Western Williams, Lon: Real Western Stories Sampler 4. V1. 3 Feb 2012

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Real Western Magazine/Stories
British, and Canadian, reprint editions exist for the magazine

THE DEADLY SLOWPOKE—LON WILLIAMS

Why should a man be running around on all fours and growling like a dog? Lee Winters found out when he encountered Dr. Mesmer Ludwig. . .

THE THREE FATES—Lon Williams

It was a spooky night when Deputy Marshal Lee Winters met a man who knew what was What, a man who knew when was When, and a man who knew where was Where...

THE BEE'S NEST—LON WILLIAMS

Dardeen Blackwood had loved bees, always had them around her—but Dardeen Blackwood was dead, murdered years ago. But now Lee Winters and Doc Bogannon both heard the sound of bees, and Winters had seen a woman who looked like Dardeen Blackwood get off the incoming stage . . .

THE MAGIC GRINDSTONE—LON WILLIAMS

“It’ll sharpen anything for you that you want sharpened, Winters,” the deputy marshal was told. And Lee Winters, though doubtful of this purported magic, figured it was worth trying out, under the powdersmoke-threatening circumstances. . .

[Mike Hobart]

Well these are certainly different. If I had to describe them, I'd have to say it's as though somebody had started a magazine titled Funny Weird Westerns !

[JeremyR]

The early Lee Winters stories are a little formulaic, but the later ones get very weird indeed.