Tag: weird western
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An explosive (and stinky) new weird western
— I just wrote and submitted a short story for a new weird western anthology. In “A Taste of Purgatory,” a defrocked preacher faces his own damnation when a gateway to Hell, or possibly a geological event, opens and erupts beneath him. This one was a blast to write and includes an exploding outhouse, followed…
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A new weird western with some kick!
The Odd Fellow’s Champion When a clever clairvoyant and the ghost of a murdered Indian girl ask a wandering warrior priest and his remarkable mule for help with a burial, resistance from the locals threatens to make them all permanent residents of the cemetery in 1880 Santa Cruz. “The Odd Fellow’s Champion” is a standalone…
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A snappy new Weird Western
Attack of the Lightning Bugs A Weird Western Tale of Dry Gulch When stinging, sparking gnats swarm a crowded saloon, the citizens of Dry Gulch must find a way to squash the threat before it grows into a full-blown conflagration. This fast and funny weird western story features a town and stock characters originally created…
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A brawling Jesuit, a crusty seaman, and a skinless selkie walk onto a pier…
Here’s a new short story. It’s part of the slowly expanding “Holy Heretics” series I’m developing. A Jesuit priest fights a crusty seaman on a Monterey, California pier in 1876, going overboard to return a priceless sea lion pelt to its rightful owner. But when Father Julian plunges into the briny deep, who will save…
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Gold Faever, a Weird Western short story, now available
Gold Faever READ FREE on Kindle Unlimited Dandy Danny Sheehan is raking in a fortune, thanks to his Pot o’ Gold Saloon in the remote California Gold Rush town of Downieville. But when feisty Sister Bedelia steps through his batwing doors to take up a collection for an orphanage, it will take more than the…
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‘Chupacabrón: A Weird Tale of the California Missions’ is now available
Chupacabrón A Weird Tale of the California Missions A warrior monk with a mechanical hand hunts a shape-shifting, blood-sucking creature that has been slaughtering goats at San Antonio de Padua Mission. This is part of the Weird Tales of the California Missions series, featuring the exploits of Teutonic Knight Otto Eisenschaf, “peculiar intercessor” for Father…
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Fiction Update: Weird Western series in the works
I’m currently developing a series of short stories in the Weird Western genre. The tales will take place around 1780, during the California Mission period, and involve cryptozoological (creature of the week) storylines. My hero is Otto Eisenschaf, a Hessian mercenary who lost his left hand and part of his arm in the first battle…