Half a pig and other frontier stories / Matthew P. Mayo.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781432898090
- ISBN: 1432898094
- Physical Description: 303 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Five Star western." |
Formatted Contents Note: | Just Once -- Peaches -- Snake Farm -- Half a Pig -- A Small Thing -- Scourge of the Spoils -- Lucky Tam -- Been a Long Time -- Bloodline -- The Last Drop -- Snows of Montana -- Pay the Ferryman -- The Witch Hole -- Maple Jack and the Christmas Kid (A Roamer and Maple Jack Story) -- Lost Valley of the Skoocoom (A Maple Jack Tale) -- Trouble at Tall Pine (A Roamer Story) -- Catch as Catch Can (A Maple Jack Tale) -- O Unholy Night (A Roamer and Maple Jack Story). |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Western fiction. Short stories. |
Available copies
- 10 of 10 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Stone County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Stone County-Crane | W MAY (Text) | 31358000559612 | Western | Available | - |
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BookList Review
Half a Pig and Other Stories of the West
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Mayo's collection of previously published short stories runs the gamut: historical fiction, horror, Native American tribute, speculative fiction, and steampunk. All have a distinct western flair. Readers may know Mayo from his Roamer series (most recently Winter Wolves, 2021); Mayo sneaks in five Roamer and Maple Jack stories, complete with a stare-down between a grizzly bear and a mountain lion. Those who prefer a traditional western may feel drawn to "Half a Pig," which follows an old cowhand trying to right an egregious wrong. Horror fiends will feel a sense of foreboding from "Pay the Ferryman" and "The Witch Hole"--both stories beg their respective protagonists to literally watch where they're going. The most emotive story may be the one with the most pared-down language. In "Bloodline," a brutal psychopath terrorizes his half-Native American grandson. Caught in a cat-and-mouse scenario, the grandson prays that the narcissistic beast failed to notice the boy memorizing his weaknesses throughout the years. A wide variety of stories sure to please a wide variety of readers.