Boot Hill

Edited by Robert J. Randisi

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Featuring original short stories by Elmer Kelton, James Reasoner, Randy Lee Eickhoff, Robert Vaughan, Richard S. Wheeler, Tom Piccirilli, Ed Gorman and many others!

"They died with their boots on."

So goes the old cliché that sums up the untimely demise of many a man in the wilder towns of the Old West-and no town was wilder, or home to more untimely demises, than the ultimate City of Sin, Dodge City. The overcrowded cemetery in Dodge was known as Boot Hill, and it was filled with some of the wildest characters in American history.

In this remarkable anthology, Robert Randisi has collected the most successful Western authors currently writing to create a short story collection that tells the stories of Boot Hill-from the coffin-maker with a death wish to the drunken cowboy haunted by one night of greed and violence, to the vigilante piano man and the tough-talking soiled dove. With original stories by Elmer Kelton, James Reasoner, Randy Lee Eickhoff, Robert Vaughan, Richard S. Wheeler, Tom Piccirilli, Ed Gorman and many others, as well as a reprinted story from John Jakes, Boot Hill is a unique and powerful collection that captures the wild and bizarre characters that populated the American West.

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THE GRAVEDIGGER
 
Robert J. Randisi
 
 
Don’t never sneak up on a feller when he’s diggin’ a grave!
Sorry, but ya gave me a fright, there. They call me the Gravedigger. Welcome to Boot Hill. Reckon you’re a-wonderin’ what all the fuss is about, all these holes an’ such. Lemme lean on my shovel here, a minute. Backbreakin’ work, diggin’ graves, but honest. That’s what I was lookin’ for when I come here in ’seventy-four. By that time Boot Hill already been here two years.

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Praise for Boot Hill

"A unique and powerful collection."-Tulsa World

"These yarns are packed with vividly described gunplay."-Library Journal

"The writers have turned out concise stories that capture the essence of the time and place. Each story has a captivating twist, employing imagery in a refreshing manner. . . . Every writer has produced a jewel."-The Daily Oklahoman

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Edited by Robert J. Randisi

Robert J. Randisi has edited some twenty anthologies in the Western and mystery genres. He is also the creator and author of the long-running series, The Gunsmith.

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Boot Hill
Edited by Robert J. Randisi

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback
Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
May 2003
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780765300829
ISBN10: 0765300826
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 352 pages
$18.99

Hardcover

Hardcover
Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
May 2002
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780765300812
ISBN10: 0765300818
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 352 pages
$24.95

e-Book Agency

e-Book Agency
Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
April 2007
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429979542
ISBN10: 1429979542
352 pages
$9.99
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