Tales from the Silver City Saloon is a humorous, weird western science fiction anthology, created in honor of Ken Rand. He was a fixture in the local author community, and became most well known for his short writing book, The 10% Solution. Many local authors improved their craft by applying the ideas he shared in that book.
Author, artist, and editor royalty proceeds from sales of the anthology go to support LTUE in allowing students to attend for a greatly reduced price. Tales from the Silver City Saloon is the ninth release in the LTUE Benefit Anthologies series.
•Call for Submissions (closed May 16, 2025)
Contents:
All of the stories are donated by the authors in support of the symposium’s mission to educate and train new authors and artists. The cover artist has also generously donated their artwork. We appreciate their support of the symposium’s vision and mission. Listed in alphabetical order by author surname.
- “Didn’t I Tell You Not to Come into My Town?” by Alexander Bailey
- “Fools’ Gold Rush” by Jenny Perry Carr
- “They Call the Wind Mariah” by Jaleta Clegg
- “Tell Me If You’ve Heard This One” by A. J. Dalton
- “GEZ-27” by Michelle J. Diaz
- “Cat-Skinner Sweet and the Twirling Teacups of Deadwood City” by James Dorr
- “Petrichor” by Joe Ficklin
- “Doc Sanders and the Golem” by Andreas Flögel
- “Two-Gun Tilly and the Chicken of Doom” by Mark Gardner
- “Demon Cowboy” by Dana Gricken
- “Shooting Star Peak” by Robert F. Lowell
- “A Singularly Unlucky Strike” by B. R. McKay
- “Suncrest in Cloudy Valley” by Devin Miller
- “Showdown at Sueño Hueco” by Wulf Moon
- “Pistol Fumes” by James Rumpel
- “The Cremation of Sam McGee” (poem) by Robert W. Service
- “The Six-Gun Sorcerers of South Dakota” by Berin L. Stephens
- “Follow That Star!” by DJ Tyrer
- “That One Time I Fought a Cyborg Bounty Hunter for My Soon-to-Be Wife” by David VonAllmen
- “The Adventures of Marshal Law and the Time Guardians, Part 1” by Kevin Wasden
- “Blink an Eye” by Hailey Watkins
- “The House on the Dim Horizon” by David J. West
Edited by: Joe Monson and Jaleta Clegg.
Cover Artist: TBA
Published jointly through Hemelein Publications and LTUE Press.
Release Date: February 2027