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Western Short Stories [v11 #2, December 1955] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) assoc. ed. Arthur Lane. Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 4 · A Couple of Varmints · Giff Cheshire · ss 11 · Fair Trial · W. H. Earley · vi 14 · Saddlepards · John Lumsden · ss 20 · Girl for a Gunhawk · Kenneth L. Sinclair · ss 30 · The Twelve Years of Hard Luck Hadley · L. L. James · ss 36 · Track of the Lobo · Archie Joscelyn · vi 39 · The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James · D. Aydelotte · vi 42 · The Marshal Makes Up His Mind · Steve Frazee · ss 51 · Revenge · William Ransom · vi 55 · The Final Gun · James Clyde Harper · ss 61 · Colt-Chore for a Coward · Rod Patterson · ss Complete Western Book Magazine December 1941 69 · Behind Sixguns · Norman A. Fox · ss 1943 77 · Spawn of the Wild Herd Trails · L. P. Holmes · ss Western Short Stories September 1940 86 · Written in Lead · D. B. Newton · ss Western Short Stories May 1943 94 · Death Cuts Sign on a Killer · Gunnison Steele · ss 1941

Western Short Stories [v11 #3, March 1956] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) assoc. ed. Arthur Lane. Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · The Long Wait · S. Omar Barker · ss 13 · Shotgun Wedding · Archie Joscelyn · ss 19 · A Good Day’s Work · W. R. Matthews · ss 25 · Dirty Deal · John Lumsden · ss 31 · Pink-Eye Bets the Whole Works · William C. Derry · ss; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund 37 · “Two-Gun Slade” They Called Him · Joe Heflin Smith · ss 41 · Lucky Outlaw · Pete Curtis · ss 44 · The Border Shift · Russell W. Lake · ss; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund 50 · Evening in Deadwood · Giff Cheshire · ss 57 · The Quality of Mercy · Johnny Lawson · ss 59 · Draw and Eat Dust! · Norman A. Fox · ss Western Short Stories September 1940 66 · Powdersmoke Parole · Rod Patterson · ss Western Short Stories October 1941 74 · Be Fast, Battle-Cub, or Hire Boothill! · D. B. Newton · ss Western Short Stories February 1942 83 · Hellion, Fan That Hammer! · Peter Dawson · ss Best Western Magazine February 1940 93 · King of the Corral · L. L. Foreman · ss Best Western Magazine October 1939; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund

Western Short Stories [v11 #4, June 1956] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp) assoc. ed. Arthur Lane. Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 5 · Ever Rig (Or Gig) a Horse? · S. Omar Barker · ar 6 · All the Kid Saw Was the Girl · Ray Gaulden · ss 14 · No Whining, No Weapons · W. K. Putney · vi 15 · Big Talk · Norman A. Daniels · ss 24 · Horseface’s Boy Bud · W. J. Reynolds · ss 32 · I, Badman · Teddy Keller · ss 41 · Speak of the Devil · John Lumsden · ss 47 · Easy Money in the Old West · Dean W. Ballenger · vi 50 · Case of the Cagey Cowboy · Ray G. Ellis · ss 58 · Kill a Snake Twice · Ellis Sloan · ss 62 · My Gun Is My Calling Card · Peter Dawson · ss Western Short Stories August 1939 70 · Sixshooters Wait at Santa Fe! · Wayne D. Overholser · ss 1949 77 · Cowboy, You’re Going to Die! · D. B. Newton · ss Western Short Stories October 1939 82 · Rope for a Rebel · W. H. B. Kent · ss 1939 89 · Helltown Hard Bargain · Ray Townsend · ss Western Short Stories March 1950

Western Short Stories [v11 #5, September 1956] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by M. Engel) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 5 · Before Beef · S. Omar Barker · ar 6 · Big Windy · Stephen Payne · ss 14 · A Very Large Evening · Adolph Bennauer · ss 22 · Wild but No Coward · Will C. Brown · ss 27 · One Last Time · Warren Kuhn · ss 35 · His Friend, the Killer · Carl Mincemoyer · ss 41 · Old Scout · Le Roy Boyd · ss 43 · When Outlaws Invaded Texas · Noel M. Loomis · ar 46 · “Can I Help You, Ma’am?” · George Elmo · ss 54 · Those They Out-Drew · Jim Brewer · ss 57 · Dead-or-Alive Means Draw and Deliver! · D. B. Newton · ss Complete Western Book Magazine March 1941 61 · The Tough Kid Who Turned Coward · John Callahan · ss Western Short Stories June 1949 69 · The Landgrabbers · Ray Townsend · ss Western Short Stories November 1949 78 · Passport to Perdition · Rolland Lynch · ss Western Short Stories August 1939 85 · Drygulchers Die in the Dust · Wayne D. Overholser · nv Complete Western Book Magazine May 1943

