{"product_id":"2940154518588","title":"Temple City Strange: A Weird Western","description":"\u003cp\u003eWyatt Quake - gambler and outlaw by profession, lover and rascal by temperament - knows one thing: whether the Marshals Posse of the Arizona Territory catches him, or the U.S. Calvary does - can’t matter a whole a lot - he'll swing from a high gallows either way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr so he supposes, at least, until he encounters a lonely settlement rising out of the Nevada wasteland. Temple City, town of fallow silver mines and broken dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA town run by Harmony Darrow - saloonkeeper, land baroness, and (not incidentally) sheriff. A singular woman with a task that needs performing by just such a man as Wyatt: a man with more bravado than brains, and more pluck than luck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA simple task really: just steal the bejeweled and hexed skull which sits atop an ancient war ax, guarding the local gates of Hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow devil hordes rise, and demon magic reigns in the desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a nice clean noose doesn't sound so bad, after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Canfield writes about monsters, superheroes, couples, bank robbers, babies, astronauts, paranoids, background artists, hobbyists, and other people. He has published mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror, or just-plain-odd stories on StrangeHorizons, futurismic, EscapePod, M–Brane SF, magazines including Realms of Fantasy, Talebones, Black Gate, Flytrap and other places. His novelette “Super-Villains” was republished in the prestigious Fantasy: The Year’s Best series, edited by Rich Horton. Born in Las Vegas, he now lives, works, plays, writes, and watches television in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vauk House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156389871856,"sku":"2940154518588","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154518588_p0.jpg?v=1764070621","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154518588","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}