The bronc buster

By Billy Hall

Subjects: Western stories, Fiction, westerns

Description: After being bullied as a child for his size, Ian Hennessy has sworn never to run from anyone again. But facing a stranger wearing a tied-down Smith & Wesson with a five-inch barrel, Ian is left with no doubt that the gunman is after the price that has been put on Hennessy's head. Now, with the sun in his eyes, he can just make out a second gunman, poised to shoot him if he tries to run. And Hennessy's dreams of going west, and establishing a ranch with the girl he loves, will all come down to this moment in time...