Description
Gathered for the first time this robust collection of eighteen frontier tales Half a Pig (and Other Stories of the West) from Spur and Wrangler Award-winning author Matthew P. Mayo rides hard with a range of fast-action offerings including the previously unpublished novella “Trouble at Tall Pine” starring ever-popular Roamer noble loner forever trying to lose himself in the West. Inside youll find the lynching-inspired Spur Award finalist title story “Half a Pig”; the bone-cold eye-for-an-eye drama of Will Rogers Medallion Award-winning “Peaches”; the clanking clockwork gundown of Peacemaker Award finalist “Scourge of the Spoils”; and numerous other critically acclaimed short stories including the noir-tinged pages of “Snows of Montana” and “Snake Farm.” Theres the classic Western barroom showdown in “Just Once” the time-travel nightmare of “Been a Long Time” and the brutal hunter/hunted chase novella “Bloodline.” The freaky shamans subterranean rituals in “The Witch Hole” rival the grim comeuppance of a truly bad seed in “Pay the Ferryman.” And then theres the mysterious journal of the gritty disappearance of an inveterate rover in “Lucky Tam” … and so much more. But wait! Theres also an eyebrow-raising stack of five bold and brassy adventures of that silent noble loner Roamer and his jug-hoisting mentor crusty mountain man Maple Jack including the heretofore unpublished “Trouble at Tall Pine.” Half a Pig and Other Stories of the West is a collection of short stories that is as varied and as surprising as the assortment of bottles lining the mirror-backed bar in Luckys Gambling Hall and Saloon. Prop a boot drop a coin and pick your poison pard!
