List of short stories in the Western category at short fiction - back to our genre list

List of short stories by our resident authors within the Western genre. Please do leave comments for the writers! Or how about chatting about the stories in the forum?

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States (known as the American Old West or Wild West), but also in Western Canada and Mexico. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 but most are set in the aftermath of the American Civil War and before the end of the Indian Wars at Wounded Knee in 1890, though there are several "late Westerns" (e.g., The Wild Bunch) and some are set as late as the Mexican Revolution in 1920.

DANCE OF DEATH, by surit87, Length in chars; 17,273
Date added: 2010-01-29 Total reads: 399

Brendan Hawke has a deathwish, but one woman stands in his way... and shows him life

Wild Hearts - Gunsmoke, by hgordon100, Length in chars; 36,896
Date added: 2009-04-19 Total reads: 598

The noise that came from the Long Branch flooded the moonlit street of Dodge City

Law Of The Rope, by hgordon100, Length in chars; 30,068
Date added: 2009-01-11 Total reads: 729

New York New York, by LilEmz, Length in chars; 13,529
Date added: 2009-01-04 Total reads: 396

About a family that split up, and the ex husband finds he is dying so tries to make amends

The Henry Rifle, by jaylevon, Length in chars; 24,916
Date added: 2009-01-04 Total reads: 448

The price for what a father teaches a son.

Texas Horse Trade, by papa welton, Length in chars; 12,134
Date added: 2008-08-24 Total reads: 843

A story of how my step father traded horses in the early 1900s

The Black Cactus, by JimRooke, Length in chars; 25,569
Date added: 2008-06-30 Total reads: 645

When a dame becomes sheriff the local baddies think that the town has gone soft and will be a pushover for their villany. But is she tougher than they think?

In the Heat of a Mid-Dawn, by JamesCGrantinberg, Length in chars; 1,554
Date added: 2008-04-20 Total reads: 744

The sheriff waits as the mob of men and women want justice, (short excerpt)

The stagecoach stop at Daniel’s Well, by jmemcse, Length in chars; 7,185
Date added: 2008-03-11 Total reads: 769

The Desperado, by JamesMcCann, Length in chars; 2,461
Date added: 2008-03-02 Total reads: 944

Confessions of a hitman

The quiet ones, by JOHN-WHITEHOUSE, Length in chars; 10,267
Date added: 2008-02-24 Total reads: 768

Will Pickett can't face killing himself - but he knows someone who will do the job for him

** **

Thanks to the writers who have registered and submitted all the above short stories.