Contributing Authors
Mark Mellon
Mark a novelist who supports his family by working as an attorney for the FDIC. His life has been checkered with past experience as a mover, lifeguard/swimming instructor, door-to-door salesman, carpenter's helper, Russian translator, soldier, phone solicitor, collections counselor, and teacher.
His work has appeared in Aberrations; Chasm; Gothic.Net; Terra Incognita; Anthrolations; Albedo One; Black Satellite; Aoife's Kiss; Hadrosaur Tales; Premonitions; and Whispers From The Shattered Forum. His Western novel, The Pirooters, is published by Sundowners, a division of Treble Heart Books. The book recently won the Books and Authors.Net prize for Best Western of 2008. More information about the novel may be found at: www.trebleheartbooks.com/SDMellon.html. Also, a novella, Escape From Byzantium, will be published by Withersin Magazine in the fall (www.withersin.com).
A website featuring Mark's writing may be found at .
Big Jim Williams
Big Jim Williams, is author of the audio books, THE OLD WEST (Topics/Entertainment), and TALL TALES OF THE OLD WEST. His westerns and detective stories have appeared in WESTERN HORSEMAN, SHOOT!, TEXAS LIVESTOCK WEEKLY, AMERICAN WEST, ORCHARD PRESS MYSTERIES, and other magazines. He announces for KZSB, Santa Barbara, CA, and welcomes emails at:
Lee Aaron Wilson
[A.K.A. Leon E. "Lee" Baldwin]
From age nine, as the oldest grandchild I told stories "on demand" to the other kids during family get-togethers on the old farm. First it was about characters the younger kids wanted (e.g. Disney’s); later I made up stories about us--and learned a valuable lesson when Dean "didn’t think Duane would do that;" a character’s actions must be consistent with his revealed personality!
My family has roots back to the beginning of the United States. My mother's family, the Williams, date themselves from the Mayflower; the Baldwins from the Martin, the second boat into Plymouth Rock. My great-great-grandmother Bradley was born a princess in the Iroquois Nation. Great-grandpa Bradley had some real stories; he grew up with a gun on his hip. His brother, Wild Bill Bradley, was an Indian fighter, an outlaw and a lawman in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; both lived into their late-nineties. I grew up on a liberal diet of family stories, (some apocryphal) from all directions, Williams, Baldwins, and Bradleys. Is it any wonder I have to write?
Learn more about Lee at his website
Charlie Steel
Charlie Steel is an internationally published writer of westerns and creative nonfiction. He is a member of Western Writers of America and the Zane Grey’s West Society. His novel, FIGHT FOR WET SPRINGS, was reviewed in ROUNDUP MAGAZINE and endorsed by New York Times best-selling author, Clive Cussler. Steel holds five academic degrees including a Ph.D. Charlie Steel lives on an isolated ranch at the base of Greenhorn Mountain, in Southern Colorado.
Find out more about Charlie Steel at the following web address
Alfred Wallon
Born in 1957 and raised in a small village in the middle of Germany.
Since childhood and teenage years he was always addicted to westerns of
any kind, books, TV or movies. He wrote his first western novel in 1980 and
has been writing and publishing regularly ever since, mostly all kind of genres.
Historical westerns, crime stories, SF + Fantasy, Horror + gothic romance and
love stories. But his favorite genre has always been the historical western.
In summer 2006 he joined the Western Writers of America as an active member.
That was also the time when his good friend and British western writer David
Whitehead offered help in reading his first English story "Cadburn´s Return"
and he did the final polishing, so that everything was ok in style and language.
Alfred and David have collaborated on a soon to be published novel called
“All Guns Blazing”. The two are currently working on a second novel about the
Alaskan gold rush.
Find out more about Alfred and David at the following websites.
Dave P. Fisher
Dave is an accomplished author of Western short stories, cowboy poetry and western novels. His
available works and much more can be found at
Terry Burns
Terry has over 2 dozen books in print including 7 fiction and work in numerous short story
collections and has a new 3 book series entitled Mysterious Ways out from River Oak Publishing.
His available works as well as a daily blog can be found at
Norm Rourke
Norm is an author who knows how to capture the heart and soul of the west.
You will love his other published works. Visit his website at
James J. Griffin
The author of the Texas Ranger Jim Blawcyzk series of western novels. The Blawcyzk stories are traditional Westerns. A lifelong horseman, Western enthusiast, and amateur historian of the Texas Rangers. Griffin has travelled extensively throughout the Western United States. He has contributed an extensive collection of Texas Ranger artifacts to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco Texas. A member of the Connecticut Volunteer Horse Patrol, Griffin currently makes his home in New England.
Visit his website at
Tom Sheehan
Tom Sheehan’s Epic Cures, short stories from Press 53, won a 2006 IPPY Award. A Collection of Friends, from Pocol Press, was nominated for Albrend Memoir Award. This Rare Earth & Other Flights, poems, was issued by Lit Pot Press in 2003. He has nine Pushcart and two Million Writer nominations, a Silver Rose Award from American Renaissance for the Twenty-first Century (ART) and the Georges Simenon Award for Excellence in Fiction. His novels include Vigilantes East, Death for the Phantom Receiver and An Accountable Death. Coming from Press 53 this year is Brief Cases, Short Spans, a short story collection, and ready for the publisher is From the Quickening, more short stories. With former teacher John Burns, he has co-edited two books on his hometown of Saugus, sold 3500 to date of 4500 printed.. He retired in 1990. He meets again soon for a lunch/gab session with pals, the ROMEOs, Retired Old Men Eating Out (92, 80, & 79, ). He can hardly wait. His pals will each have one martini, he’ll have three beers, and the waitress will shine on them. Other info on Tom is available at
Ben H. Swadley
Ben H. Swadley is a museum director and writer living in Scott, Arkansas. His interest in the West springs from his Texas childhood, where his family visited numerous historic sites and landmarks over many years. Ben credits the Silver Spur award winning western writer, Benjamin Capps, and his father, a former English professor at the University of Texas at Arlington with his sparking inspiration to write.
his publications include, Dinner Guest for Halloween, Yellow-handled Case, Up A Tree In Snowball, Arkansas, and In Search of George Mallory.
You can find more information on Ben at:
Lee Pierce
Born and raised in north central Texas, Lee has written and performed songs and cowboy poetry for many years. His first western novel, Armstrong’s War, was published in November, 2005 by Robert Hale Publishing. Rough Justice, Lee’s second novel is currently available from Amazon or you can purchase an autographed copy directly from Lee at [email protected]
Rye James
Rye James was born and resides in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of the western novel, The Assassin, along with the Amazon best-selling short story Day Of The Assassin. He writes in a variety of genres, though his heart is always in Westerns. Visit his website for more information on his current and future projects at
Mike Gombas Sr.
Mike Gombas was born in Budapest, Hungary and was naturalized in 1972. He holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from St. Leo University and a Masters degree in Public Administration from Troy State University. He has published two books via iuniverse.com
1. Christopher of the Lake - Fantasy adventure - self illustrated - Epic format
2. Where the Stone Flowers Grow - collection of poems
will get you to the right place, then just type in the name Gombas for a search.
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