Journal of the Gun Years by Richard Matheson; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Stefan Rudnicki

From New York Times bestselling author Richard Matheson, best known for his horror and fantasy writing, comes a highly praised Western that shows the master’s hand in this genre as well.

Back East, they told tall tales about Marshal Clay Halser, the fearless Civil War veteran who became known as the “Hero of the Plains” for his daring exploits in the Wild West. But the truth, as revealed in his private journals, is even more compelling.

A callow youth in search of excitement, Halser travels to the raucous cow towns of the frontier, where his steady nerve and ready trigger finger soon mark him as a gunfighter to be reckoned with. As both an outlaw and a lawman, he carves out a legendary career. But fame proves to be the one enemy he can never outdraw—and a curse that haunts him to the bitter end.

Richard Matheson, legendary writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, is the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, A Stir of Echoes, What Dreams May Come, and more. He has contributed classics in many media, including novels The Incredible Shrinking Man, television The Twilight Zone, and film Somewhere in Time. A Grand Master of Horror and past winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, he has won many prestigious awards over his long career and has been called one of the most important writers of the twentieth century by Ray Bradbury. He was recently inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.