Basin City is a place where no respectable citizen feels safe. That’s why three of the town’s foremost businessmen have gone and hired a new marshal. Tomorrow he’ll be in charge of protecting a stagecoach carrying over a quarter million dollars in gold. For Perry, a gunfighter on the run, this job should have turned his life around. Instead, it’s landed him in a peck of trouble.
The Town No Guns Could Tame by Louis L’Amour
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Sixth Shotgun by Louis L’Amour
"The Sixth Shotgun" is Leo Carver’s story, and if the town of Canyon Gap has anything to say in the matter, it’s going to be a very short tale indeed, as Leo has been convicted of murdering two men and faces death by hanging.
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The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles By Kij Johnson
The heroic quest of a single cat.
http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=story&id=37684
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Silver Linings by Tim Pratt
Silver Linings by Tim Pratt
"Cloudmining is a rough business at the best of times, mostly because everyone on the ground wants to kill you, but I had more particular problems…."
http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=story&id=55339