Western - Stories

Julian Hayes has it all: a perfect family, a devoted boyfriend, a life of luxury. His world begins to crumble when buried secrets come to light. Suddenly, the life he built, the people he trusted, and even his own sense of self are thrown into chaos.

Julian finds himself torn and he must decide who he can trust—and what he’s willing to fight for. In a house full of wealth, secrets, and lies, survival comes at the cost of everything he once believed was real.

Oliver is an Asian American teenager who struggles with his sexuality as he falls in love with his best friend Cody. He lives in a small town where he attends high school and plays baseball and basketball as he learns who he can trust as he comes out of the closet.

Note: This story had been posted earlier, but significant changes were made. New content was added between certain chapters and some of the story structure has changed. The story will also be finished this time! XD.

Poems about Cowboys

Elias Sawyer and Theo Harding attempting to build a life in Merrickville, Ontario, three years after the events of Buckshot. Their peace is threatened when the Canadian Pacific Railway, led by ruthless agents Brant McCulloch and Valance, attempts to seize their land for a new rail line.

Nate is a young doctor who leads a conventional and monotonous life. Pax is the total opposite, being free-spirited, feisty, down-to-earth but mysterious... Nate wakes up one day to find him sleeping next to him, with no idea how he got there. He is immediately attracted to him and his presence drastically changes his day-to-day life. As he falls for the seductive yet elusive Pax, Nate is drawn into a mysterious world full of secrets, danger, and questions he never imagined.

Can his heart survive the temptations and perils that come with Pax’s world? Or will the darkness surrounding Pax prove too dangerous for even love to conquer?

Silver Creek is dying, greed and corruption are bleeding it dry.

A lost lawman, Sawyer, finds himself trapped in the death throes of a town in decline.
Theodore Harding, local savant and guide has to keep him alive long enough to make a difference.
Horses, gunsmoke, and silver.

The two lawmen must make a last stand, and help the townsfolk break free of the grip of Cobb's Red Sash Gang, and the closing fist of the Pinkerton Detective Agency set to betray them all.

Folk up and risk everything on a long journey North, to safety and a chance to build a real lasting life for themselves.

My 2025 prompt team event entry. I combined a few extra genre/sub-genre categories. Primary one:

Western/Weird West

Weird West - Fantasy in a Western. (Cowboys and Centaurs)

A cowboy and his centaur ride into Las Vegas. Told, obviously, since it’s me, from the Centaur’s perspective.

Set in The Old West, we come upon Moss and Link, two men at a precipice in their young lives. Monsters, real or imagined, come in all forms. Perhaps the most dangerous kind are the real ones, people who believe they have the right, for whatever reason, to abuse and control through fear. When innocence is viciously taken, it can be a long road back to trusting, both yourself and others.

After a turbulent beginning, Noah is finally living the fairytale life—married to Jace, and building the perfect family. For a while, everything feels like a fairytale. But fairytales don’t last forever.

When the past comes knocking, old wounds are ripped open & secrets begin to unravel. As old flames ignite and buried secrets come to light, Noah finds himself torn between fighting for his place as Jace’s legal husband or walking away from the life he built.

Love, betrayal, and painful truths collide in this emotional journey of devotion, identity, and the brutal price of holding on to someone who may no longer be yours.

Gael’s life takes an unexpected turn when he’s forced into a situation beyond his control. But things take a darker twist as an obsessed lover and haunting memories from his past resurface, threatening to destroy everything. Faced with a future he never imagined, Gael must decide: is he ready to let go of the past and embrace his new life, or will it continue to hold him captive?