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The Last Well at Drybone Ridge
Sabrina Mollier
Oct 19, 202533 min
Western

The Last Well at Drybone Ridge

Heat-shrunk Drybone Ridge watches a sheriff post an order leasing every well to a cattle baron. Drifter Silas Rook wanders in as Ruth Calder refuses to pay, and her family’s well is chained after sabotage. A saloonkeeper whispers of an old grant—and a hidden way into the county office.

Red Mesa Ledger
Nikolai Ferenc
Sep 30, 202555 min
Western

Red Mesa Ledger

Maeve Callahan, a widow and homesteader, faces a corporate land grab when a wealthy developer claims the valley's water. With her daughter's safety and the Red Mesa ledger at stake, she must marshal witnesses, steal back proof, and stand the town against hired guns to protect what her community has always relied on.

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5.32
Water for Dusty Bend
Wendy Sarrel
Sep 22, 202580 min
Western

Water for Dusty Bend

A young schoolteacher in a hard-bitten desert town takes a stand when a cattle boss tries to steal the water. With a veteran’s wisdom, a roper’s skill, and a town’s resolve, she faces schemes, a dam, and a showdown. Law arrives, the wall falls, and Dusty Bend finds its voice and future.

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6.01
The Brass Echo of Dry Creek
Ophelia Varn
Sep 21, 202533 min
Western

The Brass Echo of Dry Creek

In a parched frontier town, Etta Larkin, a former teacher turned stagecoach driver, uncovers a plot to seize the creek that sustains her community. With a tinker's listening device, a deputy's steadiness, and a town's stubborn courage, she confronts hired men and legal might to reclaim their water.

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6.22
Red Willow Line
Nathan Arclay
Sep 21, 202539 min
Western

Red Willow Line

A Western tale of Juniper Hart, a telegraph operator who discovers a conspiracy to steal her town's water. She follows cut wires, deciphers ledgers, and gathers townsfolk to confront a wealthy rancher. Rooted in vivid frontier detail, the story follows courage, community, and quiet heroism.

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6.58
Signal at Red Mesa
Jonas Krell
Sep 21, 202547 min
Western

Signal at Red Mesa

When Red Mesa's water rights are threatened by a hungry company and the telegraph line goes silent, Maeve Calder—young keeper of the line—rides through dust and law to retrieve a missing ledger, face hired guns, and stitch a town back together using wire, wit, and stubborn courage.

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5.55
Spring at San Miguel Wells
Claudine Vaury
Sep 21, 202555 min
Western

Spring at San Miguel Wells

A farrier named Nora Hart rides into San Miguel Wells to find her brother accused of robbing a stage. Tracking signs, clever allies, and a roan mare lead her to a hired gun and a water baron choking the town. In dust, rain, and gunfire, Nora fights to free her kin and return the well to its people.

Hammered Lines
Theo Rasmus
Sep 20, 202550 min
Western

Hammered Lines

In the shabby town of Harlow Junction, young blacksmith Etta Mae Hollis fights to save her community when a railway company attempts to buy land with forged papers. With a battered telegraphman and a small reading-lens, she rallies her neighbors, faces hired men, and forces the truth into daylight. A Western of quiet courage and communal stubbornness.

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6.43
Dustrow Springs
Camille Renet
Sep 18, 202541 min
Western

Dustrow Springs

In the dust-choked town of Dustrow, Rhiannon "Rye" Calloway fights to save her family's spring from a railroad magnate. With a stubborn mare, a bellows-heart pump, and a ragtag community, she faces threats, wins hard-fought justice, and learns what it takes to protect home.

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6.76
The Last Telegraph of Dustwater
Tobias Harven
Sep 18, 202537 min
Western

The Last Telegraph of Dustwater

In a small frontier town threatened by a ruthless landman, telegraph operator Etta Lark must trade the safety of wires for the dirt of the trail. When her foster brother is taken, she follows the tracks, gains a steadying ally, and fights to reclaim the town’s ledger—and its future. A Western of small courage and the long, slow work of justice.

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6.21
Harrow's Run
Oliver Merad
Sep 18, 202556 min
Western

Harrow's Run

In a drought-struck frontier town, mechanic and telegraph operator June Harrow races east to reclaim a stolen pocket engine that can power a life-saving pump. With an itinerant engineer, a mechanical pony, and a ragged company, she must outwit a greedy mill owner and bind the town together.

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6.45
Sundown Ridge: The Iron Key
Delia Kormas
Sep 18, 202535 min
Western

Sundown Ridge: The Iron Key

In a sun-baked frontier town, telegraph operator Mae Hollis fights to save Copper Spring after a powerful company claims its water. With an old engineer's skill, a tough mare, and neighbors who will not yield, she risks law and bullets to bring the water home.

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6.38
Juniper Calloway and the Silver Hawk
Sofia Nellan
Sep 18, 202532 min
Western

Juniper Calloway and the Silver Hawk

A Western tale of Juniper Calloway, a young mapmaker and telegraph operator who fights to save her town's spring after a powerful rancher steals the survey plat. With a band of unlikely allies and a small mechanical scout, she races to recover the deed and preserve the town's future.

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6.77
The Ledger of Red Crag
Harold Grevan
Sep 18, 202539 min
Western

The Ledger of Red Crag

In a dusty frontier town a young mechanic must fight a wealthy cattle baron's legal seizure of land and water. When the baron's men kidnap her apprentice, she gathers the town, a makeshift device, and courage to reclaim what they own. A Western of grit, craft, and community.

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5.18
Red Hollow Oath
Zoran Brivik
Sep 18, 202545 min
Western

Red Hollow Oath

In a sunburned frontier town, farrier Marigold Reyes defends her claim to Red Hollow’s water when a ranch baron’s men kidnap her brother to force a surrender. Guided by a traveling smith and her own grit, she sets a stampede, confronts the foreman, exposes corruption, and returns to stand as steward of the creek.

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