Saddle up and ride down the trails of western history with this outstanding new short-story anthology from Silverado Press! Our all-star posse of acclaimed western writers and fresh new voices have each taken a real historical event and built a story around it. From the 1812 earthquake in southern California to the 1856 sinking of the steamboat Arabia to the 1877 Texas Salt War, these tales are guaranteed to thrill, entertain, and teach a little something in the bargain.
Contributors include veteran authors Mary Fan, Kelli Fitzpatrick, Sharon Frame Gay, Steve Hockensmith, Del Howison, Nik James, Paul Kupperberg, Vonn McKee, Lisa Majewski, Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Rod Miller, Cheryl Pierson, James Reasoner and L.J. Washburn, Richard Prosch, Gord Rollo, and Aaron Rosenberg.
Silverado Press is proud to announce that the story "Point of Impact," contained in this volume, by contributor Vonn McKee, has won the 2026 Spur Award for Best Short Fiction from the Western Writers of America--the most prestigious award in Western fiction!
