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Fifteen Western Tales, January 1953

1953 · Free to read

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About this issue

This January 1953 issue of a western pulp magazine includes two novelettes and nine short stories. "Ride with the Gunsmoke Judas" by Thomas Thompson concerns a man named Gunther, a nester's leader exposed as a traitor by a sodbuster. Bryce Walton's "Draw Fast—or Die!" features Blacky Jethro, whose philosophy is to "shoot first and live longest." Other stories include "The Deadly Second" by Henry Carlton Jones, about a peace-loving sheriff; Richard Ferber's "The Bushwhack Bargain," where Jesse, a hired killer, faces moral conflict over killing Mark Clayburn; and H.A. De Rosso's "Never Sell Your Saddle!" Bennett Foster's "The Medicine Wire" profiles Andy Curtis, a telegrapher and frontier hero. Additional stories cover outlaws, wagon trains, gallows, and a rain-making protagonist named Sad Nose Joe. Regular features include gem-mining lore and western history articles.

In this issue

“THE PROSPECTOR” by Vic Shaw · feature · p.6
“HELL ON WHEELS!” by Bart Cassidy · feature · p.8
“RIDE WITH THE GUNSMOKE JUDAS” by Thomas Thompson · p.12
“THE DEADLY SECOND” by Henry Carlton Jones · p.28
“THE BUSHWHACK BARGAIN” by Richard Ferber · p.35
“NEVER SELL YOUR SADDLE!” by H. A. De Rosso · p.43
“CATTLE COUNTRY QUIZ” by Hallack McCord · feature · p.51
“DRAW FAST—OR DIE!” by Bryce Walton · p.52
“THE MEDICINE WIRE” by Bennett Foster · p.63
“OVER THE HILL TO HELL” by Robert Trimnell · p.68
“WHILE THE GALLOWS WAIT” by Dave Sands · p.74
“SAD NOSE JOE—RAIN-MAKER!” by Harold Helfer · p.81
“BRING HIM BACK DEAD!” by John C. Colohan · p.85
“GUN-MEETING AT MIDNIGHT” by Jonathan Craig · p.92
“INJUN LIST” by Walt Coburn · p.98

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