Western Short Stories [v11 #6, December 1956] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Crair) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 4 · Three Out of the North · J. L. Bouma · ss 13 · The Gentle Killer · Bill Biggers · ss 15 · Time to Find a Man · George C. Appell · ss 23 · Bad Street · Robert L. Trimnell · ss 30 · Powerful Medicine · Noel M. Loomis · ss 33 · Sooner Here, Sooner Over · W. J. Reynolds · ss 39 · Who Had Called Him Brother · Gwen Choate · ss 48 · Shoot-Out · Ellis Sloan · ss 52 · The Kid · Elmore Leonard · ss 60 · Along the Trail · S. Omar Barker · pm 2-Gun Western November 1956 60 · Light Load · S. Omar Barker · pm 61 · The Ambush · Giff Cheshire · ss Western Short Stories October 1948 68 · Pine Gap Payoff · D. B. Newton · ss Western Novel and Short Stories April 1943 78 · Satan Waits at the Crossroads · L. P. Holmes · ss Western Short Stories April 1949 83 · A Gun and a Star · Glenn H. Wichman · ss Best Western Magazine July 1940 92 · The Gunsmoke Gambler · Wayne D. Overholser · ss 1949

Western Short Stories [v12 #1, March 1957] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum. 4 · The Avenged · H. A. DeRosso · ss 13 · Me Laughing · Edwin Booth · ss 18 · He Rode with Dead Men · Warren Kuhn · ss 23 · “Over Here, Mister” · Robert Fleming · ss 25 · Job for a Tophand · William Vance · ss 31 · Portrait of a Killer · John Lumsden · ss 39 · Very Pretty Widow of One-Shot Charley · Clayton Fox · ss 48 · Ghost of a Chance · H. G. Ashburn · ss 56 · So You Want to Be a Cowboy · S. Omar Barker · ss 57 · Coward · Pete Curtis · ss 61 · An Outlaw Is Re-Born · Glenn H. Wichman · ss Western Short Stories August 1939 67 · The Gentle Gunman · Tom W. Blackburn · ss Western Short Stories October 1948, as “The Gentle Killer” 74 · Six-Shooter Sabotage · John G. Pearsol · ss Western Novel and Short Stories April 1942, as “Six-Gun Sabotage” 83 · Gunshot Granger · D. B. Newton · ss Western Short Stories May 1939 91 · Heart of a Lawman · Giles A. Lutz · ss Western Short Stories June 1949

Western Short Stories [v12 #2, June 1957] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 96pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 4 · Hangrope in Their Hands · John Lumsden · ss 12 · First Roundup · Chuck Cole · ss 14 · The Home Place · William Vance · ss 24 · He Rode Alone · H. A. Huff · ss 28 · Man on a Bronc · S. Omar Barker · ss 29 · No Woman-Tamer Wanted · Ray G. Ellis · ss 37 · Alive or Dead · Warren Kuhn · ss 41 · Jinglebobs Wild · Russ Winterbotham · ss 48 · The Kid Who Wasn’t Wild Bill Hickok · Edwin Booth · ss 55 · Dusty Steel · Noel M. Loomis · ss 62 · Guns at Sunset · W. H. B. Kent · ss Complete Western Book Magazine July 1938 69 · Filed Triggers · Rod Patterson · ss Complete Western Book Magazine January 1944 78 · “Tinstar? You Mean Tin God!” · James Charles Lynch · ss Western Short Stories December 1948 87 · Way of the Wild · Ken Jason · ss Western Short Stories June 1949 91 · Lead Purge for a Hardcase Town · D. B. Newton · ss Best Western Magazine November 1940

Western Short Stories (UK)   (about)

Western Short Stories (UK) [#2, (January) 1950] (Thorpe & Porter, 1/-, 98pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the January 1950 (US) issue. 5 · The Gunfighter and His Tools · L. F. Bjorklund · ar (r) 6 · The Coward and the Kid · Henry Long · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 18 · Gun Champion’s Choice · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 25 · Trail Into Fury · H. A. DeRosso · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 35 · Hangrope Holocaust · C. William Harrison · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 43 · The Powdersmoke Politician · Clark Gray · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 50 · The Set-Up · Clem Yager · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 57 · For a Gun and a Silver Star · Johnny Lawson · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 62 · Showdown · William L. Jackson · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 67 · Get a Colt Wizard · Charles Appel · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 80 · Wooden Guns—Steel Nerves · Harry Van Demark · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 84 · Ghost-Town Reckoning · Paul Chadwick · ss Western Short Stories January 1950 90 · Twin Buttes Means Boothill · Dan Kirby · ss Western Short Stories January 1950

Western Star Adventure   (about)

Western Star Adventure [(Nov) 1946] (Brown Watson, 1/-, 32pp) · The Sheriff of Buffalo Valley · Aida Reubens · ss

Western Stories (Australia)   (about) Thin Australian digest.

