American Mountain

Lucy Darkhorse and her friend and lover, Jewel Yates, are facing not only their relationship with each other but their Native American heritage. Living in the world of White folks isn’t easy, but as Lucy has said, “Life is never easy for anyone. If we don’t struggle, we don’t grow.” Jewel's mother kept her daughter's hair dyed red to help disguise her. She lived most of her life trying to be a White woman, but now, in love with Lucy Darkhorse, she wants to claim her Native heritage. It won't be easy and will take time, but Jewel is determined to be who she really is.

In late September 1863, the Confederates began laying siege to the Union Army of the Cumberland around Chattanooga. It would be their last gasp for supremacy in the West. Following the devastating Union defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, the army and its shaken commander, General William S. Rosecrans, began digging in around the city and waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Her mouth twists, “I was a slave there until General Butler came along.” “I can’t imagine you being a slave to anyone.” “I couldn’t either.” She says dryly.

Voted the favorite stories of readers around the world! In tales from heart-warming to bone-chilling, authors from across the country take us back to the lives and times of the western frontier, where the new culture met the old and battles were fought, love born, and dreams achieved—or lost. This collection of the Tales voted Best by readers each month at www.FrontierTales.com, plus an Editor's Choice, make 13 wonderful stories of the Old West. Meet civil war soldiers, sheriffs, grifters and gunslingers, natives and ne'er-do-wells, and the women and men who pioneered this vast new land. ...

Voted the favorite stories of readers around the world! This baker's dozen of short stories with a Western flavor is the anthology of the third year's Readers Favorites from Frontier Tales, the online magazine of frontier and Western yarns. Join with others who've said these are some of the best short stories about the West that they've seen.

Niro is a photographer who’s lost the joy of taking photos. Burned by a bad break-up, she’s in desperate need of inspiration. Vimal is determined to win back his ex-girlfriend. When he hears she’s bringing her new boyfriend on a group holiday, he impulsively declares that he’s bringing a plus one too. Their mutual friends have the perfect solution: Niro can pretend to be Vimal’s new girlfriend and join the holiday. Imagine the incredible photographs she could take in the Swiss alps.

Frontier Tales is an online ezine dedicated to bringing new Western short stories into view. Each month, readers vote on their favorite Tale for that month. At the end of the year, there are 12 stories they have selected as the best. The editor then picks one more to make a total of thirteen, a baker's dozen. These are the winning stories from the fifth year of the ezine's production. Enjoy!

Frontier Tales is an online ezine dedicated to bringing new Western short stories into view. Each month, readers vote on their favorite Tale for that month. At the end of the year, there are 12 stories they have selected as the best. The editor then picks one more to make a total of thirteen, a baker's dozen. These are the winning stories from the sixth year of the ezine's production. Enjoy!

Voted the favorite stories of readers around the world! From a post-Civil War soldier who's sick from the dreadfulness and injustice of battle and longs for a life where he can regain his self-respect to a slip of a woman with flashing blue eyes and an Irish brogue who's on the track of the men who took her family, this collection of monthly winners from the eZine Frontier Tales whisks you back in time to when life and death were close neighbors and a person's word was a bond. These Tales honor the Old West and the men and women whose strength and spirit made the United States the unique ...

An isolated, high mountain village of indigenous people called the Mokie lose their shaman. With no shaman to guide them, the people abandon their traditional ways, and the young people cross the mountains to settle in the cities on the other side. The Mokie left behind mourn their loss and pray for a new shaman to come to their aid so the children will stay home. The Mokie stay hopeless until a blizzard blows a black crow and a stranger into their village. Is the stranger the new shaman they need?

Heaven I’m the preacher’s daughter, and I have a secret. It’s a most forbidden secret, one that everyone in our mountainous Tennessee town would disapprove of. I hoped that I could keep it. No one was ever supposed to find out. Not until it was safe. But I should have known better. Caleb I’ve been in love with Heaven Leigh from the moment I first set eyes on her. But she’s the preacher’s daughter, and I’m the worst sort of sinner. But can’t even sinners be forgiven? I don’t know if Heaven is my redemption or my damnation, but I don’t really care because there’s one ...

Kyle's known that he likes guys since he's been a boy, but he's never actually been with a man. He likes to tell himself that he's not the one night stand type and he hasn't found time for a real relationship. The truth of the matter is that he's scared; scared of embarrassing himself, or worse, being hurt. When the perfect opportunity arises on a dream vacation, will Kyle find the nerve he needs? READ AN EXCERPT: “Filthy habit, that,” and I whirl, nearly dropping my cigarette, when I see him lighting one of his own. “Sorry about that… again,” he says with a smile crinkling his ...