H.R. Williams
The Whiskey Killing

Edwin Mayhew owns a liquor store, but he's also involved in loan sharking and running illegal card games. It all ends for Edwin one night when a stranger guns him down and soaks his body with whiskey. Captain William Walker and his assistant search for the killer while over them hovers the ghost of Edwin Mayhew, his evil deeds confronting Walker at every turn. In a cabin on a river bank, the killer waits for his captors. When they come, he will greet them with his terrible truth and with a final, mind­shattering act.

Nell DuVall
Train to Yesterday

When Penny Barton meets Fletcher Dawe aboard a steam train, she finds him fascinating. Later she sees him in an 1855 photo. Researching the history of the railroad, she discovers that Dan Hudson died to stop the train. Fainting during a photoshoot, Penny awakens in 1855. When she finds Fletcher, he rejects her claim of coming from the future and accuses her of conspiring to destroy his rail line. Dan also distrusts her - especially when she tries to warn him about the train.

Three of Max Brand's finest short novels appear in book form for the first time, In The Law Dodger of Windy Creek, Sam Leader was falsely accused of murder, but makes a daring escape - and suddenly posses are on his trail. In Trail of the Eagle, Barney Dwyer helped Len Peary escape from jail, but now Peary has joined up with a gang of outlaws. In Outlaws from Afar; Speedy is able to outwit even the deadliest men without the use of a gun, Badmen Charles Dupray and Vincente Bardillo both have reasons for wanting Speedy dead.