Rough Edges

Not to start this on too much of a downer, but it's no secret that on a personal level, 2014 sucked. I don't want to even think abo...

It's sort of a given that the movies I write about in this series are ones that I like, but every now and then I'll bend that r...

The great Frederick Nebel collection FORBIDDEN RIVER concludes with the simply-titled novella "Gold!", from the May 1931 issue of...

Since I seem to have a Leslie Scott theme going this weekend, here's an issue of ARGOSY containing his novelette under the A. Leslie ...

J.D. and Kate Blaze are two of the deadliest gunfighters the Old West has ever seen. They also happen to be husband and wife, as passi...

Regular readers of this blog know that today marks the anniversary of my first sale as a professional writer. For those of you who have...

Yesterday in my Forgotten Books post, I talked a little about Leslie Scott's Walt Slade series that ran in THRILLING WESTERN. Here...

We wrap up the Forgotten Books series for another year with an old favorite of mine, an author I've been reading for close to 50 yea...

When I was a kid, I was, to put it mildly, a handful. As my father, may his truly generous soul rest in peace, once said, "Well, you...

"The Roaring Horde", from the March 1932 issue of FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, finds former lawmen-turned-prospectors Clint Edwards and...