WesternDescribed by Bill Pronzini as a poet of the Western shadowland, DeRossos characters are usually gunslicks, bounty hunters, drifters, hard-scrabble ranchers, and outlaws who are lonely and disillusioned neither all good nor all bad. In The Boun...
When Driscoll is imprisoned for rustling, his fellow inmate divulges that he had robbed a bank and hidden the money but neglects to tell Driscoll where the money is before he is hanged, and the local townsfolk believe that Driscoll knows where the mo...
The collection opens with "Killer", the story of a retired sheriff and the code of honour that drives him into a showdown with an escaped convict. Festering hatred is "The Ways Of Vengeance" when things take an unusual turn thanks to an old man and a...
Quinton, a drifter, stands idly buy as a posse wreaks havoc throughout the region. No one is safe - not even cattle - as the gang rides through the hills with a murderous intent. However, when the posse points its guns at Quinton, the range explodes ...
When Sheppard saw Blackwell and the gun in his hand, the boy's face turned white. He swallowed with difficulty and began to tremble. Where are you heading, kid? Blackwell asked. Nowhere in particular. I'm just running...running away from you. Are you...
“I’ve seen the color of your guts.…”
“You squeal like a pig.”
Two hot-blooded cowboys try to steal a fortune in Mexican gold -- during a revolution! If they're not shot by rebels, they'll be tortured by soldiers -- unless th...
After serving time, Steve Britton swore he would never again unholster his pistol. Instead, he gathered some partners and settled down on a horse ranch. However, when the Chain Link posse steals his woman and destroys his ranch, Steve Britton has no ...