Looking for something new to read? Below is a list of featured Weird West new books and/or anthologies out in 2025 from traditional and small-press publishers. These Old West-themed stories cover supernatural horror, sci-fi, adventure, fantasy and more.
The list is updated on an ongoing basis, so be sure to check back for new book recommendations.
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Title: Southern Cross
Author: Vaughn A. Jackson
Publisher: Falstaff Books
Type: supernatural western
Description: Ten years ago, Ezekiel escaped one evil, only to watch helplessly as an even more ancient evil in the form of a vampire ripped his wife from his grasp.
Ezekiel’s hunt began in the ashes of his former life. Now, the Civil War burns through the American South, and Ezekiel cuts his own swath of destruction, battling man and monster alike. Two unlikely allies join him in his quest: Will, a member of the Union’s Ambulance Corp, and Kate, a young Confederate sympathizer. The jaded, world-weary hunter doesn’t know if his wife is alive or dead, just that revenge is a dish best served bloody red.
Title: Melinda West and the Gremlin Queen
Author: KC Grifant
Publisher: Brigids Gate Press
Type: horror-fantasy western
Description: In an alternate Old West, monsters rule the land—but one deadly duo is humanity’s last hope.
Melinda West is a sharpshooter with a steady hand, a cool head and a no-nonsense attitude. Her partner, Lance, brings the charm—and the firepower. Together, they’ve made a living hunting supernatural threats. But when a strange illness leaves a trail of corpses in its wake, they realize they’re about to face their greatest challenge yet.
As the bodies pile up, a swarm of gremlins—smarter, faster and deadlier than anything they’ve encountered before—are hellbent on destruction. Unless Melinda and Lance can uncover the truth behind these mysterious creatures, everything they know will be torn apart.
Fast-paced, gritty, and packed with supernatural thrills, Melinda West and the Gremlin Queen blends the rebellious charm of Bonnie and Clyde with the high-stakes action of Supernatural and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is book two in a standalone interconnected series—ideal for both new readers and returning fans looking for dark fantastical westerns with a twist.
Title: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Author: Stephen Graham Jones
Publisher: Saga Press
Type: horror western
Description: An instant New York Times bestseller, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.
A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shares the narrative of his peculiar life over a series of confessional visits. This is an American Indian revenge story written by one of the new masters of horror, Stephen Graham Jones.
Title: Black Rose
Author: Arlo Z. Graves
Type: supernatural western
Description: Only one revolver shoots silver and the Black Rose suffers no fools. In an Old West where machines come to life and deadly silver terrorizes the land, Warden Valasquez craves vengeance. He needs the legendary Colt Buntline revolver, the Black Rose, to get it. But the Black Rose has other plans.
Title: Once Upon a Fang in the West
Author: John Dover
Type: Western Horror
Description: The Braided Pony saloon is no stranger to gun fire and blood stains on the floor. But when a mysterious gunslinger turns up dead in Ruby’s room, it’s up to the town’s drunken sheriff to investigate. Lucky for him, Samuel, a fast talking vampire, arrives looking to settle a score and attempting to resurrect his dead friend. Now they’re on the hunt across the rocky plains of the Wild West to recover the life that was stolen.
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