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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.

Top 10 Most Popular stories in this genre EVER!

The Desperado (2594), Wild Hearts - Gunsmoke (2422), Law Of The Rope (2060), A Fortuitous Meeting (2054), Texas Horse Trade (2044), Miss Cooper, Sheriff Pt. 1 (1990), Incident in Kansas (1949), The stagecoach stop at Daniel’s Well (1904), The Black Cactus (1862), The Henry Rifle (1714),

A Quitting Gunfighter/Rancher Considers Growing Vegetables, by KiwiMuser, Length in chars; 10,280
Date added: 2013-03-30 Total reads: 275

After a family tragedy, a former gunfighter and rancher now looks at doing something else.

Gunslinger Dutchman, by MacShayne, Length in chars; 19,470
Date added: 2013-03-23 Total reads: 281

okay, but Im not going to say sorry... [[The protagonist leaves her room with a smile while she stays a bit sleepy behind, until she heard two gunshots]]

... high noon..., by authorpeterhunter, Length in chars; 1,617
Date added: 2012-12-22 Total reads: 732

... x-draw...

GROWN FAST AND HARD, by jacalore, Length in chars; 33,645
Date added: 2012-08-31 Total reads: 1591

Life takes twists and turns. Each morning can take you somewhere new. Sometimes, though, you'd rather not go there.

Shakespeare's First Sonnet, by Rico.Viejo, Length in chars; 18,266
Date added: 2012-03-30 Total reads: 797

A baby ranch.

Miss Cooper, Sheriff Pt. 2, by KiwiDreamer, Length in chars; 28,625
Date added: 2012-03-14 Total reads: 1311

A couple of big shoot-outs add variety to Sheriff Brown's life and there's a silver heist the day Molly leaves town for good. What's going on here?

Miss Cooper, Sheriff Pt. 1, by KiwiDreamer, Length in chars; 28,922
Date added: 2012-03-13 Total reads: 1990

Dressed in black came a pretty female gunslinger, the new sheriff, who cleaned up Larkspur and she left town a much happier woman.

A Fortuitous Meeting, by connormckenzie1, Length in chars; 43,363
Date added: 2012-02-19 Total reads: 2054

"Nathan heard the whine and felt the swift breath of air as a bullet whistled close to his ear. He took careful aim at the lead rider whose red neck scarf streamed like blood in the wind." From 'Tribute to a Legend' by Connor McKenzie.

The Wild East, by scribblechap, Length in chars; 7,660
Date added: 2011-08-06 Total reads: 1484

A Western in Russia

Incident in Kansas, by Pharaoh, Length in chars; 21,073
Date added: 2010-11-23 Total reads: 1949

True Story...or Urban Legend?

The Vacationers - Chapter 4, by Exnavy1976, Length in chars; 30,084
Date added: 2010-11-19 Total reads: 1158

Wagon Train story, Gold RushFebruary 23, 1849 Dominici Farm We were woken this morning by the pleasant sound of the roosters the Stephans had on their farm. Before papa had a chance to build a fire for our morning coffee, William Dominici came to our camp and surprised us with the announcement th

The Vacationers - Chapter 3, by Exnavy1976, Length in chars; 29,695
Date added: 2010-11-16 Total reads: 866

Wagon Train story, Gold Rush

The Vacationers - Chapter 2, by Exnavy1976, Length in chars; 34,492
Date added: 2010-11-13 Total reads: 1216

Wagon Train story, Gold Rush

The Vacationers - Chapter 1, by Exnavy1976, Length in chars; 27,007
Date added: 2010-11-11 Total reads: 1330

Wagon Train story, Gold Rush

Wild Hearts - Gunsmoke, by hgordon100, Length in chars; 36,896
Date added: 2009-04-19 Total reads: 2422

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

Law Of The Rope, by hgordon100, Length in chars; 29,890
Date added: 2009-01-11 Total reads: 2060

New York New York, by LilEmz, Length in chars; 13,319
Date added: 2009-01-04 Total reads: 1074

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; 24,730
Date added: 2009-01-04 Total reads: 1714

The price for what a father teaches a son.

Texas Horse Trade, by papa welton, Length in chars; 11,922
Date added: 2008-08-24 Total reads: 2044

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

The Black Cactus, by JimRooke, Length in chars; 24,553
Date added: 2008-06-30 Total reads: 1862

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: 1671

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; 6,957
Date added: 2008-03-11 Total reads: 1904

The Desperado, by JamesMcCann, Length in chars; 2,461
Date added: 2008-03-02 Total reads: 2594

Confessions of a hitman

The quiet ones, by JOHN-WHITEHOUSE, Length in chars; 9,953
Date added: 2008-02-24 Total reads: 1629

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

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