This is the first book in a series celebrating the Western novella, a popular genre form. "Riders of the Storm" by Robert J. Horton tells of the encounter between an outlaw and a local constable in an electrical storm on the Montana-Canada border. Walt Coburn's "The Texas Hellion" finds a lawman posing as a wanted man in order to track down the man who framed him, forcing him to serve several years in Yuma Prison. Cherry Wilson's stories have been compared to Max Brand at his best. "The Cayuse" is the story of Jase Kress and his love for Firefly, a horse he has raised from a colt.
8 For me this was possibly the best introduction to cowboy stories which is a genre that I haven’t read before. Really good storytelling with a strong sense of honour. I will definitely be looking out for more anthologies of this sort. ”Still listening, both stood rigidly. “