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It all started one blizzardy Kansas night when a half frozen Indian staggers into Somerville and dies right there on the floor of Wilson’s Barbershop…but not before telling a crazy story and showing a lump of gold that looks strangely like a golden buffalo patty. Immediately, the story spreads about a Midas buffalo that…ahem…poops golden chips. The normally rational townsfolk become crazed with gold fever and set off en masse to capture this magical beast, but a few folks aren’t so sure. L...

Cripple Creek, Colorado is the most infamous sinkhole of vice and violence in the Rockies. The town’s steamy bordello row and gambling halls beckon to Brad Medford who is set on tasting all the pleasures a young man can find. He sets out across the long miles to reach Cripple Creek and prove himself a man, but misfortune takes a hand when Brad’s path crosses that of a renowned gunfighter. It turns out Brad’s first meal in Cripple Creek may be his last. Learning of his brother’s plans Brad’...

When Ornax Milwok decided he wanted an adventure, he set his sights on the most unlikely place to have it in. Earth! Not only does Earth lie clear across the galaxy, the whole planet has been strictly off limits for at least the last two hundred years! But for young Ornax, getting there was simply a challenge to overcome; a challenge he finds the solution to in a chance meeting with an intergalactic trader named Captain Goldtooth. Alas, the friendly captain of the space schooner, Forbidden...

Andoreana Dean was the only survivor of a blaze that destroyed her home while her father was away. Now Franklin Dean is searching for his daughter with a U.S. Marshal. Dean and the lawman know that Andy has been picked up by the notorious Neville Hallidae gang. But what the manhunters don’t know is how the presence of little Andy Dean is changing each one of the hard-bitten bank-robbers, and setting off a struggle among them. Now, as the law closes in on two sides, Andy is caught in betwee...

Harrison Mandell had come to the Arizona outpost of Yuma, on the bug infested banks of the Colorado, to find out who was stealing money from an upriver mining company called Mina del Agua Mala. But from the moment a saloon girl came running naked into the dusty street, and a love-crazed Indian was driven off with a shotgun, Mandell knew this wasn’t going to be an ordinary case. Between him and the mine was a hard, muddy stretch of the swirling Colorado and a boat ride on the leaky Bad Wate...

Jack MacLaren and his partner, Charlie Longbough set out from the Rocky Mountains, bound for New Orleans, with a season's worth of beaver pelts and high expectations of the wealth they will bring. But, unbeknownst to them, a war is brewing with England...

Barrister McClain has sworn to avenge his brother's death, and that means nailing the hide of Able Gate to the barn wall. But gunfighter and secret Cavalry agent Gate is laying low up Montana way. Gate is hiding with an assumed name as artist Abernathy T.

Jeffrey enjoys guiding off-worlders on safari, and generally looks forward to spending downtime either at the Safari Club bar, or camping with his daughter. Until the day dragons attack his mistrigger in legal hunting territory! Suddenly Magistrate Stemoplisen threatens to confiscate his outfitter’s license.

The untamed frontier was filled with dangers of all kinds both natural and man-made dangers that only the bravest could survive. And so far Kit Carson had survived them all. But when he set out north along the Missouri River he had no idea what lay ahead. He couldn’t know that the Blackfeet were out to turn the river red with blood. And when he hitched a ride on a riverboat, he couldn’t know that keelboat pirates were waiting just around the bend!

TRAPPER’S TREASURE! The high point of any trapper’s year was the summer rendezvous, the annual gathering where mountain men from all over the frontier met to trade the pelts they had risked their lives for. But for Kit Carson, the real danger lay in getting to the rendezvous. He was leading a party of trappers, all of them weighted down with a year’s worth of furs. That was enough to make them a tempting target for any killer on the trail especially when the trail led through Blackfoot ter...

Beaumont and new partner Sue Danielson investigate a woman's death by fire. How are ancient Indian bones connected to the case?

Jacob Kellogg is just looking for a meal and a place to sleep when he arrives in Calico Lace, Colorado. But what greets him as he rides down the street are townsfolk who stare at him with open hostility. Getting a drink from the saloon is as pleasurable as pulling teeth. Then when the “welcome wagon” appears in force, Kellogg soon realizes he picked the wrong town to pass through. He chose the wrong place at the wrong time. It seems he bears an unfortunate and strong resemblance to a hell-...