Slanted Colt — Dan Parkinson

There was death in the air and blood in the sand when the eastbound stage on the Santa Fe Trail was attacked by outlaws. Old man Blake saw it happen and he couldn't stand idly by. Hell, he was always ready to look death in the face and spit in its eye. The last thing he ever expected, though, was that death would spit right back!

A tall, mysterious stranger named Kichener gave young Benjamin Franklin Burke a gift. It was a gun, a Colt pistol, that had belonged to Ben's father. And when a cold-blooded killer vowed to put Ben six feet under, it was a sure thing that Ben would have to learn to use that gun -- or die!