Monday Matinee

Writing the West: Episode 28

May 18, 2026·12 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

This episode includes the following stories: Confession: An old miner comes clean on his death bed... Mountain Fever: Disease plagues the Native Americans of the Northwest... Fate of the Tonquin: A culture clash leads to death and destruction... Outlaw Roots: How Western gunfighters came to be... ...and the poem "Roads" by Rick Steber. All stories and poems used by permission of the author. Theme music is "Slobro Daze" by Danny Lee Allison. Sound effects found on YouTube and the Freesound Project.

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