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Short Stories - By Genre: Western
in the "Western" genre


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Ghostly Hauntings Past and Present  Open in new Window.
by One Solitary Voice Author Icon
Rated: E • Paranormal • #2353131
A modern mans encounter with the paranormal.
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True Justice  Open in new Window.
by JACE Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Western • #1939954
Justice is not always the way you expect.
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Bill Hawkes's Revenge  Open in new Window.
by kadenkoker Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Western • #2350804
Old Bounty-Hunter has debt to settle with fearless outlaw Clyde Smith. Feedback accepted.
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Why beat a dead horse?  Open in new Window.
by Moarzjasac Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #1979825
There comes a time to learn from our actions
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The Night in Kingswood  Open in new Window.
by Claevyan Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Western • #2345950
A young Caravan Guard grows up fast on his first trip through the Kingswood forest.
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The Wounded Knight  Open in new Window.
by Claevyan Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Western • #2343765
Short story intro to my "Ballads for Bullets" series.
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The Redbud Tree Whispers to Me My Name  Open in new Window.
by jackson Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Paranormal • #2346228
A redbud tree recounts her memories of the imprisonment of a seven year old Cherokee girl.
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The Rocking Chair Gang  Open in new Window.
by Bearclaw Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2346130
Old friends come to town to help their old buddy, Walt Spencer.
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Leaving Idaho  Open in new Window.
by Kåre เลียม Enga Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Tragedy • #2346089
The black paved sore stretched towards the horizon.
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A Night of Celebration  Open in new Window.
by Claevyan Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2343822
A young girl remembers her brother William during her kingdoms independence celebrations.
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The Ranger  Open in new Window.
by Lonewolf Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2343821
Cordero Roberts and his pursuit of Oz.
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The Fast Gun....Chapter Three  Open in new Window.
by Bearclaw Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2298698
Keegan takes on one more job before calling it quits.
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Trouble Rides Into Town  Open in new Window.
by Bearclaw Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Western • #2042537
Laredo Trent never expected to be drawn into a war between the ranchers in the valley.
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The Uncertainty  Open in new Window.
by Billytj Author Icon
Rated: E • Emotional • #2338836
A short story about two friends, love and betrayal.
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A Bad Bet  Open in new Window.
by Cupadraig~The Remote Country Author Icon
Rated: E • Fantasy • #2301222
A cowboy tracks down the stranger that stole his shadow
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Matamis  Open in new Window.
by jackson Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Emotional • #2324028
A Cherokee girl speaks of the nature of her forced life in Oklahoma. First draft . . .
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Chapter One - My Father's Hat  Open in new Window.
by LightinMind Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Western • #2318418
The freedom of the cowboys versus the fences of the stock-farmers
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Hidden Trail  Open in new Window.
by foxtale Author Icon
Rated: E • Nature • #2307491
A marginalized youth hopes a weekend on the river with a scout troop will help him fit in.
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A DARK OBELISK  Open in new Window.
by Mayron57 Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #2315328
The Dark Obelisk allows you to live out your dreams .. or your worst nightmares!
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Endless Rocky Road  Open in new Window.
by Evan Hall Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2315141
A man at his lowest point finds solace in the simple force that binds us.
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Gunslinger  Open in new Window.
by Chris24 Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2314094
An eastern socialite inherits a property out west. (Contest Entry)
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Homesick  Open in new Window.
by Hugh Wesley Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2307246
Home might be even farther away than it looks.
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small talk  Open in new Window.
by chatter Author Icon
Rated: E • Fantasy • #2299989
(unfinished? i couldn't finish this in time) man i wish scottish people were real....
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American Roots  Open in new Window.
by LightinMind Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Western • #2268712
Fugitive slaver, Indian medicine man, English bounty hunter, complete with a gunfight
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We'll Stand Right Here  Open in new Window.
by Hugh Wesley Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Western • #2287448
Tastes like rabbit.
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The Wild West News  Open in new Window.
by starrygirl Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2279333
A 16 year old girl goes on a quest to find 50 good men for an all woman town.
