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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 Aug 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 Oct 1939 82 · Rope for a Rebel · W. H. B. Kent · ss 1939 89 · Helltown Hard Bargain · Ray Townsend · ss Western Short Stories Mar 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 Mar 1941 61 · The Tough Kid Who Turned Coward · John Callahan · ss Western Short Stories Jun 1949 69 · The Landgrabbers · Ray Townsend · ss Western Short Stories Nov 1949 78 · Passport to Perdition · Rolland Lynch · ss Western Short Stories Aug 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 60 · Light Load · S. Omar Barker · pm 61 · The Ambush · Giff Cheshire · ss Western Short Stories Oct 1948 68 · Pine Gap Payoff · D. B. Newton · ss Western Novel and Short Stories Apr 1943 78 · Satan Waits at the Crossroads · L. P. Holmes · ss Western Short Stories Apr 1949 83 · A Gun and a Star · Glenn H. Wichman · ss Best Western Magazine Jul 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 Aug 1939 67 · The Gentle Gunman · Tom W. Blackburn · ss Western Short Stories Oct 1948, as “The Gentle Killer” 74 · Six-Shooter Sabotage · John G. Pearsol · ss Western Novel and Short Stories Apr 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 Jun 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 Jul 1938 69 · Filed Triggers · Rod Patterson · ss Complete Western Book Magazine Jan 1944 78 · “Tinstar? You Mean Tin God!” · James Charles Lynch · ss Western Short Stories Dec 1948 87 · Way of the Wild · Ken Jason · ss Western Short Stories Jun 1949 91 · Lead Purge for a Hardcase Town · D. B. Newton · ss Best Western Magazine Nov 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 Jan 1950 18 · Gun Champion’s Choice · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 25 · Trail Into Fury · H. A. DeRosso · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 35 · Hangrope Holocaust · C. William Harrison · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 43 · The Powdersmoke Politician · Clark Gray · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 50 · The Set-Up · Clem Yager · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 57 · For a Gun and a Silver Star · Johnny Lawson · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 62 · Showdown · William L. Jackson · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 67 · Get a Colt Wizard · Charles Appel · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 80 · Wooden Guns—Steel Nerves · Harry Van Demark · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 84 · Ghost-Town Reckoning · Paul Chadwick · ss Western Short Stories Jan 1950 90 · Twin Buttes Means Boothill · Dan Kirby · ss Western Short Stories Jan 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 Sep 1938 Silent Witness · C. V. Tench · ss The Master Thriller Series #23 1939

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 from Table of Contents. 1 · Foreword · Anon. · ms 3 · Trouble Shootin’ Buckaroo · Bennett Foster · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Oct 5 1940 28 · Branded Arrow Pointed North · Walt Coburn · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Jul 13 1940 52 · Payoff at Rain Peak · Luke Short · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Apr 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 Mar 16 1940 109 · Blind Trail · Frank Richardson Pierce · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 12 1939 138 · Fourteen Votes Brand a Maverick · T. T. Flynn · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Apr 13 1940

Western Story Annual [1943] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 160pp, large pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 1 · Foreword · Anon. · ms 3 · Range of No-Return · Walt Coburn · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Jun 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 Jun 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 Apr 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 Nov 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) 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 Mar 1 1941 43 · Thunder on the Trails · C. K. Shaw · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Nov 23 1940 71 · The Gentleman from Gila Bend · Bennett Foster · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Nov 15 1941 98 · Gun Boss of Powder River · Walt Coburn · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Jan 11 1941 120 · Monarch of the Wilderness · S. Omar Barker · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Jul 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 Jun 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 Aug 16 1941 26 · Code of the Garlands · Rod Patterson · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Jul 4 1942 39 · Jughead · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Apr 29 1939 40 · Powdersmoke Payoff [Preacher Devlin] · L. L. Foreman · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Oct 26 1940 64 · Brand Inspectors Ride Alone · Bennett Foster · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Jul 6 1940 78 · Death Marks Time in Trampas · T. T. Flynn · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Apr 15 1939 94 · Ghosts of the Gold Stampede · C. K. Shaw · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Sep 12 1942 120 · Brand of the Lawless · Frank Richardson Pierce · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Jan 17 1942

Western Story Annual [1946] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 144pp, large pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 2 · Boothill for Bounty Hunters · C. K. Shaw · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Jun 28 1941 31 · What’s a Sheriff? · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story Oct 24 1942 32 · Trigger Trinity [Preacher Devlin] · L. L. Foreman · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Apr 11 1942 58 · Trouble Brands an Hombre · Bennett Foster · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Apr 11 1942 67 · Dead Men’s Hats · Walt Coburn · na Street & Smith’s Western Story May 30 1942 91 · Danger Rides the Range · Norman A. Fox · ss (r) 109 · Ramrod of Satan’s Range · Cliff Farrell · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Aug 9 1941 121 · Ryan of the Mounted · Frank Richardson Pierce · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Aug 23 1941

Western Story Annual [1948] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 228pp, large pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from contents list at www.unz.com. 2 · Six-Gun Sermon [Preacher Devlin] · L. L. Foreman · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Sep 5 1942 48 · Deuces Wild · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Aug 1944 66 · Kilbourne Bros.—Wolf Wranglers · Walt Coburn · na Street & Smith’s Western Story May 15 1943 109 · The Piper of Bridlebit · Bennett Foster · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Jul 12 1941 123 · Muddy Water Gambling Man · Norman A. Fox · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story May 1944 139 · Cimarron · S. Omar Barker · pm Street & Smith’s Western Story Jul 1946 140 · Barbed Wire, Beef and Bullets · Tom W. Blackburn · nv Western Adventures Aug 1943 170 · Brand of the Zero Kid · Eli Colter · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story May 15 1943 197 · Bullets Across the Border · Hapsburg Liebe · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Apr 1944 202 · The Navajo Blanket · Rod Patterson · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Feb 1945

Western Story Annual [1950] (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, large pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 3 · Horses from Ute Basin · Bennett Foster · na Street & Smith’s Western Story Nov 13 1943 24 · Brisk Business for Satan · Tom W. Blackburn · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Jul 1945 34 · Rawson’s Well · Walt Coburn · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Oct 1944 47 · Freight for Boothill · Eli Colter · nv Western Adventures Oct 1942 62 · Gun Aces Wild · L. L. Foreman · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Apr 1946 75 · How to Tell a Dude · Nat McKelvey · ar Street & Smith’s Western Story Oct 1947 76 · Tundra Terror · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Feb 1945 85 · Looters of Lost Mile Post · Rod Patterson · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Sep 1944 97 · Satan Buys a War · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story May 1945 106 · Trigger Call for a Free Trapper · Norman A. Fox · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Oct 1944 116 · Black Dynamite · Lee E. Wells · nv Street & Smith’s Western Story Jun 1944