The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

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Western Short Stories [v4 #1, February 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 8 · Man Who Smashed the Cutbank Kid’s Gun-Arm · L. P. Holmes · nv 29 · When Broken Cowmen Buy New Bullets · Adam Mann · ss 39 · A Graybeard Greases His Holster · Ralph Berard · ss 47 · Law-Cub or Killer? · Harlan Graves · ss 57 · Dead-or-Alive Deputy · Gunnison Steele · vi 61 · For Hire—the Fastest Gun in Hell! · D. B. Newton · ss 72 · The Gunfighter the Whole Southwest Feared · Peter Dawson · ss 86 · Fanged Fury of the Craglands Pack · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 94 · Colt-Chance for a Coward · Kenneth A. Fowler & Rod Patterson · ss 105 · Wire and Water—or Fight! · Sherman Baker · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #2, May 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 8 · The Raider from the Roost · Peter Dawson · na 30 · He’ll Die Fighting Hot Lead · Gunnison Steele · ss 41 · Salvation of the Powdersmoke Pilgrims · Kenneth Fowler · ss 55 · Two Guns and a Graybeard · Mark Lish · ss 65 · Cub Who Had Colt-Magic in His Hands · Ralph Berard · ss 73 · Bad Case of Lead Colic · Jay Karth · ss 74 · When a Battle-Orphan Comes Back · Omar Gwinn · ss 84 · Slap Leather, Sidewinder, or Slide · Paul Evan Lehman · ss 96 · Stolen Beef Bargain · Luke Tyler · ss 98 · Gun-Chore for a Green Kid · Harvey Maddux · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #3, July 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · When a Man Lives by His Guns · Peter Dawson · nv 24 · One Against the Hired Gun Horde · David Manners · ss 33 · Shoot-Out for Shorthorns Only · Robert E. Mahaffay · nv 44 · Blood Buys a Boomtown Badge-Toter · John G. Pearsol · ss 60 · Bushwhack King on His Backtrail · Jim Kjelgaard · ss 67 · Colt-Wise Kid Who Sided Satan · Bill Davis · ss 75 · Saddle Pards Until Sundown · James P. Olsen · ss 86 · Bring Those Colts Up Fast, Battle-Cub! · Mark Lish · ss 95 · Posse from Purgatory · Archie Joscelyn · ss 104 · A Tinhorn Chooses Hot Lead · D. B. Newton · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #4, October 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Hate, Hot-Lead—and Guts! · Gunnison Steele · ss Crawfish, Hellion—or Haul Your Colt! · Raymond Porter · ss Fighting Fool—Behind a .45 · Ralph Berard · ss Bullet for Bullet · Fredric Brown · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #5, December 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Sidney Riesenberg) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 8 · Stranger Who Colt-Called Billy the Kid · John G. Pearsol · nv 25 · Sundown Means Six-Gun Massacre · Russell A. Bankson · ss 34 · Godless Gunman · Bill Davis · ss 44 · Fast-Draw Freeze-Out · Adam Mann · ss 54 · Powdersmoke Politics · Cliff M. Bisbee · ss 64 · Fenced in by .45’s · Jack Sterrett · ss 83 · A Kid, a Killer, and a Colt · H. A. DeRosso · ss 90 · Hang Your Gun Low, Hellion! · Raymond W. Porter · ss 100 · The Nevada Kid Cuts His Last Notch · Ralph Berard · ss 105 · Trail-Spawned Triggers · Norman A. Fox · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #6, February 1942] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · With Plow-Hard Fists and Killer Colts! · Raymond W. Porter · nv 35 · Colt Carrion · James P. Olsen · ss 45 · Be Fast, Battle-Cub, or Hire Boothill! · D. B. Newton · ss 55 · Reunion in Gunsmoke · Rod Patterson · ss 66 · The Six-Guns Hell Couldn’t Silence · L. P. Holmes · ss 76 · Greased-Holster Heritage · H. A. DeRosso · ss 85 · Vengeance of the Colddeck Crew · Gunnison Steele · ss 94 · Ben Higgins’ Tin-Can Draw · Peter Dawson · ss 104 · Beyond Bullets · Mark Lish · ss 108 · Dead Man’s Deal · Hapsburg Liebe · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #1, May 1942] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · The Gunfighter Who Hated Gunfighters · Peter Dawson · ss 26 · Buy in, Battle-Cub, or Burn Powder! · Norrell Gregory · ss 36 · Doc Hardy’s Powdersmoke Prescription · Gunnison Steele · ss 45 · .38 Thunder · Bill Davis · ss 54 · Starpacker Stampede · Kenneth Fowler & Rod Patterson · ss 64 · Colt-Crisis for a Green Kid · Raymond W. Porter · ss 81 · Wanted: Four Kill-Crazy Gunslammers! · D. B. Newton · ss 88 · Wire, Water, and Winchesters · Morse Chandler · ss 97 · Damned by the Dark Trails · H. A. DeRosso · ss 105 · Over Gunsights · Mojave Lloyd · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #2, August 1942] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Stranger Who Sold His Guns for a Smile · Raymond W. Porter · nv 31 · Fill Your Fist, Gunfighter—Fast! · Dean Owen · ss 38 · Wanted: A Kid to Break a Killer · James P. Olsen · ss 49 · Men Riding to Glory · Ralph Berard · ss 57 · Graybeard They Couldn’t Grave-Send · Gunnison Steele · ss 66 · One War Takes One Texan! · James C. Lynch · ss 82 · Tin-Badge-Backed Bushwhacker · D. B. Newton · ss 92 · Blood of the Badlands Breed · Tom W. Blackburn · ss 100 · This Bullet Has Your Name on It! · H. A. DeRosso · ss 108 · Gun-Crazy Kid · Hapsburg Liebe · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #3, October 1942] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 6 · Lead Law Election · Peter Dawson · ss 16 · Return of the Trail Town Kid · Rod Patterson · ss 32 · When a Cowman Won’t Pay Fighting Wages · Raymond W. Porter · ss 41 · Rustled Blind · George Michener · nv 61 · Backtrail Guns · Bill Davis · ss 71 · Fast-Draw Fences · Ralph Berard · ss 78 · Blood of a Bounty-Hunter · James P. Olsen · ss 85 · No Town for a Tinhorn · Ross Rocklynne · ss 96 · Over Gunsights to Boothill · Mark Lish · ss 101 · A Tinhorn Pushes in Lead Chips · L. L. Foreman · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #4, December 1942] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 10 · You’ve Got a Gun, Go for it! · Raymond W. Porter · nv 41 · Hell-on-Wheels with Hot Lead · Robert Van Dyck · ss 50 · Wanted: One Battle-Cub and One .45! · Archie Joscelyn · ss 58 · Born Colt-Fast · Joe Austell Small · ss 67 · Bullet Bail · Kenneth Fowler & Rod Patterson · ss 77 · Death Stalks the Jerk-Line Trail · Archie Giddings · ss 86 · A Town for Trouble · Tom W. Blackburn · ss 92 · Powdersmoke Poker · James P. Olsen · ss 101 · While a Hangnoose Waits · Gunnison Steele · ss 107 · Gun-Wages in His Warbags · Ralph Berard · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #5, March 1943] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 144pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Shane Farmer. 