The West was never just wild—it was cursed.In the dust-choked crossroads of pulp grit and supernatural dread, seven tales ride hard into the heart of the Weird West. Inside this anthology, silver bullets don’t always save you, and salvation is just another gamble in a rigged deck.From cursed elixirs and demonic cults to jackalope riders, mutant lawmen, and undead steamboat soldiers, Gunsmoke & Hexes delivers a shotgun blast of horror, heroism, and frontier ...

How do you stop monsters from arriving in the mail? Rilla Harmony Earth is already an easy target because of her name and her mom's unconventional philosophies. Now a seven-year-old Botswanan monster named Icicle has appeared in her mailbox, and someone has signed her up to receive a new monster on the first of every month! Rilla wonders who is behind her gift membership to this strange club. Could it be Joshua Bates, her one true love, or even her father, whose whereabouts are unknown? Wh...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art.Our December 2020 issue (#171) contains:Original fiction by Fiona Moore ("The Island of Misfit Toys"), Lisa Nohealani Morton ("Things That Happen When You Date Your Ex''s Accidentally Restored Backup From Before The Divorce"), Michael Swanwick ("The Last Days of Old Night"), Robert Reed ("Conversations in t...

Songs and sunshine with memories and trappers in this edition of Them Days, capturing historical stories throughout the Big Land.

**A kill-crazy butcher is loose in the Arizona territory and only one man is bold enough to end the mayhem . . .Johnstone Country. The Killing Starts Now.**Luke Jensen joins a posse of misfits and greenhorns on a murderous manhunt that’s doomed from the start—and there’s no turning back . . .THE BULLET STOPS HERESomeone is terrorizing the Arizona border. Burning down ranches. Butchering travelers. Blazing a trail of bloodthi...

When does being a Guardian of Minecraft become too much?The Stone Marshall Studio is developing a new series: Legends & Heroes. Created by Stone Marshall, the author of the popular Flynn’s Log series.A hybrid of comic-book style illustrations and short stories. Each issue is fun, challenging, and engaging.These interrelated stories follow a series of characters on a journey through life in Minecraft. Relatable characters, thrilling action, and color...

Darweena must choose to fight for the Forest Folk in an epic battle against the beasts. Will she choose love over her home? A short story of 3700 words.

In the aftermath of the events surrounding the Ravenstone, the tracker named Hawkwing and the former bandit known as the White Demon try to evade a clandestine organization known as the Seroko.**The Hawk's Shadow is a short story**

The infamous bounty hunter Iron Eyes was hunting the six ruthless members of the Black Benny Cole gang. The trail led him into a nameless desert, but the perilous pursuit did not deter him. He wanted them dead so he could reap the reward money, and kept on riding. The dangerous journey took him from civilization into a place where even the Devil himself would have sooner shunned.But still Iron Eyes continued to follow.

Raised in a Chicago foundling home, Jubal Cade went to England to learn medicine and returned to his native land with a wife and a dream.But a cruel world sets little store by dreams and as Jubal moved westwards he found himself on a killing trail. Violence stalked him every foot of the way and sudden death lurked close to every campsite. The harsh reality of flying fists and whining bullets shattered the dream and Jubal was forced to acknowledge the truth about himself.With ...

ABOUT THE SERIES:Long ago, to win a war, humans Cursed the Aelfae, fairest and wisest of the faeries… But all magic has a price. The same Curse that destroyed the Aelfae now threatens all of Faearth. One young woman and the warrior she loves must fight the Curse to prove which is stronger…love or death.DINDI desperate longs to become a Tavaedi, a magic dancer. But no one in her clan has ever passed the Test at Initiation. To violate the taboo, and dance without permission, ...

Falsely accused of killing the son of wealthy rancher, the half-breed Azul, had set out across the sun-scorched prairie of West Texas with one aim: to hunt the real killers down and bring back; proof of their death.But what Breed didn't know was that his outlaw quarry were also being hunted by a blood-crazed Comanche shaman thirsting to avenge his father's murder, and that by robbing the shaman of his grisly prize he would commit a terrible crime against Indian justice - a crime th...