Lawless Lands : Tales of the Weird Frontier

The cry of coyotes at moonrise. The whistle of the eastbound train. The heat of the desert sun. The western is the quintessential American literary genre, and now we're turning it on its head. From sentient tumbleweeds to time-traveling schoolmarms, desert demons to werejaguars, space-faring herd drivers to gunslinger justice, there's something for everyone. Featuring many of the best writers in speculative fiction today, saddle up for the thrills – we're going to take you on a wild ride through a West that never was. Lawless Lands includes 20 mind-bending weird western stories including - Desert Gods by Aubrey CampbellRailroad by Matthew J. HockeyPixie Season by Seanan McGuireThe Men with No Faces by Alexandra ChristianLost Words by David B. CoeBoots of Clay by Laura Anne GilmanTrickster's Choice by Jo GerrardWolves Howling in the Night by Faith HunterTo Hear a Howling Herd by Gunnar De WinterCalliope Stark:Bone Tree Bounty Hunter by Edmund R. SchubertCards and Steel Hearts by Pamela JeffsBloodsilver by A. E. DeckerVolunteered by B. S. DonovanThe Stranger in the Glass by Dave BeynonBelly Speaker by Nicole Givens KurtzWalk the Dinosaur by John G. HartnessThe Time Traveling Schoolmarms of Marlborough County by Barb HendeeRainmaker by Margaret S. McGrawOut of Luck by Jeffrey HallRollin' Death by Jake BibleFeaturing twenty original western short stories from new worlds and the familiar worlds of Faith Hunter's Jane Yellowrock novels, Laura Anne Gilman's The Devil's West series, and John G. Hartness' Bubba the Monster Hunter series, Lawless Lands is a weird western anthology with something for everyone.