Twisted Tumbleweed Tales

How The West Was WeirdThe Bony Express delivers souls across the desert plains…Santa Claus is wanted by bounty hunters who have no Christmas spirit…A legendary Pinkerton pursues Jack the Ripper along the Barbary Coast…Billy the Kid leads a gang of Lost Boys in Nevertown…Gather round the campfire for these tall tales and fourteen more in this collection of weird westerns by Paul Victor Wargelin. Saddle up with Doc Holliday, Buffalo Bill Cody, and George Armstrong Custer on uncanny adventures never covered in the history books, and where witches, werewolves, and zombies can be found among the cacti and sagebrush.The Ballad of Adam Rib, Bony Express RiderOn a Warm October DaySix Guns & Six SpellsBuffalo HideOut to PastureBeating a Dead HorseBuilding the Better GunfighterWanted: For ChristmasThe First PrisonerThe Story of One Bad AssBlack MaryYours Truly, Charles A. SiringoPassin’ ThroughBought for a SongThe Human Nature of the BeastFive Stacked Heads on a Grassy PlainStraight On ‘Til SunupRemembering the Menken“Six Guns & Six Spells [is] well-written and entertaining…[This] tale of Western witchery contains characterization so tight that even the witch’s familiar (her horse) has personality.” —Gothic.net

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