10 · Barbed-wire Won’t Stop Bullets · Rod Patterson · ss 29 · Branded the Fastest Gun in Texas · Hascal Giles · ss 38 · Two-way Ticket to Boothill · Fred Gipson · ss 55 · The Nighthawk Who Hated Texicans · Johnston McCulley · ss 64 · You’ll Take the Gunfighting Trail, Tinhorn! · Wayne Harold Pool · ss 71 · Matched .45’s Means Fast-draw Murder · Ralph Berard · ss 80 · Death Waits Beyond Abilene · George E. Magee · ss 100 · New Fenceposts, New Neighbors—New Bullets · Ralph Yergen · ss 102 · Hire a Hard-Riding Kid! · Rolland Lynch · ss 108 · Dim-trail Doom · Charles D. Richardson, Jr. · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #6, May 1943] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · “We Wear Guns Here, Stranger!” · Raymond W. Porter · nv 30 · Red Trail Rebel · James Shaffer · ss 38 · Powdersmoke Peace · David Manners · ss 46 · No Neighbors Wanted! · Edwin K. Sloat · ss 55 · Colt-Welcome for a Cutbank Crew · Joe Austell Small · ss 64 · Sodo Basin Showdown · Roswell Hamilton · ss 75 · Guns Were Made to Kill With · H. A. DeRosso · ss 83 · Borrowed Guns · Miles Overholt · ss 94 · Tall Smoke Means Trouble · Jack Sterrett · ss 102 · Written in Lead · D. B. Newton · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #7, October 1943] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 8 · Tough Town · John G. Pearsol · ss 26 · Don’t Buck a Brimstone Lawdog! · E. E. Halleran · ss 33 · Glory for a Gun-Exile · Ralph Yergen · ss 41 · The Kid Who Chose .45s · Roswell Hamilton · ss 51 · Wanted: Men with Guns and Guts! · Lee Floren · ss 60 · Battlecub’s Six-Gun Redemption · James Shaffer · ss 69 · Long Loop Last-Chance · Ralph Berard · ss 77 · Hot Lead Baptism for a Star-Packer · Rex Evans · ss 89 · Death’s Dinero · Charles Richardson, Jr. · ss 97 · Back-Trail Bounty · Barry Storm · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #8, January 1944] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Fast-Gun Faith · Rod Patterson · ss 20 · This Is It, Battle-Cub—Showdown! · Raymond W. Porter · nv 45 · The Kid Who Looked Like a Killer · D. B. Newton · ss 52 · Wild Town or Law Town? · Melvin W. Holt · ss 58 · Hangnoose Law · Ralph Berard · ss 67 · The Stranger · George Jensen · ss 79 · Badmen Buy Cattle with Bullets · Miles Overholt · ss 86 · Back-Shooter Boomerang · Richard Brister · ss 89 · A Natural with a Gun · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 95 · Deat’s Dinero · Dewey Colvin · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #9, November 1947] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 20¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Come Gun Backed, Sodbuster · Rod Patterson · ss 19 · The Town That Got Colt-Wise · Frank Morris · ss 29 · Drag Iron, Drifter · Ray Hayton · ss 35 · Powdersmoke Parole · D. B. Newton · ss 41 · .44 Fury · Ralph Berard · ss 50 · Dim-Trail Doomed · John H. Latham · ss 57 · Bullet Loco · Charles Albert Roberts · ss 60 · When a Kid Chooses Guns · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 63 · Straight Shooter · Ken Jason · ss 72 · Scourge of the Red Dog Clan · T. W. Ford · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #10, March 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 20¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · No Gun Help for New Neighbors · Lee Floren · ss 15 · Hothead Luck · Giles A. Lutz · ss 31 · Green Kid—or Colt-Wise Killer? · Melvin W. Holt · ss 38 · Deputy from Hell · Ray Hayton · ss 47 · Short-Cut to a Shoot-Out · Dev Klapp · ss 52 · Mystery of the Dead Wrangler’s gold Strike · John H. Latham · ss 69 · The Sky-Pilot and the Backshooter · Ralph Berard · ss 76 · The Man Who Killed the Marshal · Paul Clane · ss 83 · Doc Ballou’s Powdersmoke Prescription · Archie Giddings · ss 90 · Red Dunning’s Guns · Frank Morris · ss

