cover image Boot Hill

Boot Hill

. Forge, $24.95 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-7653-0081-2

Boot Hill, edited by Robert J. Randisi (The Gunsmith), takes its name from the cemetery in the notorious Kansas town of Dodge City. With the exception of John Jakes's ""The Naked Gun,"" all the stories were written expressly for this anthology. They include James Reasoner's ""The Guns of Dusty Logan,"" about a pair of pearl-handled revolvers that have a lethal influence on all who possess them, and Randy Lee eikhoff's ""Anonymous,"" in which deadly tensions rise among a group of travelers caught in a snowstorm. Other contributors include elmer Kelton, Robert Vaughn and Richard Wheeler.