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How The West Was Weird
Series · 4 books · 2010-2014

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How the West Was Weird

2010

9 Tales from the Weird, Wild West Aztec vampires gorge themselves on a small Mexican village. A masked hero of the 1940s stumbles onto a town that time forgot. A gunslinging exorcist works to save a boy from demonic possession. These are the stories of the American West your history teacher never told you about... because she was scared! Includes nine original tales of the weird, wild west, by the likes of Barry Reese, Derrick Ferguson, Josh Reynolds, and more. All wrapped in a cover by Jim (STREET ANGEL) Rugg.
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How the West Was Weird, Vol. 2

Twenty More Tales of the Weird, Wild West

2011

The Old West has been invaded! No longer just the home of cattlemen and saloonkeepers and soiled doves, the western now plays host to cannibals, grey aliens, steam-driven robots, ghosts, dinosaurs, and murderous creatures of every kind. How the West Was Weird, Volume II continues the bestselling series of anthologies from Pulpwork Press, bursting with twenty stories that blend westerns with horror, science-fiction, and fantasy. Featuring the work of Derrick Ferguson, Josh Reynolds, Ron Fortier, Barry Reese, Tommy Hancock, and more of the best names in New Pulp.
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How The West Was Weird

Campfire Tales

2011

The Old West has been invaded! No longer just the home of cattlemen and saloonkeepers and soiled doves, the western now plays host to cannibals, grey aliens, steam-driven robots, ghosts, dinosaurs, and murderous creatures of every kind. How the West Was Weird, Volume II continues the bestselling series of anthologies from Pulpwork Press, bursting with twenty stories that blend westerns with horror, science-fiction, and fantasy. Featuring the work of Derrick Ferguson, Josh Reynolds, Ron Fortier, Barry Reese, Tommy Hancock, and more of the best names in New Pulp.
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How the West Was Weird

Vol. 3: One Last Bunch of Tales from the Weird, Wild West

2014

You never know what kind of monsters are waiting for you at the end of the trail. Hordes of ghost buffalo take their revenge on the world that brought them to ruin. A city full of hanged men comes to life in the presence of evil. A steam-driven train is turned into a giant metal monster, bent on destruction. In this final volume of the HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD series, the Old West has never been so strange… or so deadly! How the West Was Weird, Volume III concludes the best-selling series of anthologies, with twelve stories blending classic western tropes with science fiction and horror and just plain weirdness. Featuring the work of Derrick Ferguson, Thomas Deja, Joel Jenkins, and more of the best names in New Pulp.

Authors

Joshua Reynolds
Joshua Reynolds
Author · 83 books

Josh Reynolds’ work has previously appeared in such anthologies as Historical Lovecraft from Innsmouth Free Press and Horror for the Holidays from Miskatonic River Press, and his novel, Knight of the Blazing Sun, is currently available from Black Library. He can be found at: http://joshuamreynolds.wordpress.com Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

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