Western Stories (Australia) [#1, late 1940s] (Atlas Publications, 6d, 64pp, digest) Details taken from AustLit. · Clipping a Tiger’s Claws · A. C. Guerin · ss · Rain on the Prairie · John Reid Byers · ss The Country Gentleman September 1938 · Silent Witness · C. V. Tench · ss The Corner Magazine April 1931

Western Stories (Australia) [#2, late 1940s] (Atlas Publications, 64pp, digest) Details taken from AustLit. · Free Range · A. C. Guerin · ss · Shot-Gun Killer · J. W. Heming · ss

Western Stories (Pocket Reader Series) --- see under Pocket Reader Series.

Western Story Annual   (about)

Western Story Annual [1941] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 160pp, large pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 1 · Foreword · [uncredited] · ms 3 · Trouble Shootin’ Buckaroo · Bennett Foster · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story October 5 1940 28 · Branded Arrow Pointed North · Walt Coburn · na Street & Smith’s Western Story July 13 1940 52 · Payoff at Rain Peak · Luke Short · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine April 9 1938 65 · Wide Open for a Ruckus · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 20 1939, as “Wide Open for Trouble” 80 · Contrabando [Preacher Devlin] · L. L. Foreman · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine March 16 1940 109 · Blind Trail · Frank Richardson Pierce · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine August 12 1939 138 · Fourteen Votes Brand a Maverick · T. T. Flynn · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine April 13 1940

Western Story Annual [1943] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 160pp, large pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Foreword · [uncredited] · ms 3 · Range of No-Return · Walt Coburn · na Street & Smith’s Western Story June 15 1940 30 · Mavericks Don’t Wear Brands [Preacher Devlin] · L. L. Foreman · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 25 1940 57 · Death at Sunrise · C. K. Shaw · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine June 17 1939 72 · Gun Hand · Bennett Foster · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 14 1938 93 · Lost Homestead · Peter Dawson · na Street & Smith’s Western Story April 5 1941 120 · Cowhand’s Haven · S. Omar Barker · pm (r) 121 · Too Tough to Kill · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine November 18 1939 135 · Fences Must Come Down · Ray Nafziger · na Street & Smith’s Western Story May 3 1941

Western Story Annual [1944] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 160pp, large pulp) (Full Text) 3 · Farewell to Texas! [Preacher Devlin] · L. L. Foreman · na Street & Smith’s Western Story May 10 1941 30 · Payoff at Kicking Horse · Harry Sinclair Drago · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story March 1 1941 43 · Thunder on the Trails · C. K. Shaw · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story November 23 1940 71 · The Gentleman from Gila Bend · Bennett Foster · na Street & Smith’s Western Story November 15 1941 98 · Gun Boss of Powder River · Walt Coburn · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story January 11 1941 120 · Monarch of the Wilderness · S. Omar Barker · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story July 26 1941 125 · Frontier Heritage · Seth Ranger · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine May 6 1939 136 · A Marshal Sheds His Guns · Harry F. Olmsted · na Street & Smith’s Western Story June 21 1941

Western Story Annual [1945] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 144pp, large pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 2 · Lightnin’ Branded · Walt Coburn · na Street & Smith’s Western Story August 16 1941 26 · Code of the Garlands · Rod Patterson · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story July 4 1942 39 · Jughead · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine April 29 1939 40 · Powdersmoke Payoff [Preacher Devlin] · L. L. Foreman · na Street & Smith’s Western Story October 26 1940 64 · Brand Inspectors Ride Alone · Bennett Foster · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story July 6 1940 78 · Death Marks Time in Trampas · T. T. Flynn · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine April 15 1939 94 · Ghosts of the Gold Stampede · C. K. Shaw · na Street & Smith’s Western Story September 12 1942 120 · Brand of the Lawless · Frank Richardson Pierce · na Street & Smith’s Western Story January 17 1942