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Weird West Author Spotlight: Michael Merriam

15 Sep 202216 Sep 2022
Welcome, Michael! Michael Merriam is the author of the steampunk series Sixguns & Sorcery, and his essays and stories have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Cast of Wonders, and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. He has published…
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Weird West Author Spotlight: Ronald Kelly

2 Sep 202220 Feb 2023
Welcome, Ronald! Born and bred in Tennessee, Ronald Kelly has been an author of Southern-fried horror and western fiction for 36 years, with fifteen novels, twelve short story collections, and a Grammy-nominated…
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Weird West Author Spotlight: Catherine Lundoff

25 Aug 202225 Aug 2022
Welcome, Catherine! Catherine Lundoff is an award-winning writer, editor and publisher. She is a recipient of a 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Writing Grant and the Author Guest of Honor…
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Weird West Author Spotlight: Rachel Aaron

18 Aug 202217 Aug 2022
Welcome, Rachel! Rachel Aaron is the author of twenty-plus novels and the bestselling nonfiction writing book, 2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love,…
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Dialog and Dialect in the Old West: A Writer’s Resource

27 Jul 202217 Aug 2022
Hey there partner! So, you want to write a Weird West story? Part of capturing that atmosphere is making sure your characters sound like they're in the Old West. Like…
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How To Write A Weird West Story

6 Mar 20223 Oct 2022
So you want to write a Weird Western? If you love your historical fiction with a dash of the weird, you've probably already dabbled in weird western fiction. If not?…
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Updated! Weird West Story Submission Calls for 2023

15 Feb 202223 Mar 2023
Gather up your paper and inks, partner! Weird West anthologies pop up not infrequently. Check out the list below for a roundup of anthologies seeking stories, updated quarterly. (*Please note…

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