COPYRIGHT INFO

      This Third Western Megapack is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press LLC. All rights reserved. Cover art © Catmando / Fotolia.

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      “Advertised in Advance,” by Johnston McCulley, originally appeared in West, April 5, 1926.

      “There Ain’t No Men in Heaven,” by Gary Lovisi, originally appeared in Hardboileld #21. Copyright © 1996, 2007 by Gary Lovisi. Reprinted by permission of the author.

      “Mustang Breed,” by Alan LeMay, originally appeared in Adventure, March 10, 1925.

      “Desert Venus,” by Lonni Lees. Reprinted by permission of the author.

      “Bad Blood at Dry Rock,” by Arlette Lees, originally appeared in the January 2012 issue of Shot of Ink. Copyright © 2012 by Arlette Lees. Reprinted by permission of the author.

      The Secret Cache, by E. C. Brill, originally appeared in 1932.

      “Boothill Bound,” by J. R. Jackson, originally appeared in Thrilling Western, April 1947.

      “Lady Sheriff Sees Red!” by Barbara L. Bonham, originally appeared in Double-Action Western, Jan. 1952.

      “Hell-Path For Pilgrims,” by William Heuman, originally appeared in Frontier Stories, Winter 1943.

      “Handy Man to Have Around,” by Donald Bayne Hobart

      “The Jail-Proof Outlaw,” by T. W. Ford, originally appeared in Thrilling Western, July 1947.

      “Sixgun and Pencil Lead,” by Ben Frank, originally appeared in Thrilling Western, July 1947.

      “Men Who Made the West,” by Earle Wilson, originally appeared in Complete Story Magazine, July 1924.

      “The Last Mile,” by Frank Richardson Pierce, originally appeared in Western Story Magazine, Sept. 6, 1924.

      “The Wagon Warrior,” by Les Savage, Jr., originally appeared in Frontier Stories, Winter 1943.

      “Fingers on the Trigger,” by S. Omar Barker, originally appeared in West, Aug 6, 1927.

      “Crooked,” by James H. Hull, originally appeared in West, Aug 6, 1927.

      “Calico Capen’s Cache,” by J. E. Grinstead, originally appeared in West, Aug 6, 1927.

      “Tony’s Banjo,” by Carl Elmo Freeman, originally appeared in West, Aug 6, 1927.

      “Flapjack Meehan’s Fourth Ace,” by Frank Richardson Pierce, originally appeared in Western Story Magazine, Nov. 29, 1924.

      “Bullion and Bullets,” by J. Thompson Kescel, originally appeared in Western Story Magazine, Nov. 29, 1924.

      A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

      Our third general collection of Westerns is at your fingertips…more great tales of the Old West That Never Quite Was, by some of the best historical writers of the pulps (or, in the case of our modern writers, to come out of the pulp tradition). I hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed putting finding them and putting this collection together.

      We have already begun work on a fourth volume, so keep an eye out for it!

      —John Betancourt

      Publisher, Wildside Press LLC

      www.wildsidepress.com

      ABOUT THE MEGAPACKS

      Over the last few years, our “Megapack” series of ebook anthologies has grown to be among our most popular endeavors. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”

      The Megapacks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This includes John Betancourt (me), Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Bonner Menking, Colin Azariah-Kribbs, A.E. Warren, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!)

      A NOTE FOR KINDLE READERS

      The Kindle versions of our Megapacks employ active tables of contents for easy navigation…please look for one before writing reviews on Amazon that complain about the lack! (They are sometimes at the ends of ebooks, depending on your reader.)

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      Note: we only consider stories that have already been professionally published. This is not a market for new works.

      TYPOS

      Unfortunately, as hard as we try, a few typos do slip through. We update our ebooks periodically, so make sure you have the current version (or download a fresh copy if it’s been sitting in your ebook reader for months.) It may have already been updated.

      If you spot a new typo, please let us know. We’ll fix it for everyone. You can email the publisher at [email protected] or use the message boards above.

      THE MEGAPACK SERIES

      MYSTERY

      The Achmed Abdullah Megapack

      The Bulldog Drummond Megapack*

      The Charlie Chan Megapack*

      The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack

      The Detective Megapack

      The Father Brown Megapack

      The Girl Detective Megapack

      The Second Girl Detective Megapack

      The First R. Austin Freeman Megapack

      The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack*

      The Third R. Austin Freeman Megapack*

      The Jacques Futrelle Megapack

      The Anna Katharine Green Mystery Megapack

      The First Mystery Megapack

      The Second Mystery Megapack

      The Penny Parker Megapack

      The Philo Vance Megapack*

      The Pulp Fiction Megapack

      The Raffles Megapack

      The Sherlock Holmes Megapack

      The Victorian Mystery Megapack

      The Wilkie Collins Megapack

      GENERAL INTEREST

      The Adventure Megapack

      The Baseball Megapack

      The Cat Story Megapack

      The Second Cat Story Megapack

      The Third Cat Story Megapack

      The Third Cat Story Megapack

      The Christmas Megapack

      The Second Christmas Megapack

      The Classic American Short Stories Megapack, Vol. 1.

      The Classic Humor Megapack

      The Dog Story Megapack

      The Doll Story Megapack

      The Horse Story Megapack

      The Military Megapack

      The Pirate Story Megapack

      The Sea-Story Megapack

      THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION MEGAPACKS

      1. Winston K. Marks

      2. Mark Clifton

      3. Poul Anderson

      SCIENCE