Saddle up. The Old West is weirder than you think.
In this bold reimagining of the Old West, dive into haunted canyons, frontier towns hiding cosmic horrors, vast deserts, and far-flung worlds where women take center stage. Women of the Weird West features 25 original speculative poems and short stories set in landscapes both familiar and strange. Gunslingers, outlaws, dreamers, and survivors face overwhelming forces both human and supernatural. Subversive and genre-bending, this anthology captures the wonder, violence, and resilience at the heart of the Old West while featuring women all too often left off the page.
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Praise for Women of the Weird West
“Women of the Weird West is powerful on every level! Great stories by terrific writers, each bringing a unique perspective that makes the Old West come alive! Highly recommended!”
—Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Red Empire and Bewilderness
“A vital entry into the Weird West canon, and one that leaves a powerful and lasting impression. These are the strange and haunting Western tales I’ve always yearned for. Read this book as soon as you can.”
—Gwendolyn Kiste, Four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Haunting of Velkwood and Reluctant Immortals
“This anthology is a beautiful, screaming bullet shot straight into the heart of every clichéd cowboy. Before you lie the dusty remnants of that dead cowboy as a torrential rain washes away the Old Normal and the harsh desert sun beats down on the town, revealing 25 gems of the New Weird glinting and inviting as ever. These authors write with such precision and grace you’d think their pen were a wheel gun.”
—Shane Hawk, coeditor of the Never Whistle at Night series
“The stories of the West we’ve always deserved.”
—Rae Wilde, author of Happily Ever After the Murders
“I have long held the position that every woman should face the patriarchal world with a gun in her hand. This anthology proves me right. A tremendous addition to the Western genre.”
—C.S. Humble, author of the Amid the Vastness of All Else Saga
“Women of the Weird West is a ride into a world you won’t forget. Whether battling vampire, fae, or inner demons, it is a book which celebrates both independence and sisterhood. In this West, strong women stand proud, as they so surely did in history, but here their voices are heard. Immersive and heartfelt, their stories are both an escape and a wonder, a treasure trove with a difference.”
—Stephanie Ellis, author of A Fragile Thing and Harrowfield
About the book
Women of the Weird West
Publisher: Brigids Gate Press
Editor: KC Grifant
With a foreword by Kasey Lansdale
Release Date: June 16th, 2026
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Booksellers: available through Ingram at regular discount and returnable (ISBN – 978-1963355512)
Contributors:
- Eugen Bacon
- Jennifer Brody
- V. Castro
- K.M. Chavez
- Deborah Daughetee
- Sarah Faxon
- Jendia Gammon
- Anastasia Jill
- R.J. Joseph
- Nicole Givens Kurtz
- Angela Liu
- Christine Lucas
- Anna Madden
- Tiffany Morris
- Donna J.W. Munro
- SJ Myles
- Nico Martinez Nocito
- Cynthia Pelayo
- Grace Quon
- Stephanie Rabig
- Rebecca Rowland
- Tammy Salyer
- Lisa Timpf
- Angelica Urquizo
- Mathilda Zeller