In honor of Women of Horror month, we’re highlighting women weird west authors whose works span from supernatural to extreme horror to the fantastical. These books, novellas, short stories and anthologies and graphic novels feature epic adventures, unsettling scenarios, intriguing magic and stark landscapes of the Old West.
Rachel Aaron – The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow
Emma Bull – Territory
Julie Bozza – Queer Weird West Tales
Catt Colborn – Biting the Golden Dust Canyon
Kelly Sue DeConnick – Pretty Deadly
Gemma Files – A Book of Tongues
Sarah Gailey – River of Teeth
KC Grifant – Melinda West: Monster Gunslinger
Pamela Jeffs – The Terralight Collection
Kenzie Jennings – Red Station
Nicole Givens Kurtz – Sisters of the Wild Sage: A Weird Western Collection
Catherine Lundoff – Queer Weird West Tales
V.S. McGrath – The Devil’s Revolver (4-book series)
Regina Garza Mitchell – Shadow of the Vulture
Christine Morgan – The Night Silver River Run Red
TC Parker – Salvation Spring (currently out of print)
Hailey Piper – Cruel Angels Past Sundown (forthcoming 2023)
Stephanie Rabig – On Stolen Land
Rebecca Roanhorse – Tread of Angels
Tammy Salyer – Weird West Otherworld Outlaws series
Catherynne M. Valente – Six-Gun Snow White
More references:
Check out “5 Supernatural Westerns to Add to Your TBR” at The Horror Tree
Looking for more weird western book recommendations? Keep an eye out for upcoming titles releasing in 2023 at this frequently updated list:
Weird West Fiction 