Western Short Stories [v6 #1, June 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 20¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Powdersmoke Providence · Ken Jason · ss 16 · W-Bar-C Means Fight! · Giles A. Lutz · ss 24 · My Heritage Is a Killer Gun · Archie Giddings · ss 34 · Fugitive from Boothill · Ralph Berard · ss 38 · Gunsmoke Loaned Without Interest! · Lee Floren · ss 46 · Owlhoot Bait · D. B. Newton · ss 54 · Phantom Showdown · Ray Gaulden · ss 57 · Renegade Requiem · Ed Earl Repp · ss 65 · With Bare Hands or a Gun! · Roe Richmond · ss 84 · Death Valley Incident · John Lawson · ss

Western Short Stories [v6 #2, August 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp) Mislabelled v6 #3 instead of v6 #2. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 6 · Scourge of the Rawhider Horde · Shad Collins · ss 24 · “I’m Buying in with Bullets” · Ben Frank · ss 31 · Rebel Ramrod of the Slash P · Giff Cheshire · ss 37 · Bitter Is the Trail · H. A. DeRosso · ss 44 · The Wild One’s Red Revenge · Jim Kjelgaard · nv 56 · Quick Draw Quarantine · Dev Klapp · ss 62 · Big Jim’s Last Chance Gun-Bluff · Lee Floren · ss 70 · The Gunman and the Girl · Ralph Berard · ss 72 · Satan in the Saddle · Stephen Payne · ss 77 · Malpais Means Massacre · George Kilrain · ss

Western Short Stories [v6 #3, October 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 20¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Gentle Killer · Tom W. Blackburn · ss 15 · Wells-Fargo Means Winchesters! · Walker A. Tompkins · ss 23 · The Ambush · Giff Cheshire · ss 30 · Raw-Red Law of the Rebel Legion · Wayne D. Overholser · ss 38 · Ride a Dead Horse · H. A. DeRosso · ss 47 · Badman for a Day · Archie Joscelyn · ss 53 · Hero...Off His Home Range · D. B. Newton · ss 60 · Bushwhack Boomerang · Paul Craig · ss 68 · Kid Brother to a Coward · William L. Jackson · ss 73 · One Fast .45 · George Kilrain · ss

Western Short Stories [v6 #4, December 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 6 · “Tinstar? You Mean Tin God!” · James Charles Lynch · ss 16 · Curse of the Shallow-Grave Clan · H. A. DeRosso · ss 24 · Peacemaker Palaver · Stephen Payne · ss 30 · With Death Riding Shotgun Guard! · Giff Cheshire · ss 48 · Fast-Gun Freedom · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss 57 · Brasada Gallows Party · Tom W. Blackburn · ss 65 · Boothill Bait · Ken Jason · ss 68 · The Sawbones Buckles on a Sixgun · Stanley G. Allen · ss 73 · Showdown · George Kilrain · ss 78 · Cold Steel and Hot Lead! · Robert Turner · ss

Western Short Stories [v6 #5, February 1949] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 6 · .45 Freedom · Ray Townsend · ss 16 · Wanted: A Fighting Man · Dev Klapp · ss 21 · Death Wears a Bandana · H. A. DeRosso · ss 30 · The Showdown at Devil’s Gap · James Propp · ss 36 · Gun-Rule Rebel · D. B. Newton · ss 40 · The Hangrope Horde · John H. Latham · ss 55 · Powdersmoke Spawned, Mad-Dog Mean · Allan K. Echols · ss 62 · The Man Who Never Wore a Weapon · Ken Jason · ss 71 · Red Trail · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss 78 · A War-Cub for Wyoming · Lee Floren · ss

Western Short Stories [v6 #6, April 1949] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Man Who Chose to Fight · Henry Long · nv 25 · Bullet Blizzard · George Kilrain · ss 32 · A Saddlepard for Satan · Clem Yager · ss 36 · Vengeance Trail · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss 50 · Cold Trail to Death · D. B. Newton · ss 54 · Trial by Sixgun · Ray Townsend · ss 61 · Wanted: A Hero · Stephen Payne · ss 66 · Raw-Red Reunion · H. A. DeRosso · ss 72 · Satan Waits at the Crossroads · L. P. Holmes · ss 77 · The Loco Lawman · Johnny Lawson · ss 79 · Seven Rode Out · Joseph Chadwick · ss 85 · Peacemaker Payoff · Humphrey Jones · ss 93 · Dead Man’s Badge · John H. Latham · ss 106 · Once a Tin-Star · Lee Floren · ss 114 · Runaway Stage · Ken Jason · ss