The Weird Wild West

by Faith Hunter, Jonathan Maberry, Gail Z. Martin

Overview

The untamed frontier is a challenge, a test of character, a proving ground for the soul. It's a place where pioneers rewrite their future, or end their days…for better or worse. In the spirit of Bret Maverick, Cat Ballou, Kwai Chang Caine, and James West, The Weird Wild West blends western grit with the magical and mysterious unknown that waits beyond the next horizon.

With thrilling stories by Jonathan Maberry, Gail Z. Martin and Larry N. Martin, John G. Hartness, RS Belcher, Diana Pharaoh Francis, Misty Massey, James R. Tuck, Robert E. Waters, David Sherman, Tonia Brown, Liz Colter, Scott Hungerford, Frances Rowat, Ken Schrader, Bryan C.P. Steele, Wendy N. Wagner, and a bonus story by New York Times bestselling-author Faith Hunter, you've hit the Mother Lode!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942990017
Publisher:	eSpec Books
Publication date:	12/25/2015
Series:	Weird and Wild Series , #1
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

NYT Bestselling author Faith Hunter writes: the multi-book, dark urban fantasy Skinwalker series, featuring Jane Yellowrock; the Rogue Mage novels, a dark, urban fantasy / post-apocalyptic series and role playing game featuring Thorn St. Croix; and the Soulwood Trilogy featuring Nell Nicholson Ingram, a spin-off character of the Jane Yellowrock / Skinwalker series.

Jonathan Maberry is a NY Times bestselling author, four-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and comic book writer. He writes horror, thrillers, mystery, fantasy, science fiction and suspense for adults and teens. His novels include Predator One, Code Zero, Rot & Ruin, Fall of Night, Ghost Road Blues, Patient Zero, and many others. Several of Jonathan's novels are in development for movies or TV including V-Wars, Extinction Machine, Rot & Ruin, and Dead of Night. He's the editor/co-author of V‐Wars, a vampire‐themed anthology; and is editor for a series of all-original X-FILES anthologies, the YA anthology Scary Out There, and the dark fantasy anthology Out of Tune. His V-Wars books have been developed as a board game. He is a popular featured expert on History Channel shows like Zombies: A Living History and Monsters, Myth and Legend. Since 1978 he's sold more than 1200 magazine feature articles, 3000 columns, two plays, greeting cards, song lyrics, and poetry. His comics include V-Wars, Rot & Ruin, Captain America: Hail Hydra, Bad Blood, Marvel Zombies Return and Marvel Universe VS The Avenger. He lives in Del Mar, California with his wife, Sara Jo and their dog, Rosie. www.jonathanmaberry.com.

Gail Z. Martin is the author of the upcoming novel Vendetta: A Deadly Curiosities Novel in her urban fantasy series set in Charleston, SC (Dec. 2015, Solaris Books) as well as the epic fantasy novel Shadow and Flame (March, 2016 Orbit Books) which is the fourth and final book in the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga. The Shadowed Path, an anthology of Jonmarc Vahanian short stories set in the world of The Summoner, debuts from Solaris Books in June, 2016.
Other books including Iron & Blood: The Jake Desmet Adventures a new Steampunk series (Solaris Books) co-authored with Larry N. Martin as well as Ice Forged, Reign of Ash and War of Shadows in The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, The Chronicles of The Necromancer series (The Summoner, The Blood King, Dark Haven, Dark Lady's Chosen) from Solaris Books and The Fallen Kings Cycle (The Sworn, The Dread) from Orbit Books and the urban fantasy novel Deadly Curiosities from Solaris Books.
Gail writes four series of ebook short stories: The Jonmarc Vahanian Adventures, The Deadly Curiosities Adventures, The King's Convicts series, and together with Larry N. Martin, The Storm and Fury Adventures. Her work has appeared in over 20 US/UK anthologies. Newest anthologies include: The Big Bad 2, Athena's Daughters, Realms of Imagination, Heroes, With Great Power, and (co-authored with Larry N. Martin) Space, Contact Light, The Weird Wild West, The Side of Good/The Side of Evil, Alien Artifacts, Clockwork Universe: Steampunk vs. Aliens.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Abishag Mary by Frances Rowat 1
Blood Tellings by Wendy N. Wagner 11
Ruin Creek by Gail Z. Martin and Larry N. Martin 27
Via Con Diablo by Bryan C.P. Steele 57
Rattler by R.S. Belcher 65
Rocky Rolls Gold by David Sherman 89
Son of the Devil by Jonathan Maberry 107
Mungo Snead's Last Stand by Robert E. Waters 129
Frank and Earnest by Tonia Brown 147
From Parts Unknown by James R. Tuck 167
Sundown by Liz Colter 187
Fifteen Seconds by Scott Hungerford 199
Redemption Song by John G. Hartness 219
Grasping Rainbows by Diana Pharaoh Francis 233
The Faery Wrangler by Misty Massey 251
Haven by Ken Schrader 263
Eighteen Sixty by Faith Hunter 285
About the Authors 291
The Weird Wild West Stakeholders 299

Editorial Reviews

"[In The Weird Wild West] eSpec Books has pulled together a fine collection of tales with just enough weirdness, fandom is bound to enjoy every page." Ricky L. Brown, Amazing Stories
"I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in trying the genre. It's the perfect anthology to get your feet wet with." - Word Gurgle.com
"[The Weird Wild West] takes the grit and glory that epitomizes the old west and gives it many delightful speculative spins." Danielle Ackley-McPhail, award-winning author

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