New York: Forge / TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2007). First edition - The first in a series of collections of the best contemporary writing to come from the American West; it includes twenty stories, five appearing for the first time in print. Both the work of so-called traditional Western writers, such as Max Evans and Elmer Kelton, and the literary contingent,like William Kittredge and Valerie Miner, are represented. Other contributors include Sherman Alexie, Melanie Rae Thon, Luis Alberto Urrea, Elmore Leonard, John Sayles and more. 316 pp.