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On Dangerous Ground: Stories of Western Noir

For generations raised on the Saturday afternoon thrills of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, the appearance of the so-called "psychological westerns" of the Forties, Fifties and Sixties came as a surprise. And, to some who didn't care for them, a shock.

With such films as Blood on the Moon, Winchester `73, and The Naked Spur, audiences saw characters very much like themselves emotionally. Critics argued the authenticity of some of the history in these films but there was no denying their power. Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch confirmed, once and for all, that the western had changed forever, psychologically and sometimes politically relevant to our own times.

On Dangerous Ground features stories of every kind, all with a western setting, all with darkness at their core. And all with the kind of edge that demonstrates how timeless the form is when used well.

Table of Contents:

"Introduction" by James Sallis

"Hell" by Bentley Little

"All Good Men" by Terry Tanner

"Burl Lockhart's in Town" by Steve Hockensmith

"Canticle" by Desmond Barry

"Colt" by Ken Bruen

"Piano Man" by Bill Crider

"Desert Reckoning" by Trey R. Barker

"Lucky" by Harry Shannon

"Going Where the Wind Blows" by Jan Christensen

"The Old Ways" by Ed Gorman

"In Some Countries" by Jerry Raine

"The Cartoonist" by Jon L. Breen

"Durston" by Norman Partridge

"Emma Sue" by Dave Zeltserman

"Hell Hath No Fury" by T. L. Wolf

"Vanity" by Jeremiah Healy

"Cowards Die Many Times" by Robert J. Randisi

"Lead Poisoning" by Gary Lovisi

"The Conversion of Carne Muerto" by James Reasoner

"Last Song of Antietam" by Patrick J. Lambe

"Through the Golden Gate Bridge" by Terence Butler

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 292
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781587671920
  • Genres
  • westerns, anthologies
  • Release date
  • 2011