James D. Best

Honest westerns. Full of dishonest characters.   Old haunts is now available in hardcover , trade paperback , and Kindle . Get a copy while...

No Peace, A Steve Dancy Tale Available in paperback (6X9 Trade Paperback) and for Kindles. Excerpt “Stay put. You’re not leaving ...

JackBoston.com has reviewed the Shut Mouth Society .  Read the full review here : The Shut Mouth Society was a great and unexpectedly...

Honest westerns filled with dishonest characters. My new Steve Dancy book takes place in 1885, three years after Steve and Virginia ...

Christmas is great. Lots of family, friends, and good cheer. And for dessert, we leave for San Diego on the 27th for more family and ...

Natural disaster, street gangs and political inertia … but that isn’t the scary part. Deluge is now available in print and Kindle. This...

I recently read Stephen Hunter’s, The Third Bullet , which is a novel about the John F. Kennedy assassination. Through the years, I have re...

Several book reviews have criticized Steve Dancy as barely better than the bad guys. Seriously? I believe vile villains make a story wo...

I'm not sure if book trailers sell books, but they seem to be the rage, so here is a new trailer for The Steve Dancy Tales. Comments wel...

Previously I wrote a blog posting which questioned whether Western mash-ups worked. I personally dislike mash-ups because they rely too mu...

As of this morning, Amazon is offering The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale in print and Kindle formats. The hardcover large print edition i...

John Wayne was a lucky man. As the leading man in 142 films, he had the honor of working with somewhere near 142 leading ladies. Ink Tank do...

Friday, I signed the final approval forms for The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale . Whew! The Return by James D. Best I wish th...

Superheroes are the polar opposite of a slice of life. Killing lifeless zombies, evil vampires, extraterrestrial aliens, or bad witches is ...

In 1944, Raymond Chandler wrote an essay for The Atlantic Monthly titled, "The Simple Art of Murder." It was reprinted in 1950...

Images is a great site for film and popular culture. They have a number of articles on Westerns, but I suggest you start with "The W...

Working Cover I'm about to send The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale to my editor. One step closer to publishing, but still a ways to g...

I’m reading a thriller from a big name author. It’s a bestseller published under a Simon & Schuster imprint. Yeah, I found a few typ...

"This is a compelling narrative and as good as the best of classic Westerns. James D. Best is a name to remember." Read ...

Ron Scheer at Buddies in the Saddle has reviewed The Shopkeeper and published a companion  interview with me. "This is an ...