chooses an even deadlier career - as a scout for General George Armstrong Custer. Under a new name, Jack serves bravely in the Seventh Cavalry. But when Custer’s disastrous leadership ends in devastating slaughter, Jack sets off to forge his own destiny. Winning a small ranch in a card game, he hopes to settle down and live a peaceful life.

The American West. A landscape hewn in vastness as its rips from Plains, to deserts, to mountain, to ocean overlaid by waves of emigration of peoples either dispossessed or searching for a new life and the American dream. These are their stories. Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.

In 30 years of prospecting, old Jim had never discovered Amber's Mirage - a shining cliff above a spring that ran heavy with gold. But his young sidekick took up the search to find the gold - a search that would cost him two years away from wild Ruby, the woman he loved.

A century after Russia's surprise thermonuclear first strike, America struggles to survive as a radioactive wasteland. Locked in a cruel yoke of oppression by its Soviet dictators, the United States has only one chance to regain her past glory: Ted Rockson, the Doomsday Warrior and his high-tech guerilla army of freefighters - the brave shock troops of freedom!

The Shield family’s ordinary summer holiday takes a dramatic turn when Calum, the imaginative middle child, sculpts a dragon from the beach's sands. Goaded by a mysterious woman’s voice preying on his hurt and anger, he inserts a strange black ammonite fossil into the creature's eye socket, unwittingly awakening an ancient dark power. Calum and his brothers, Jake and Adam, face a race against time to save themselves, their parents and Calum’s twin sister, Amy.

Nearly 30 years ago, in a tiny, impoverished Ghanaian village, a young boy dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player and competing against European powerhouse Manchester United. Despite being told that he wasn't good enough, he was drafted by Seattle Sounders FC and competed against Manchester United in front of 67,000 fans. At 23 years old, Michael Tetteh had realized his childhood dream. Then, late one night, an encounter caused him to give up soccer, the single thing that had defined his entire life.

Nearly 100 years ago, a Russian thermonuclear device transformed America’s amber waves of grain into a sea of nuclear waste. The land of the free has been reduced to a Soviet slave state, repeatedly raped and plundered by its Red overlords. One man has led the desperate fight to free the once-great nation. He is Ted Rockson, the ultimate soldier of survival.

The Unseelie are up to no good. My name is Benton, and I hunt the darkest of creatures in existence. Especially when they get unruly and try to invade my home, the human realm. Betrayal, broken hearts, and uncharted magic...I never saw it coming.

Do you want to lose weight without saying no to your favorite food? Intermittent fasting is your answer! This is not like any other traditional diet. It will help you in cutting down on the amount you eat while making sure that your body gets its daily calorie requirement. Most of us tend to skip breakfast and this means we end up eating two meals in a day. Intermittent fasting follows the same protocol. You get to eat two healthy meals after spaced-out time intervals. Maybe around 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. - that’s it! Does this make you cringe in horror?

Caleb Doorn is better known by his Blackfoot name, Many Coups. Doorn is scouting for the US Army in the Mexican campaign when a small wagon train passes on its way to California. Their trek will take them into Indian country, and to protect the train from attack, the wagon master has foolishly taken a young Blackfoot woman hostage.

In 1938 a young man from a small town in Northeastern Utah was called to be a missionary for the Mormon Church. More than willing to share the Gospel with those desiring to learn the truth, Don Jones accepted the call to go and preach the words of Jesus Christ to the people of Wyoming. As often happens in life, tragedy is never far away, and there comes a time for others, for brothers, to finish the work that cannot be completed here on earth. That task would fall to Nathan Jones, Don's older brother.

Original story published in Lariat story magazine - July 1947.

Nogar the golden dragon rescues Shaméd after his family is murdered by an evil, black dragon. He takes him home to his own planet, where Shaméd encounters trolls, elves, dragons, and other beings all living in peace. He begins a training ritual, and after many years he advances to be the best swordsman on that world and masters the first 10 levels of magic.

Die angesehene Wissenschaftlerin Dr. Elisabeth Ambrose entwickelte ein Gateway, das es möglich macht, andere Zeitlinien zu erforschen und mit diesen in Kontakt zu treten. Doch nicht alles läuft wie geplant: nach Inbetriebnahme erscheinen unkontrolliert Personen aus anderen Zeitlinien in der Hiesigen - die sogenannten Anomalien. Das gut versteckte Anomalia ist eine Zufluchtsstätte dieser Gestrandeten und beheimatet nach und nach Menschen unterschiedlichster Herkunft. Doch jede vielschichtige Gesellschaft birgt etliche Konflikte.

A cruel, hated man collects a fortune, then disappears in the desert. The Texas Rangers think it's murder and put one of their best on the job - but he'll need help. There's evil here that no one suspects.

Wayne D. Overholser, winner of three Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America, weaves a magic spell in this story with his consistent skill in presenting vibrant characters and his uncommon sensitivity to the depths of human personality.

Honest presentation is only one characteristic of Frazee’s well-crafted tales. He tells a convincing, satisfying, and unusual story even when employing stock Western situations. A major strength is his understanding of the nuances of character, of how people are motivated, of the good and bad within each person, and of the conflicts between man and his environment. Drawing upon his years in the mountains of Colorado, he can vividly and realistically depict a variety of Western settings and do so in such a way that the settings assume a character of their own.

A classic tale that features all the beloved subjects and icons - stagecoaches, gold rush towns, and whiskey bars - that represent the romance and excitement of America's frontier.