Seventeen BEST OF THE WEST short stories by Charlie Steel, Tale-Weaver Extraordinaire  No matter the challenge or adversity, Charlie Steel's characters attempt to do what is right. They are caught in disputes beyond their control and must utilize inner strength and faith as they struggle for survival. In this collection of seventeen stories, set mostly in the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies with its searing heat, numbing cold, limitless sky, endless prairie, and rising peaks---the land itself becomes a character. The tales are thrilling and unforgettable. When the last page is turned the reader will be disappointed that the journey has ended.

Desert Heat, Desert Cold and Other Tales of the West

Literature & Fiction

Charlie Steel

Genre Fiction

Condor Publishing, Inc.

Mariposa, Where Did You Get Your Colors?

Mariposa, a colorful little butterfly, is sad as she flutters across the black and white world beneath her. She feels rejected and alone. She stops to rest on a cattail in Cochiti Lake, and a brave and curious trout swims near. He asks her where she got her colors. The butterfly tells him she must go and ask her wise abuelita. Her grandmother explains that the colors are a special gift and that it is not where they come from but what she does with them that truly matters. This lovely story teaches about kindness and generosity-about loneliness and fitting in-and about becoming courageous in spite of fear. The illustrations are exquisitely rendered by noted muralist Nanibah Chacon. Mariposa, Where Did You Get Your Colors? is a beautiful book for all ages.

Children's Books

Padilla-Vigil, Virginia

Animals

Steel, Charlie

THE SOUL GATHERERS: THIRTEEN WESTERN TALES

Deputy Pete and the Missing Muffin

Griffin, James J.

Deputy Pete and the Purloined Pickles Puzzle

Western author Charlie Steel doesn't write about the pedantic, the ordinary, or the mundane. In STRONG WOMEN OF THE WEST (Anthology), this master storyteller captures the spirit of powerful women of all ages, from a five-year-old to an aging spinster, from a pregnant ranch woman to an aging widow, from a rich society girl to a tough teenager, from an abandoned child to a rifle-toting female...and many others. These thirteen exciting stories, far from the trivial and commonplace, embrace an extraordinary group of women living in the West in the 1800s.

STRONG WOMEN OF THE WEST (ANTHOLOGY)

Fight for Wet Springs

Action & Adventure

Gun-fighter! Deputy Marshal! Romantic! Friend to the Trinidad priest and Marshal Bat Masterson! Jack "Applejack" Martin is a youthful gun-fighting deputy! After his parent's death, Applejack leaves the family's hardscrabble ranch to travel to Trinidad, Colorado. Along the way, he fights a bandito and is badly beaten. While recovering, Jack encounters a wounded outlaw and saves the gunman's life. In return, the young man is taught to be a pistolero of extreme skill. Arriving in Trinidad, Applejack prevents Bat Masterson from being killed and is hired by the noted marshal to become one of his deputies. The unworldly young lawman falls in love with a wealthy senorita and must confront her hateful and arrogant father. The deputy's innocence, but great skill with a revolver, quickly elicits the respect of Trinidad's residents, of Masterson, and of other deputies, and it transforms the ranch boy into a man. Through the intriguing character of Applejack, author Charlie Steel weaves a riveting and fascinating tale around very real people and events of the old West that include not only the famous marshal but also a wayward and colorful priest.

Applejack & Bat Masterson: Trinidad's Law

Seventeen BEST OF THE WEST short stories by Charlie Steel, Tale-Weaver Extraordinaire No matter the challenge or adversity, Charlie Steel's characters attempt to do what is right. They are caught in disputes beyond their control and must utilize inner strength and faith as they struggle for survival. In this collection of seventeen stories, set mostly in the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies with its searing heat, numbing cold, limitless sky, endless prairie, and rising peaks---the land itself becomes a character. The tales are thrilling and unforgettable. When the last page is turned the reader will be disappointed that the journey has ended.

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