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A Rage for Justice, by John M. Whalen

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

John Whalen brings us another story in his Tulon setting. He asks the question, what’s a man to do when he finds a man that he has every reason to kill at the point of his gun?— ed, N.E. Lilly

A Curious Pleasure Excursion, by Mark Twain

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

SpaceWesterns.com is celebrating its two-year anniversary here, with a space-story by Mark Twain. It was published as a hoax in the summer of 1874, at the height of “Comet Scare” of that year.— ed, N.E. Lilly

The Reckoning, by John Wilson

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

There are a number of standard dichotomies on the frontier: immigrants versus natives; settlers versus nomads; civilization versus nature. I can only surmise that in the far future the new range wars will be fought oil versus solar. — ed, N.E. Lilly

Space Western Most Wanted, by N.E. Lilly

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

It’s been a conundrum here at SpaceWesterns.com—how best to get the attention of Space Western genre professionals for interviews? After much soul-searching and introspection (not to mention navel-gazing) we’ve decided: an old fashioned bounty hunt! The following are all wanted men... — ed, N.E. Lilly

Semantica, by Fredrick Obermeyer

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Tradition says that the Native Americans sold their land to Europeans because they didn’t believe that anyone could actually own it. Supposedly, it was beyond the Native American’s comprehension that any one person could define boundaries, describe borders, and exclude others from using the landscape. — ed, N.E. Lilly

Droidtown Blues, by Camille Alexa

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Further adventures of Matty and the Mandroid in this follow-up story to The Clone-Wrangler’s Bride — ed, N.E. Lilly

Interview with John G. Cawelti, by N.E. Lilly

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Not many people study the Science Fiction or the Western genres academically, let alone the two together. Fewer still have an award named in their honor. John G. Cawelti is just such a pioneer in the study of Popular and American Culture. He was studying Popular Culture before it was popular. That’s why we’re honored that he consented to an interview on the subject of Space Westerns. — ed, N.E. Lilly

Le Grand Bazar, by Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Change your name, change your profession, change your life... The promise of the frontier is an escape from your old life—the promise is there, whether or not it’s actually kept. — ed, N.E. Lilly

The Cold Equations, by Tom Godwin

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Cold Equations appeared in the August 1954 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. I can do no better than John Campbell’s original preface to this story: “The Frontier is a strange place – and a frontier is not always easy to recognize. It may lie on the other side of a simple door marked ‘No admittance’ – but it is always deadly dangerous.” — ed, N.E. Lilly

Her Day in Court, by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0700

People often ran to the West to be free from confrontation, to escape their old lives, only to discover that it’s the confrontation that sets them free. — ed, N.E. Lilly

The Mound—Part VII, by H.P. Lovecraft & Zealia Bishop

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

There’s just something attractive to the idea of infinite cosmic horror and the wild, wild west: the conclusion of H.P. Lovecraft and Zelia Bishop’s “The Mound,” which we’re presenting here in 7-part serial form. — ed, N.E. Lilly

In the Walls of Eryx, by H.P. Lovecraft & Kenneth J. Sterling

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

In January of 1936 a young man named Kenneth Sterling shared a draft of a story with H.P. Lovecraft. The story was rewritten and published after Lovecraft’s death as In the Walls of Eryx in the Weird Tales of October 1939. This story is Lovecraft’s sole Interplanetary frontier story set in the future. It details an encounter of a prospector with the aborigines of the planet Venus. — ed, N.E. Lilly

The Mound—Part VI, by H.P. Lovecraft & Zealia Bishop

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

There’s just something attractive to the idea of infinite cosmic horror and the wild, wild west: Part 6 of H.P. Lovecraft and Zelia Bishop’s “The Mound,” which we’re presenting here in 7-part serial form. — ed, N.E. Lilly

Last Taste of Manna, by T.J. McIntyre

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Accidents happen on the frontier. People heading out to make a new life on the frontier get stranded. Often, in the absence of a civilizing influence, they do whatever they can to survive. — ed, N.E. Lilly

The Mound—Part V, by H.P. Lovecraft & Zealia Bishop

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

There’s just something attractive to the idea of infinite cosmic horror and the wild, wild west: Part 5 of H.P. Lovecraft and Zelia Bishop’s “The Mound,” which we’re presenting here in 7-part serial form. — ed, N.E. Lilly