Wayne D. Overholser

Evil is as old as man. Dick Starr was exiled by his hellcat grandmother for not following her orders. Now, after an absence of one year, he is returning to his love, Lannie. Fearing that Dick's brother, Mike, would ambush and kill him, will Lannie be able to save Dick's life? Find out....

When Jett Cader comes home to an empty house, he knows that his wife has decided to take their young son away from their tough rural life in exchange for the city and better opportunities....

Dave Cray and Gramps, after the end of the Civil War, moved east from Oregon to settle a new and bountiful territory. What they did, they did with their hands, but they had no money. Smiling Jim Sully opened a store there, and he had money but allowed the farmers to barter hay for goods....

A young cowboy joins up with two other would-be bank robbers. The robbery succeeds but in getting away but only the cowboy comes away alive, much richer but not in any way he or anyone else had first expected....

Dave Lowery lived in Gunlock, a dying western trail town, now an outlaw's haven. Sheriff Arno Slade, the power in town in cahoots with the judge, is suspected of killing Lowery's father....

The volatile and dangerous Wild Bill Murphy has come to town with a group of settlers who have hired him to represent their interests....

Finding out what really happened to Gunplay Maxwell was not easy. He was a bank and train robber known for the skill with which he pulled off every job. Yet, when one of those explosions in a baggage car left him hard of hearing and nearly blind ....

A local merchant, Eli, holds most of the money and the power in the county. Then a stranger arrives and starts to court the merchant's daughter - and the problems begin....

The Civil War seems far away from Four Corners in the Oregon Territory. Then two local men take opposing sides....

Neal Clark ramrod of the Circle C Ranch was in Cascade City to see the gunsmith when the Shelly gang attempted to hold up the bank....

Central Oregon is the last frontier, with transportation still by stagecoach and freight wagon. Now there's a movement afoot for a people's railroad....