In "The Flaming Rider," large groups of Blackfeet, Cheyennes, and Crows, ordinarily hostile to each other, are camped around the newly built Fort Meany, having come to trade with factor Henry Meany. The members of these tribes love most of all to gamble, and what better way than betting on a horse race? Then, one race incites open hostility toward the factor and threatens the very existence of the fort.

Barney Dwyer in "Outlaw Buster" is a gentle giant who has yet to find a place in the world. Capturing two notorious outlaws has made a hero of him, so much so that rancher Robert Parmelee offers him a job on his ranch to put a stop to persistent rustling. Taking the job promises an income sufficient for Barney to marry his sweetheart. But this promise for the future falls into jeopardy when the outlaws escape, determined to kill Barney.

"Sun and Sand" is the story of a youth known only as Jigger. It is his misfortune to buy a key chain from a pawnbroker that has on it a key to a post office box. In that box, Jigger finds a map to a notorious outlaw's cache, buried in a fierce desert region; however, Jigger is not the only one seeking this treasure.

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"The Flaming Rider" by Peter Henry Morland first appeared in Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine (12/29/28). © 1928 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. Copyright renewed 1956 by Dorothy Faust. © 2013 by Golden West Literary Agency for restored material. Acknowledgment is made to Conde Nast Publications, Inc., for its cooperation.

"Outlaw Buster" by Max Brand first appeared in Complete Western Book Magazine (8/37). © 1937 by Newsstand Publications, Inc. Copyright renewed 1965 by the Estate of Frederick Faust. © 2013 by Golden West Literary Agency for restored material.

"Sun and Sand" by Hugh Owen first appeared in Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine (2/16/35). © 1935 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc. © renewed 1962 by Estate of Frederick Faust. © 2013 by Golden West Literary Agency for restored material. Acknowledgment is made to Conde Nast Publications, Inc., for its cooperation.