For more than thirty years, Bill Pronzini has been writing Western stories and novels, creating some of the finest writing the West has seen. Now for the first time in paperback, fourteen of his greatest short stories are brought together in one volume. Spanning his entire career, these tales offer a rich variety of tone and setting and feature characters who run the gamut from lawmen and cowhands to saddle makers and traveling dentists. But whether the stories are mysteries or action-filled adventures, grim or farcical, you can be sure of one thing: They make the West come alive!