I write mostly Westerns because quite frankly, I was born in the wrong century. I don't limit myself exclusively to that genre, but it is by far my favorite because I grew up reading Louis L'Amour, Max Brand and Zane Gray. L'Amour is my biggest inspiration and I own everything he published. My recent essay, My Personal West, details exactly how I feel about L'Amour and tells why he was such an inspiration for me.

When I'm not writing, I work as the editor and webmaster of The Western Online, an online magazine that is dedicated to everything Western. We publish fiction, artwork, articles, serialized fiction, book reviews, exclusive interviews and even a Western comic strip.

Book Description:
The outlaw Wesley Quaid wants to put the past behind him and start his life anew in another place where no one has ever heard of him. When a mysterious woman he once knew resurfaces, Wesley discovers that a man can't run from his past anymore than he can run from the kind of man he has become.

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The Wanted Man is a collection of eight of my short stories. Four have been previously published and four are brand new. Not all of the stories are interconnected.

The title story features my Texas Ranger character Jud Nelson. "The Old Outlaw", "Marked For Death", and "Vengeance is Mine" are all stand alone stories.

"Stagecoach for Sally", "Killer For Hire", "In Plain Sight", and "Nelson's Code" all feature my antihero character, Wesley Quaid, who first appeared under a slightly different moniker in the story "Pack of Wolves" in Issue 1 of Pulp Modern. "Stagecoach for Sally" is a direct sequel to "Pack of Wolves" and the next three stories all follow Quaid's exploits including his run-in with Texas Ranger Jud Nelson.

I have a Western short story the Autumn 2011 Issue of Pulp Modern titled "Pack of Wolves." It is the first story with a new character I've created who is a lot of fun to write. He's a Western antihero. I've never written this type of character before and it opens new kinds of storytelling. I'm in the process of writing a series of stories about him and I'm also in the middle of a novel featuring this character. I'm excited about this collection being released and I'm proud to be part of it and to be featured among so many fine writers.

The inaugural issue of Pulp Modern, a quarterly dedicated to crime, fantasy, and western fiction. Includes new stories by Jimmy Callaway, James Duncan, C.J. Edwards, Garnett Elliott, Melissa Embry, Edward A. Grainger, Glenn Gray, David James Keaton, John Kenyon, Chris La Tray, Yarrow Paisley, Matthew Pizzolato, Thomas Pluck, Stephen D. Rogers, Sandra Seamans, Copper Smith and a classic tale by pulp fiction pioneer Lawrence Block. (Edited by Alec Cizak)