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The colorful characters of tiny Hardlyville are thrown into a panic when brutal murders, environmental disasters, corruption, and threats to their beloved and pristine Skunk Creek arise and upend...

Summer storms can bring unwelcome surprises. During the rainiest July on record for the people of Ventris County in Oklahoma, in the midst of a violent thunderstorm, a stranger is murdered. When a...

Voted the favorite stories of readers around the world! Frontier Tales is an online ezine dedicated to bringing new Western short stories into view. Each month, readers vote on their favorite Tale...

The Best of Frontier Tales, Volume 6Author: Duke PennellPublisher: Pen-L PublishingPublication Date: Apr 23, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Goshen Cemetery lay quiet and peaceful under a benevolent spring sky. Darcy Campbell and her mother, Flora Tucker, had no inkling that in a few moments the scene would change and they would face a...

John Edward Swindler never learned to read or write and instead became a bona fide criminal at the age of fifteen. His crimes quickly advanced from car theft to arson. At three hundred pounds, with...

Human excesses and error have historically sorted themselves out in the fullness of the centuries. But never before has the capacity existed for humans to terminate all living activity on the planet...