“Town of Twenty Triggers” opens this new trio of brief novels by way of Les Savage Jr., marking their first visual appeal in publication shape. He was once identified basically because the Joker, a portly, chuckling guy with a bland smile, a poker face, and an awesome skill to make a deck of playing cards practice any trick he wanted. His touring significant other is Emmet Pierce, a Texan speedy together with his gun. whilst this duo arrives within the small ranching city of Benton, the Joker is able to take it over and declare it for his personal. He starts off via successful possession of The Palace, the biggest playing corridor on the town. The twenty weapons of the name describe the gunslingers the Joker hires to implement his carry in town. the one factor the Joker overlooks in his fiendish plans is that Emmet Pierce is a guy with an ethical conscience.

The Pacific Railroad in “Where Hell’s Coyotes Howl” desires to construct their spur line from Santa Fe to Tucson they usually wish the fitting of approach via Apache hole, the one passage during the Tanques Verdes. differently they are going to need to lay approximately 200 additional miles of tune round the northwest nook of the Verdes. The powerful guy in Tucson is Face Card Farrow who has adequate mystery proof opposed to the rich and strong to get his personal method. whilst Face Card is murdered, it really is chanced on that almost all of his papers have long past lacking. Amid all of this turmoil, issues are delivered to the purpose of trouble whilst Laramie Drake, proprietor of the Double Deuces Ranch, saves teenage Midge Lawrence from a whipping through her court-appointed father or mother, Eben risk. even though Laramie has no criminal correct to maintain Midge with him, Midge desires to remain, a state of affairs complex by way of the truth that Midge turns into the point of interest of all of the factions simply because she is thought to possess the deed to Apache Gap.

In “The Teton Bunch” it's all a question of following the money—630 gold double eagles stolen in 1882. The bold theft used to be perpetrated by means of the Teton Bunch, yet in a while the crowd was once compelled to wreck up and scatter. Gordie Hammer carried the money, yet he didn’t have it to any extent further whilst he was once captured, attempted, convicted, and sentenced. Now Hammer is a small rancher, yet each person, together with Sheriff Victor Bondurant, believes Hammer has hidden the cash and understands its whereabouts. issues worsen while a couple of gang contributors appear, hoping to strength Hammer to provide them their share.