TRAILS WEST...an Anthology of Western Lore invites the reader to share six short stories that embrace six different situations in the old west. NO TOMORROW by Herb Marlow is the story of the plight and rewards one cattle boss finds as he lives his dream on the western frontier. Marlow is the author of over 30 books and essays, including his recently published Cowboy Riches. THE FAMILY MAN by new author Hamilton Haley is a tale of a good man who is one of the first immigrants to the Oregon Country. It relates the way he assists three different families to a better life in Oregon's Willamette...

Christmas is a joyous season, and has been so for millions of people over the centuries. The concept of Christmas in the Old West has inspired six creative authors to combine their talents to create a moral, uplifting series of tales from that era.

Contributions include the following stories that youll find worth reading over and over again.

A CHRISTMAS STORM by Jim Kennison -

A LIFE CHANGED by Dave P. Fisher -

CHRISTMAS ON THE CONCHO by Dr. Herb Marlow -

BIG BEARS CHRISTMAS by Johnny Gunn -

AN ANGEL FOR CHRISTMAS by Hamilton Haley -

THE CHRISTMAS TREE by Liz Compton.

All six...

A year after Charles Sampson headed for prison contention against Brian Richards begins to surface among a cluster of small ranchers. Accusations that Richards had stolen Sampson's property, and harbors a secret plan to take over the entire range, are voiced. When the talk turns to threats of burning Richards out is when Devon Macleod steps in to back his friend. Driven by a dark secret from the past outlaw Harper Sloan shows up in Drewsey with his gang to further agitate the ranchers into taking action against Richards. What shadowy purpose lay behind Sloan's actions is a mystery to them...

COLD BLOWS THE TUNDRA WIND - A contemporary crime story set against the backdrop of the Alaska wilderness in the tradition of Jack London and James Oliver Curwood. Just as hunting season is about to start, Master Guide John Forester goes up against outlaw guide and poacher Dirk Benedict, and an Alaskan Wildlife Trooper on the take only to find himself behind bars when they set him up. With Forester out of the way and the trooper in his pocket, Benedict has free run to conduct his business while John's wife and 18-year-old son Lee face financial ruin and fears for John's long-term...

A strong-arm mining company, a boy running from killers, and an attempted kidnapping of his daughter brings Jason Donnelly out from under his Alaska cover to fight the crime family who thought they'd killed him twelve years before in CODE OF THE BUSH. Jason Donnelly thought he was a high level body guard for VIP's until he found out the people he worked for and guarded were the leaders of the Clemente crime family. Once in, you didn't get out. Determined to break away he is betrayed by his brother, resulting in his wife's death from the car bomb meant for him. Taking his four-year-old...

A Northwest Suspense Collection novel - The close knit community of Cougar Bend lay quiet on Idaho's Clearwater River. Eighteen-year-old Ty Kavanagh, fights an inner battle of guilt and self-blame for an accidental death he had no control over. Jep, 19, whose family are the despised corrupt Shuler clan long standing enemies of the Kavanaghs, struggles to break free of the family mold and lift himself up to respectability. Then the murder of a young woman traveling through the area lands squarely on his doorstep. Le Tueur - The Killer. A rogue big game and horse killing cougar turned...

Nineteen-year-old Dane Chandler rode away from his father's grave with one intention - to kill the man who had murdered him over a maverick yearling. As he left behind his home, his place on the Branson Ranch and, most importantly, the girl he had planned to marry, his father's best friend left him with a prophecy and a light, 'The time will come when you will see the error of this decision. You will be lost in an endless night, but dusk comes before the night, Dane remember that. Before the night, when dusk falls, remember the way home.' The next two years found Dane living the life of a...

Courage, integrity, and honor were highly respected traits among the men and women who built lives in the early days of the American West, but were they ever subject to indecision, doubts, worries, loss, guilt, and even fear? Yes, after all these were real people with all the same emotions we deal with today. Yet they prevailed, making the right decisions, quelling the doubts, and overcoming their fears. Among the 17 stories in this collection you will meet people like Cooper Thompson who can no longer run from his family in "He's My Brother," and Cassie Dahlman who sets out to defend her...