Dust Storm: a Christian Western Short Story

by Cliff Ball

In this western short story, fifteen years after the Civil War, Matt Taylor comes through Tucson as part of his travels. He stops at the local Cafe, meets a woman he instantly falls in love with, only for her father, a former Confederate Colonel to order him to leave town. Matt doesn't, the Colonel tries to bribe some Bandidos to force Matt to leave, but instead, his daughter is kidnapped. So, Matt and the Colonel have to lay aside their differences to rescue her. Find out if they do in this short story.

18 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 9, 2011

About the author

I'm a Christian first and foremost. I live in Fort Worth, TX, but from Arizona and looking to move back to Mesa. I have a BA and Technical Writing Certificate from University of North Texas. I won 3rd in a short story contest for a magazine through my high school Creative Writing class. I've been independently published since 2008.

I'm a fan of a bunch of different genres, which is why a lot of my novels are different genres. From time travel to alternate history to lite sci-fi to Christian end times/political thrillers.

As a reader, I loathe novels with tons of minutiae where the author describes everything down to practically its atomic structure, so I write fast-paced novels and I try not to get bogged down in unimportant details that go on and on and on for page after page.....

Returned to writing after almost 10 years away.

In order of original publication:
Out of Time - 2008
Don't Mess With Earth - 2009
The Usurper - 2010
Shattered Earth - 2010
Voyager and the Aliens - 2011
Dust Storm - 2011
New Frontier - 2011
Times of Trouble - 2012
Times of Trial - 2012
Final Frontier - 2012 (sequel to New Frontier)
Beyond the New Frontier - combined novel
Times of Turmoil - 2013
Jon Ryan - 2013
Xavier Doolittle - 2013
Times of Rebellion - 2013
Times of Destruction - 2014
Times of Judgment - 2014
Times of Tribulation - 2014
The Long Journey - 2015
The Falling Away - 2015
The Great Deception - 2016
The Great Tribulation - 2016
Guardians of Genre - 2025
The Plot Thickens - 2025
The Algorithmic Draft - 2025
The Unwritten Fallout - 2025
Books 5 - 10 - 2025, 2026

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Reviews

[Angela Lambkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I give this book "Dust Storm " five stars for a well written western adventure story with a it of romance in it as well!
It was a book that I was hard to put down once one say got past the second chapter! I really liked the story it was a very moving story and a fast paced easy to read type of book!nI recommend this book for those who like what I have just described this story as I had found it to be true. I received this book free and in exchange I am now doing this review for the author and those who are looking for a great short western adventure story with a bit of romance in it too! Great job,Cliff! By Angela

[David Bergsland · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a cute little tale

Predictable, no tension, it's a Western condensed to essentials. It would make a good novel with some twists and turns. It really needs some character development. In a longer book, it would be possible to make the Christianity much more realistic. I wish that had been done. I hope Cliff makes it into a real book. But then I really dislike short stories.

[Dana Tipken · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much too short.