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Five Shots Left
When you have only five shots left, you have to make each one count. Like the outlaw whose quest for revenge didn't go quite according to plan. Or the cowboy who ended up using a most unusual weapon to defeat his enemy. Then there was the storekeeper who had to face his worst fear. A down-at-heel sheepherder who was obliged to set past hatreds aside when renegade Comanches went on the warpath. And an elderly couple who struggled to keep the secret that threatened to tear them apart...
216 pages, Paperback
First published January 28, 2015
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About the author
Ben Bridges
124 books9 followersFor as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be a writer, but it was my Dad, Henry Whitehead, who really fostered my interest in the west. As a security man employed by a large chemical company, he often found himself working the nightshift by himself, and to pass the long, lonely hours he would hand-copy pictures from old Buffalo Bill Annuals and then fetch them home for me to colour in.
During the day, Dad also made up western stories and dictated them into our old reel-to-reel tape recorder, so that I could listen to them when I got home from school. He even added sound effects as he went along, wiggling his fingers in a bowl of water to give the impression of outlaws fording a shallow stream, or bursting balloons to simulate gunfire. So it's really no wonder that I eventually developed such an interest in the west.
As I grew older, I started reading just about every western I could lay my hands on. I began with J T Edson's Floating Outfit novels and eventually moved on to the Larry and Stretch westerns of Marshall Grover (a.k.a. Leonard F Meares). Along the way, I also started writing westerns of my own, the adventures of Clint Jones, Railroad Detective, being among the earliest.
During the day, Dad also made up western stories and dictated them into our old reel-to-reel tape recorder, so that I could listen to them when I got home from school. He even added sound effects as he went along, wiggling his fingers in a bowl of water to give the impression of outlaws fording a shallow stream, or bursting balloons to simulate gunfire. So it's really no wonder that I eventually developed such an interest in the west.
As I grew older, I started reading just about every western I could lay my hands on. I began with J T Edson's Floating Outfit novels and eventually moved on to the Larry and Stretch westerns of Marshall Grover (a.k.a. Leonard F Meares). Along the way, I also started writing westerns of my own, the adventures of Clint Jones, Railroad Detective, being among the earliest.
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March 31, 2015
Ben Bridges does a wonderful job with these five short westerns. I enjoyed each story and was amazed that the stories weren't the same old shot 'em up westerns. Each story has interesting characters and a surprise twist in every ending. I highly recommend "Five Shots Left"! Thanks Ben!
May 1, 2018
Five little nifty stories of the wild west all pretty good though a couple stand out.
Good stuff.
Good stuff.
July 26, 2016
WHAT HAPPENED
Disappointed, yes I am, the different adventures have great actions and they are Interesting until you come across patched work. Strips of sentences put together, like an album YOU would put together. Lost all interests, thought something was wrong with my Kindle. This is shameful, the first story was good, but then the patch work started. I'm DISAPPOINTED..something happened and I got a book that was on its way for completion, but never made it...shame
Disappointed, yes I am, the different adventures have great actions and they are Interesting until you come across patched work. Strips of sentences put together, like an album YOU would put together. Lost all interests, thought something was wrong with my Kindle. This is shameful, the first story was good, but then the patch work started. I'm DISAPPOINTED..something happened and I got a book that was on its way for completion, but never made it...shame
May 2, 2015
No Louis Lamour
Well written story but once you read Louis Lamour it is difficult to like other authors writing western. A bit preachy, moralizing and implicit evangelism and this is the subtle issue.
Well written story but once you read Louis Lamour it is difficult to like other authors writing western. A bit preachy, moralizing and implicit evangelism and this is the subtle issue.
March 6, 2015
Five nifty western short stories
Each stories complete with character development, a compelling situation for a story and enough western background. It's a good short read.
Each stories complete with character development, a compelling situation for a story and enough western background. It's a good short read.
February 2, 2016
Great set of story's
The title is confusing thus making the book really having five individual story's and all are really top notch. Can recommend for anyone to read
The title is confusing thus making the book really having five individual story's and all are really top notch. Can recommend for anyone to read
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews