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Lost Trails: Forgotten Tales of the Weird West

Author: Various Authors

Publisher: Wolfsinger Pub

Published: 2015-09-13

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9781942450023

Ah, the "Western frontier"! We learned all about it as children. We learned it was full of brave white American pioneer men killing the native inhabitants, who didn't realize the land they'd occupied for millennia belonged to the newcomers. We learned it was full of heroic white American gunmen shooting each other in high noon standoffs. Those few characters who didn't fit the above roles were generally helpless Mexican peasants; treacherous Mexican bandits; or the occasional rancher's wife, school marm, or prostitute. Omitted from the history lessons and the movies and TV shows were-the whole wide world. Well pull up a seat next to the fire and we'll tell you those stories-follow the Lost Trails of those who were omitted as they tell us their stories of the Weird West.

Lost Trails 2: Forgotten Tales of the Weird West

Author: Various Authors

Publisher: Wolfsinger Pub

Published: 2016-05-12

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9781942450290

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If you've gained your knowledge of the Wild West from Hollywood and history textbooks, your mage of the Western frontier is simple and clear: White men winning the West and saving helpless white future wives from outlaws or hostile Indians or Mexican bandidos. You won't find that here. Here: U.S. Marshal Frederick Douglass fights invaders from outer space. A Navajo girl must thwart the god who threatens all she holds dear. A Hasidic high planes drifter faces New World bandits and Old Testament demons. A Catholic priest contends with a magic-wielding half-breed--or is she an indigenous spirit?--as the fate of the Canadian Metis province of Assiniboia hangs in the balance. Outcast women enter the Southwestern desert to die...or win their lady loves and great mecha steeds. A lost gunman may find himself in a Chinese gold miner's maze of mist and magic. Roving spirits and Civil War survivors and runaway factory slaves lose or find family or love in uncanny new guises. Hoboes rob a train of myth and dream. An Eastern city slicker may outsmart only himself in a contest with Old West magic. A black homesteader fights fae in defense of land and family. A werewolf-hunting frontier shapeshifter shatters every expectation. Steampunk airships may unite West and East--or leave them forever apart. The ascendant Aztec face endless destruction if the god of war triumphs. The South will rise again at the Alamo--if it can gain eerie otherworldly assistance. This anthology, like its predecessor, Lost Trails: Volume One, exists to recognize and celebrate the diverse realities of the historical West with excellent and entertaining Weird West stories. Welcome to the Weird West more realistic than many a mundane Western! Features stories by: Rie Sheridan Rose, Tobias S. Buckell, Sacchi Green, Misha Nogha, Rachel Manija Brown, Steven M. Suas, Ken Liu, Edward M. Erdelac, Sandra Odell, Don Webb, Vivian Caethe, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Rebecca McFarland Kyle, Bryan Nickelberry, Gemma Files, Ernest Hogan, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, David Lee Summers, and Aliette de Bodard"

Startling Stories: 2022 Issue

Author: John Shirley

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 1667640704

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The 2022 issue of Startling Stories presents more action-packed science fiction adventures. Here are tales of strange worlds, stranger civilization, mech warriors, adventures in space, and much, much more! Included in this issue are: "Out on the Edge," by Darrell Schweitzer "A Quickening Tide," by A.J. McIntosh & Andrew J. Wilson "Pharmakon, Pharmakon," by M. Stern "Rising from the Devil's Planet," by Adrian Cole "Speaking with John Shirley" (Interview), conducted by Darrell Schweitzer "Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: Alpha," by Grendel Briarton, Jr. "Hua Gu Quan (Flower Drum Circle)," by Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito "You're Sunk!" by Cynthia Ward "Introduction to Thoughts That Kill," by Phil Harbottle "Thoughts That Kill," by John Russell Fearn and Ron Turner (Comics Feature) "Sharptooth," by Lorenzo Crescenti "Just Like You and Me," by Stephen Persing "Tears In My Algabeer," by Eric Del Carlo "The Lost City of Los Angeles," by John Shirley "The Colour of Nothing," by Mike Chin

Black Cat Mystery Magazine #9

Author: Stacy Woodson

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2021-07-17

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1479461326

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The ninth issue of Black Cat Mystery features a stellar lineup of new stories (and one classic reprint). Here are— LAST RITES, by Stacy Woodson THE JERICHO TRAIN, by John M. Floyd CORAL COVE, by B.A. Paul THE ALLEY, by Ann Aptaker SONNY'S ENCORE, by Michael Bracken SWITCH AND BAIT, by Cynthia Ward BECOMING ZERO, by James A. Hearn THE MURDER OF JONATHAN GREYSTONE, by Barry Fulton YOU GOTTA BE IN IT!, by Elliott Capon THE YOU-DON'T-KNOW-THE-HALF-OF-IT-DEARIE BLUES, by Michael Kurland A FIGHTER BY HIS TRADE, by Graham Powell Classic reprint: SMELLING LIKE A ROSE, by Gil Brewer

Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2015

Author: Julia Rios

Publisher: Twelfth Planet Press

Published: 2016-10-12

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1922101516

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Fans of Kaleidoscope will find more tales of wonder, adventure, diversity, and variety in this collection devoted to stories with teen protagonists. Our goal is to uncover the best young adult short fiction of the year published in the anthologies dedicated to the form, the occasional special edition of a magazine, and individual pieces appearing in otherwise “adult” anthologies and magazines, and bring them together in one accessible collection. Table of Contents Songs in the Key of You - Sarah Pinsker Blood, Ash, Braids - Genevieve Valentine Mosquito Boy - Felix Gilman The Rainbow Flame - Shveta Thakrar The Sixth Day - Sylvia Anna Hivén For Sale: Fantasy Coffin (Ababuo Need Not Apply) - Chesya Burke Kia and Gio - Daniel José Older Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of ll Mankind - Erica L. Satifka Function A.save (target.Dawn) - Rivqa Rafael Noah No-one and the Infinity Machine - Sean Williams Forgiveness - Leah Cypess Probably Definitely - Heather Morris I'm Only Going Over - Cat Hellisen The Ways of Walls and Words - Sabrina Vourvoulias Reflections - Tamlyn Dreaver Entangled Web - E C Myers Blue Ribbon - Marissa Lingen Bodies are the Strongest Conductors - James Robert Herndon Pineapple Head - Joel Enos Grass Girl - Caroline M. Yoachim The Birds of Azalea Street - Nova Ren Suma

Black Cat Weekly #20

Author: Josh Pachter

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2021-12-16

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 147947147X

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Our mysteries this issue include Josh Pachter’s “The Secret Lagoon” (Michael Bracken’s pick), Larry Allen Tyler’s “Just a Little Before Winter’s Set In” (selected by Barb Goffman) and a solve-it-yourself from Hal Charles (the writing team of Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet). A futuristic detective tale by Larry Tritten, and a classic Nick Carter novel from 1903, The Plot That Failed, round things out. On the science fiction & fantasy side, we have a vampire classic by Carl Jacobi, “Revelations in Black” (which was also the title story of one of his Arkham House collection); “Bullard Reflects,” by Malcolm Jameson, which is classic SF from Astounding; “Strike,” by Richard Wilson, about newspaper reporters coming a shipping strike in space; and “Three Bananas,” by Larry Tritten—which is one of his gonzo cross-genre mashups. Fun stuff. Plus the already-mentioned “Extended Family,” by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. (Did we mention that this is one of those stories you won’t want to miss?) Here’s the complete lineup: Mysteries / Suspense “The Secret Lagoon,” by Josh Pachter [short story] “The Game’s Afoot,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “Just a Little Before Winter’s Set In,” by Larry Allen Tyler [Barb Goffman Presents short story] The Plot That Failed, by Nicholas Carter [novel] “Three Bananas,” by Larry Tritten [short story] Science Fiction & Fantasy “Extended Family,” by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough [Cynthia Ward Presents, short story] “Bullard Reflects,” by Malcolm Jameson [short story] “Three Bananas,” by Larry Tritten [short story] “Strike,” by Richard Wilson [short story] “Revelations in Black,” by Carl Jacobi [short story]

Women Who Love Monsters

Author: Lori Perkins

Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books LLC

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1626014434

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Hollywood has thrilled—and titillated—audiences with tales of women who love monsters since King Kong and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Our love affair with the ultimate “others” continued as we made the acquaintances of Barnabas Collins, Swamp Thing, the Vampire Lestat, Hellboy, and Shrek. Most recently, the genre was celebrated and, ultimately, validated when The Shape of Water won the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture—a rare nod to the power and popularity of paranormal romance story-telling. It should come as no surprise that when ViceTV decided to do an episode on “Monsters Fantasies,” they came to Riverdale Avenue Books to interview some of those authors in an episode that aired in March 2018. Women Who Love Monsters With Stories by Cecilia Tan * Jamie K. Schmidt * Laura Antoniou * Katherine Ramsland* Trinity Blacio* Nathan Pettigrew * j. Gambardella * Truth Venson * CB Archer * Jennifer Williams * Stanley B. Webb * Amy Stilgenbauer * Cynthia Ward

Extended Family

Author: Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13: 147946564X

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Which is more dangerous—the Civil War and Cherkokee resettlement, which wrack the divided States and destroy the only home you've ever known, or the curse upon your family?

Forgotten Tales of Kansas City

Author: Paul Kirkman

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 1614237387

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Meet the folks who slip out of history books like they're playing the Kansas City shuffle. In this fascinating collection of stories, Paul Kirkman has dug up all sorts of head-scratchers: how did Jesse James rob a bank with John F. Kennedy, and how could a Beatles concert in the 1960s fail to make money? Watch a cow explode in a kitchen, frogs rain down from the sky and dogs pay for a public library system. Learn how Harry Houdini was trapped in a phone booth, why Clark Gable haunted street corners in a clown outfit and what kept Kansas City in Missouri.