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Saddled  Open in new Window.
by THANKFUL SONALI Happy 2026! Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Contest Entry • #2270399
Saddled with an allergy
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YoungTown  Open in new Window.
by PureSciFiPlus Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Western • #2269363
Eighty-three children are all alone in the Old West. Can they survive on their own?
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The Santa Anas  Open in new Window.
by Winchester Jones Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Contest Entry • #2256843
Scalpers sitting by a campfire.
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The Bad Guy  Open in new Window.
by THANKFUL SONALI Happy 2026! Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Contest Entry • #2258734
and also the good one
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When You're at War with the Sky  Open in new Window.
by JDMac Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Drama • #1586473
A farmer and his son battle against a storm to protect their home. [Revision, Oct. 2015]
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True Grit Scene Spoof  Open in new Window.
by BIG BAD WOLF is Merry Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Western • #1636294
What if Mel Brooks directed True Grit and gave John Wayne trouble with a certain Phrase?
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The Twice-Cursed Outlaw, William Fokke  Open in new Window.
by Seuzz Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Western • #2246860
There's no rest for the wicked, they say. Neither now or after, for those twice-damned.
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The Black Sands of Death Mesa  Open in new Window.
by Seuzz Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Western • #2246075
Where the Reaper rides a white horse!
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Don't Toot Your Own Little Big Horn  Open in new Window.
by Ken Page Author Icon
Rated: E • Comedy • #2239740
A spoof of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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The Outlaw Torn  Open in new Window.
by C.E.Wilder Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2225541
A gunfighter continues her battle with a crooked android manufacturer in a sci-fi western.
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Jackie's Birthday  Open in new Window.
by J.L. O'Dell Author Icon
Rated: E • Contest Entry • #2147201
A story of friendship between two girls
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Alias 'Colt' Dawson  Open in new Window.
by Angus Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Western • #1930651
One man's final walk...
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Eleyna  Open in new Window.
by TonyHamid Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2182196
Almost Western (cowboy) style short story.
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The Revenge of Redshank Lirette  Open in new Window.
by Leif the Lucky Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Sci-fi • #2146501
A high tech fascist regime controls a dystopian Earth ... but there's a spark of hope.
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The Rebel Outlaw Redshank Lirette  Open in new Window.
by Leif the Lucky Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Sci-fi • #2146202
In the future, everyone who doesn't agree to a mandatory implant is an enemy of the state.
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Boyd & Ives  Open in new Window.
by Leif the Lucky Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #1857913
A story based on circumstances from Antonia Bird's RAVENOUS.
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Window Bars  Open in new Window.
by Zaighster Author Icon
Rated: 13+ • Contest Entry • #2160919
Entry for the Daily Flash Fiction challenge for 6/13. 296 words.
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Ride 'Em Tough - Revised Version  Open in new Window.
by NeenahDee Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2158210
Can Eli go the round this time on the notorious saddle bronc Crazy Eight? Maybe . . .
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The Death of Henry Brennan  Open in new Window.
by Graham B. Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Western • #2149847
A law man travels a long way to collect a fugitive.
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High Stakes on the Sweetwater River  Open in new Window.
by Myles Abroad Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Western • #2150527
Historical fiction based on the lynching of Ellen Watson and Jim Averell in Wyoming 1889.
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The Taker  Open in new Window.
by M.A. Carr Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2154879
A game of Russian Roulette, but with a game of Poker
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The O'Leary Decision  Open in new Window.
by 🌝 HuntersMoon Author Icon
Rated: ASR • Western • #1826387
The Honorable Judge Zebbediah Prescot Miller had a mystery to solve ... or did he?
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End of the Trail  Open in new Window.
by Quick-Quill Author Icon
Rated: E • Western • #2149722
The last days on the wagon train
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Guns and Ammo Aren't Enough  Open in new Window.
by PureSciFiPlus Author Icon
Rated: 18+ • Western • #2149125
No animals were harmed in the writing of this story. What am I writing about?
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