“The Gift of Cochise” by Louis L’Amour. “The Gift of Cochise,” copyright first appeared in Collier’s, July 5, 1952. Copyright © 1952 by the Cromwell-Collier Publishing Company. From War Party by Louis L’Amour. Used by permission of Bantam Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
“The Tin Star” by John Cunningham. Copyright © 1947, 1975 by John Cunningham. Reprinted by permission of Knox Burger Associates.
“Killers’ Country” by Dan Cushman. Copyright © 1950 by Popular Publications, Inc. Copyright © renewed 1978 by Dan Cushman. Reprinted by arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency. All rights reserved.
“The Lamb of the Flying U” by B. M. Bower. Copyright © 1940 by Little, Brown & Company. Copyright © renewed 1968 by Dele Newman Doke. Reprinted by arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency. All rights reserved.
“Gun Job” by Thomas Thompson. From Moment of Glory by Thomas Thompson. Doubleday and Company, Inc. Copyright © 1961 by Thomas Thompson. Copyright © renewed 1989 by Thomas Thompson. Reprinted by permission of Brandt & Brandt Literary Agents, Inc.
“The Burial of Letty Strayhorn” by Elmer Kelton. Copyright © 1994 by Elmer Kelton. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Hell on the Draw” by Loren D. Estleman. Copyright © 1989 by Loren D. Estleman. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Attack on the Mountain” by Glendon Swarthout. Copyright © 1954, renewed 1982 by Glendon Swarthout. Reprinted by permission of the William Morris Agency, Inc., on behalf of the author.
“Fear” by Bill Pronzini. Copyright © 1995 by the Pronzini-Muller Family Trust. First published in Louis L’Amour Western Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Geranium House” by Peggy Simson Curry, copyright © 1959 by Peggy Simpson Curry. Reprinted by permission of the Executor of the Author’s Estate, William S. Curry.
“Top Hand” by Luke Short. Copyright © 1943 by Curtis Publishing Company. First appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. Reprinted by arrangement with Kate Hirson.
“Sergeant Houck” by Jack Schaefer. Copyright © 1951 by Jack Schaefer; renewed 1979. Reprinted by permission of Harold Matson Co. Inc. for the Estate of Jack Schaefer.
“Manitow and Ironhand” by John Jakes. Copyright © 1994 by John Jakes. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Killing at Triple Tree” by Evan Hunter. Copyright © 1953 by Flying Eagle Publications. Copyright © 1981 renewed by Evan Hunter. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Sweet Cactus Wine” by Marcia Muller. Copyright © 1982 by the Pronzini-Muller Family Trust. First published in The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Peace Officer” by Brian Garfield. Copyright © 1967, 1995 by Brian Garfield. First published in Iron Men and Silver Stars. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Wolf Moon” by Edward Gorman. Copyright © 1993 by Edward Gorman. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Gamblin’ Man” by Dwight Swain. Copyright © 1947 by Popular Publications, Inc. First published in Dime Western under the title “Sentimental Gentleman of Death.” Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Candles in the Bottom of the Pool” by Max Evans. Copyright © 1973 by Max Evans. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent, Nat Sobel.
“Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox. Copyright © 1937 by Crowell Collier Publishing Corporation. Copyright © renewed 1964 by Jill Marie Haycox. Reprinted by arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency. All rights reserved.
“King of the Buckskin Breed” by Les Savage, Jr. Copyright © 1951 by Popular Publications, Inc. Copyright © renewed 1979 by Marian R. Savage. Reprinted by arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency. All rights reserved.
“Burn Him Out” by Frank Bonham. Copyright © 1949 by Popular Publications, Inc. Copyright © renewed 1977 by Frank Bonham. Reprinted by arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency. All rights reserved.
“The Shaming of Broken Horn” by Bill Gulick. Copyright © 1960 by Curtis Publications, Co. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Guns of William Longley” by Donald Hamilton. From “Iron Men and Silver Stars” by Donald Hamilton, Fawcett Publications, Copyright © 1967 by Donald Hamilton. Reprinted by permission of Brandt & Brandt Literary Agents, Inc.
“Wine on the Desert” by Max Brand. Copyright © 1936 by United Newspapers Magazine Corporation. Copyright © renewed 1951 by Jane Faust Easton, John Frederick Faust, Judith Faust. Reprinted by arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency. All rights reserved.
“Tappan’s Burro” by Zane Grey. Copyright © 1923 by Zane Grey. Copyright © renewed 1951 by Zane Grey, Inc. Reprinted by arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency. All rights reserved.