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Jonathan Eaton
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New Halchita is surrounded by enemies. The Scavenger Hordes claim the land the town sits on as their own. Giant, mutated ticks await the unwary—one careless step could mean a slow, delightful death wrapped in their sticky palps. And in the skies above, artificially intelligent killing machines look down upon the survivors of the Great Inadvertent War, ready to obliterate any settlement they judge guilty of inappropriate technological advancement.
But Sheriff Frank Westfall’s biggest concern is the beautiful and mysterious stranger in the lockup. “Nancy” claims to be a visitor from Mars, a descendant of an experimental colony abandoned by Earth when the war broke out. When Frank discovers that Nancy is not what she appears to be, his duty is clear—the problem is, he’s never had to kill anything with such a pretty face before.
THE PRAIRIE MARTIAN
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When recently deceased outlaw Sherman Harwood can't find his way to the afterlife, he takes it upon himself to attend to Deputy Marshal Vincent Hayes, a lawman investigating a brutal double murder on a settlement out on Chicken Neck Creek.
As Hayes finds himself pitted against a family bent on vengeance, a city marshal with political ambitions, and a wily widow with plans of her own, Sherman (who knows a thing or two about the killings) gives us an outlaw's unique perspective on loyalty and justice, and life and death, on the Texas frontier.
A GOOD MAN FOR AN OUTLAW
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This is the story of Deputy Marshal Vincent Hayes, the man who stood alone against 300 bloodthirsty outlaws at a place called Brushy Bottom Creek, and prevailed. Getting home is going to be the hard part.
There are also some incidental tall tales thrown in.
OUTLAWS AND WORSE
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50 STORIES 50
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THE BUMBLEBEE AND OTHER STORIES
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