Black Fury #35

When mustanger Cleet Weems vows to capture Black Fury, the great stallion of the wild herds, he hatches a cunning plan: use a captured mare and her orphaned foal as bait to lure the noble leader into a trap. Black Fury's fierce loyalty to his herd becomes the perfect weapon against him, leading to a dangerous confrontation that tests both horse and hunter. This Western tale of wiles and wilderness shows what happens when a hunter underestimates his quarry's intelligence—and heart.

Black Fury raids the mares of the Lazy L Ranch again and again, driving ranch owner Chet Mosley to desperate measures—traps, poison schemes, and finally unleashing a vicious white stallion to do his bidding. When Chet finally catches sight of the magnificent wild stallion through his rifle sights, he faces an unexpected choice that will test what he truly values most.

A deputy faces down three dangerous outlaws who've robbed a stagecoach, willing to risk everything in a reckless confrontation—but his desperate gambit hides a deeply personal reason for his haste. "The Gift" reveals that sometimes the most courageous acts aren't about duty at all, but about what waits for us when the dust settles.

In the drought-ravaged wasteland, Black Fury leads his desperate band toward a lush valley that promises fresh water and grass—but the stallion senses something terribly wrong about the place. When a violent rockfall traps them inside the sheer-walled valley, Black Fury and his herd must find a way out before the valley collapses entirely and thirst claims them all.

When Apache tribes gather for their sacred Devil Dance—a ritual that once sent terror through the frontier—white settlers grimly prepare their weapons and watch through the night, knowing that the frenzied ceremony has historically preceded raids and violence. This tale explores the fearsome legend of the Southwest's most dreaded event, from its deadly past to its modern ceremonial echo.