James D. Best

A book review of The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale appears in the February issue of Roundup Magazine —a publication of Westerns Writers of Am...

I’m not a purist. My own westerns are about miners instead of cowboys, my plots delve into the politics of the frontier, and my protagoni...

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