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Stone, "Bone Thief": cool story, dark, dangerous, mysterious and thrilling. Good character and some real well done ambiance creation. Great climax. Actually didn't need the last sentence as the 2nd to last made a perfect denouement but it still works just fine. Great closer.

Calderon, "The Sharpshooter's Curse": 1st person again but also done well. Lots more action and talkin'. Good bloody story.

Bickley, "Reg Comey's Discovery": creepy tale, 1st person POV done well. Not terribly exciting but serviceable.

Nicoll, "Webbed Wings over the Rio Quinto": The first 'just a story' of the anthology. Not bad and described well but no real action.

Linton, "The Hard Road Home": pretty dang good believable storytelling. Mysterious and dangerous, and I was right there for all of it.

Wood, "And the Sky with No Clouds": another well-written Western with true to life characters and a pretty diabolical Wyrd indeed. Good story with a sort of too-easy solution, yet still enjoyable.

Wheeler, "Moonlight Fandango": spectacularly fun story! Felt like the True West while also entertaining with a great magical duo. All the characters were well-written and I'd read of all of them again. Great story continuing the great opening to this antho.

Pilgrim, "Burnt Ends": okay first contact type story realistically told from POV of someone who truly wouldn't have a clue what was happening. Also - great Western author last name.

Tarbell, "A Land of Iron and Steel": pretty dang good opener after I figured out what the heck was going on. Action was fine, it was getting oriented (heh!) what took a bit. Great hero actually and a good plot.