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Fantasy Westerns Fantasy Westerns "Westerns have often been considered the ugly stepchild of genre writing." Johnny D. Boggs Silver on the Road The Native Star by Laura Anne Gilman by M. K. Hobson Taking a job in the untamed In 1876, Emily Edwards, a local American West serving a being witch who is forced to run for of immense power who makes her life when an enchanted deals with people and gives artifact falls into her possession, them exactly what they deserve, teams up with a warlock from Izzy receives training in the New York City to unlock the manipulations of human desire secret of the mysterious--and and travels throughout the highly coveted--artifact. territory to spread magical chaos. The Gunslinger The Six-Gun Tarot by Stephen King by R. S. Belcher Roland, the world's last Harboring supernatural secrets gunslinger, tracks an enigmatic and mysterious origins, the man in black toward a fantastical cattle town of forbidding Dark Tower, fighting Golgotha in mid-19th-century forces both mortal and other- Nevada is thrown into a worldly on his quest. maelstrom when a primordial evil emerges from an abandoned silver mine, rendering a death-marked sheriff, his half-human deputy Wake of Vultures and other posse members the world's only by Lila Bowen protectors. After an encounter with a deadly stranger leads her to Dead Iron discover the source of the by Devon Monk mysterious sand in the desert, Cursed with lycanthropy and Nettie Lonesome sets out on a carrying the guilt of his brother's quest to find her true kin—if the supposed death, bounty hunter monsters along the way don't Cedar Hunt searches for the kill her first. Holder, a powerful device created by mad devisers that may offer his brother a shot at survival. Lindenhurst Memorial Library 1 Lee Avenue Lindenhurst, New York 11757 | (631) 957-7755 https://www.lindenhurstlibrary.org/ Fantasy Westerns "Westerns have often been considered the ugly stepchild of genre writing." Johnny D. Boggs Sarah Canary Boneshaker by Karen Joy Fowler by Cherie Priest When a hideous woman Commissioned to build a appears without warning in machine that will promote Washington Territory, Chin Ah gold-rush land-breaking efforts Kin--certain that she is an between Civil War-era Seattle immortal sent to enchant him-- and Alaska, inventor Leviticus decides to return her to her Blue inadvertently triggers the white world, and their journey release of a deadly gas that together becomes a magnet for transforms people into the a cast of eccentric characters. living dead, a situation that prompts his teenage son to Wolf in Shadow restore the family reputation years later. by David Gemmell The Rise of Ransom Seeking peace in a world devastated by ruthlessness and City savagery, Jon Shannow, the by Felix Gilman Jerusalem Man, confronts Caught in the middle of a Abaddon, the Lord of the Pit, power war by a secret coveted and his Hellborn army as they by both the Line and the Gun, engage in human sacrifice to doctor of psychology Liv launch a new satanic era. Alverhuysen flees ot the world's edge with Gun agent Creedmor, while evil inventor Harry Ransom hatches a lucrative scheme. The Etched City by K. J. Bishop The Buntline Special Fleeing the ruined Copper by Michael D. Resnick Country to escape the ghosts of In a steampunk-style alternate- their past, a healer and a killer history fantasy tale, America's struggle to build new lives in only hope for expansion past the city of Ashamoil, but they the Mississippi River in 1881 is a soon discover that past mission to Tombstone, Arizona, continues to affect the present headed by Thomas Edison, and the future, forever whose protectors include Wyatt transforming the world around Earp, Doc Holliday and the them. zombie Bat Masterson and whose enemies include the Apache wizard Geronimo, the Clanton gang and an undead Johnny Ringo. Lindenhurst Memorial Library 1 Lee Avenue Lindenhurst, New York 11757 | (631) 957-7755 https://www.lindenhurstlibrary.org/.
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