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

Stranger in a Strange Land
A Sci-fi Western featuring Dirk Dilemna the bounty hunter.
Rated: E
~4,701 Words
Sci-fi, Western, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated about a month ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
American Roots
Fugitive slaver, Indian medicine man, English bounty hunter, complete with a gunfight
Rated: 13+
~1,784 Words
Western, History, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
Saddled
Saddled with an allergy
Rated: 18+
~846 Words
Contest Entry, Western, Nonsense
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 months ago
YoungTown
Eighty-three children are all alone in the Old West. Can they survive on their own?
Rated: 18+
~1,910 Words
Western, Action/Adventure, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 months ago
The Santa Anas
Scalpers sitting by a campfire.
Rated: 18+
~690 Words
Contest Entry, Western, Dark
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 months ago
Rated: ASR
~553 Words
Contest Entry, Western, Children's
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
When You're at War with the Sky
A farmer and his son battle against a storm to protect their home. [Revision, Oct. 2015]
Rated: 13+
~3,675 Words
Drama, Western, Nature
Type: Short Story
Updated 12 months ago
True Grit Scene Spoof
What if Mel Brooks directed True Grit and gave John Wayne trouble with a certain Phrase?
Rated: 13+
~447 Words
Western, Fanfiction, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Wrong Page
Plans go awry when you read them upside down and backwards.
Rated: 13+
~290 Words
Western, Action/Adventure, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Interruptions
Real or imagined, they can be supremely annoying.
Rated: 13+
~286 Words
Ghost, Comedy, Western
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Now and Then
Enjoy the moments -- they only come around so often
Rated: 13+
~309 Words
Western, Supernatural, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Course Correction(s)
It can all change in an instant ... and forever
Rated: 13+
~273 Words
Western, Family, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
DECISIONS
How do you decide to stay in one place?
Rated: E
~1,726 Words
Relationship, Western, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Pack
Misery -- and trouble -- loves a little company.
Rated: 13+
~267 Words
Western, Men's, Action/Adventure
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Solia's Revenge
After she is released from space prison, Solia attends to unfinished business.
Rated: 13+
~2,423 Words
Sci-fi, Drama, Western
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Twice-Cursed Outlaw, William Fokke
There's no rest for the wicked, they say. Neither now or after, for those twice-damned.
Rated: 13+
~1,390 Words
Western, Ghost, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Black Sands of Death Mesa
Where the Reaper rides a white horse!
Rated: ASR
~1,274 Words
Western, Ghost, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Don't Toot Your Own Little Big Horn
A spoof of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Rated: E
~850 Words
Comedy, Western, History
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The Outlaw Torn
A gunfighter continues her battle with a crooked android manufacturer in a sci-fi western.
Rated: E
~1,102 Words
Western, Sci-fi, Gay/Lesbian
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Jackie's Birthday
A story of friendship between two girls
Rated: E
~881 Words
Contest Entry, Family, Western
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
Alias 'Colt' Dawson
One man's final walk...
Rated: 13+
~1,019 Words
Western, Other, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 3 years ago
Eleyna
Almost Western (cowboy) style short story.
Rated: E
~609 Words
Western, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
That horse has bolted
A cowboy accidentally tells his best friend he's not as straight as previously thought.
Rated: 18+
~1,546 Words
Gay/Lesbian, Western, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
*Dollar* 750 GPs per review
Boyd & Ives
A story based on circumstances from Antonia Bird's RAVENOUS.
Rated: 13+
~1,227 Words
Horror/Scary, Western, Fanfiction
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
Window Bars
Entry for the Daily Flash Fiction challenge for 6/13. 296 words.
Rated: 13+
~273 Words
Contest Entry, Comedy, Western
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
The Marshal
A lawman trails a gunman.
Rated: 13+
~1,897 Words
Western, Other, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
Ride 'Em Tough - Revised Version
Can Eli go the round this time on the notorious saddle bronc Crazy Eight? Maybe . . .
Rated: E
~1,859 Words
Western, Action/Adventure, Sports
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
[The Dialogue 500] - Long Part High Noon
Classic Scene plays out in a not so classic way.
Rated: 13+
~224 Words
Western
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
The Death of Henry Brennan
A law man travels a long way to collect a fugitive.
Rated: ASR
~1,980 Words
Western, Other, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
High Stakes on the Sweetwater River
Historical fiction based on the lynching of Ellen Watson and Jim Averell in Wyoming 1889.
Rated: ASR
~3,380 Words
Western, History, Thriller/Suspense
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
The Taker
A game of Russian Roulette, but with a game of Poker
Rated: E
~1,321 Words
Western, Supernatural, Death
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 years ago
The O'Leary Decision
The Honorable Judge Zebbediah Prescot Miller had a mystery to solve ... or did he?
Rated: ASR
~2,075 Words
Western, Comedy, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
End of the Trail
The last days on the wagon train
Rated: E
~1,476 Words
Western, Romance/Love, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
Guns and Ammo Aren't Enough
No animals were harmed in the writing of this story. What am I writing about?
Rated: 18+
~2,036 Words
Western, Action/Adventure, Teen
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
Jailbird
Western Theme flashfic for SCREAMS!!!
Rated: ASR
~598 Words
Contest Entry, Horror/Scary, Western
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
Rated: 13+
~267 Words
Western, Action/Adventure, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
Why beat a dead horse?
There comes a time to learn from our actions
Rated: E
~1,760 Words
Western, Folklore, Contest
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
Kansas is Waiting
He was willing to give up everything for her...
Rated: E
~138 Words
Action/Adventure, Western
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
Legendary Times Two
The town of Friendship will never be the same. It's about to get even better.
Rated: 18+
~1,018 Words
Western, Teen, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
A Fistful of Denarii
On the frontier of ancient Britannia, five strangers prepare for a showdown.
Rated: 18+
~1,755 Words
Contest Entry, Western, History
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
The Winner Part 2
Steve wins the rodeo and wins a cowgirls heart on the dance floor.
Rated: E
~434 Words
Western, Romance/Love, History
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
The Winner
a bullrider at the Pecos Rodeo
Rated: E
~496 Words
Western, Sports, Career
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
Savage Land
He sits in this village, drinking and waiting to die. Yet, they still ask, and he answers.
Rated: E
~753 Words
Western, Drama
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
Gunner
A western for the March lipogram contest. Letter "V" omitted.
Rated: ASR
~827 Words
Contest Entry, Western, Crime/Gangster
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 years ago
Rated: 13+
~1,046 Words
Western, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 years ago
The Posse and the Dog
Tomorrow the posse will set out looking for Bad Bob, but there's a matter about a dog...
Rated: 18+
~1,852 Words
Contest Entry, Western, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 years ago
Mirrors Lie
Demus, a de-man, hunts Cade through the Old West.
Rated: 18+
~1,731 Words
Contest Entry, Gothic, Western
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 years ago
The Really Wild West
A story I wrote in the seventh grade... it's pretty crazy.
Rated: E
~668 Words
Drama, Western, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 years ago
Sawdust Parker
A Western (sort of kind of) Any kind of help/ opinions would be a great help.
Rated: 13+
~849 Words
Western, Action/Adventure, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 years ago
Bet and the Stranger
A stranger rides into Laredo and changes everything...
Rated: 13+
~1,956 Words
Western, Romance/Love, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 7 years ago
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