Issues

Space Westerns Magazine publishes fiction and non-fiction weekly and collects the publication into issues. Explore all of the previously published works from the Space Western genre.

Volume 1 (2007)

April 2007 (volume 1 issue 1)

Bat Durston, Space Marshal
by G. Richard Bozarth

Space Cowboys
by Keith R.A. DeCandido and Ernest Lilley and Marvin Kaye and N.E. Lilly

Threshold
by Ben Jonjak

Interview with Keith R.A. DeCandido
by N.E. Lilly

Ice Dwarves
by Doug Goodman

May 2007 (volume 1 issue 2)

Sundown on Venus, a Jet Black Berries retrospective
by Eric Reanimator

The Preacher
by David B. Riley

Catskinner Sweet and the Twirling Teacups of Deadwood City
by James S. Dorr

The Green Hills of Earth
by X Minus One

June 2007 (volume 1 issue 3)

How Beautiful the Herd on the Dark Matter Range
by Jens Rushing

Science Fiction Trails Review
by N.E. Lilly

Time of the Gr’nar—Part I
by C.J. Henderson and Bruce Gehweiler

Time of the Gr’nar—Part II
by C.J. Henderson and Bruce Gehweiler

July 2007 (volume 1 issue 4)

Parasite Planet
by Stanley G. Weinbaum

Interview with Mark L. Van Name
by N.E. Lilly

Young as the Mountains
by C.J. Henderson

Beans, Blades, & Bullets: A Pulp Tale of Grit & Zen
by Steve Logan

Mathematics of Hunger
by Jason Andrew

August 2007 (volume 1 issue 5)

Interview with David G. Hartwell
by N.E. Lilly

They Were the Wind
by C.J. Henderson

No Right
by Jens Rushing

Green River Rain
by John M. Whalen

September 2007 (volume 1 issue 6)

Interview with Matt Black, 2007 Browncoat Ball Chair
by N.E. Lilly

Law of the Kuzzi
by James Chambers

For the Good of the Settlement
by Vonnie Winslow Crist

Sundown on Venus
by Gary Trainer

Don’t Look Back
by Ben Jonjak

October 2007 (volume 1 issue 7)

Interview with The Bedlam Bards
by N.E. Lilly

The Hardest Glory—Part 1
by C.J. Henderson and Bruce Gehweiler

The Hardest Glory—Part 2
by C.J. Henderson and Bruce Gehweiler

Masked Astronaut
by Gary Trainer

November 2007 (volume 1 issue 8)

Hidden Answers
by Cheryl McCreary

Interview with the Cowboys and Aliens II Creative Team
by N.E. Lilly

Frontier Justice
by Robert Collins

Space Western Limerick Contest Winners
by Jane Espenson and Keith R.A. DeCandido and Gary Trainer

December 2007 (volume 1 issue 9)

The Clone-Wrangler’s Bride
by Camille Alexa

Interview with Jane Espenson
by N.E. Lilly

A Few Sunsets Too Many
by Amanda Spikol

Space Western Holiday Specials
by N.E. Lilly

Mars Ain’t No Place For Ladies
by Filamena Young

The Two Devils Review
by N.E. Lilly

Volume 2 (2008)

January 2008 (volume 2 issue 1)

Command Performance
by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt

The Martian Death March
by X Minus One

Behind the Scenes of Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
by N.E. Lilly

A Llama’s Tale
by Shauna Roberts

February 2008 (volume 2 issue 2)

Captain Ayers and the Waconda “War”
by Robert Collins

Finding Serenity Review
by Kenneth J. Newquist

Interview with C.J. Henderson
by N.E. Lilly

Redemption Cairn
by Stanley G. Weinbaum

Texas Fold’em
by Lawrence M. Schoen

March 2008 (volume 2 issue 3)

The Women of Space Westerns
by N.E. Lilly

A World is Born
by Leigh Brackett

Fight Girl Battle World Two-headed Review
by N.E. Lilly and Darrell Schweitzer

The Ballad of Stagg’rin’ Bill
by Marcie Tentchoff

Interview with Sunny Buick
by N.E. Lilly

April 2008 (volume 2 issue 4)

Craphound
by Cory Doctorow

A Man Called Mister Brown
by A.R. Yngve

Interview with David Weddle
by N.E. Lilly

A Man Called Mister Brown: Ms. Hitt
by A.R. Yngve

The Battlestar Galactica Code: The Last Cylon
by N.E. Lilly and Steve Logan

Octopus Tanks
by Max Gladstone

A Man Called Mister Brown: Mr. Green
by A.R. Yngve

May 2008 (volume 2 issue 5)

A Man Called Mister Brown: The Ishtar Death March
by A.R. Yngve

Interview with Russell Davis
by N.E. Lilly

A Man Called Mister Brown: Camp Adonis
by A.R. Yngve

The Renoke
by Ken McConnell

A Man Called Mister Brown: Mars in Winter
by A.R. Yngve

Interview with Seamus Kevin Fahey
by N.E. Lilly

A Man Called Mister Brown: To the Underworld
by A.R. Yngve

Hanging Judge
by David B. Riley

June 2008 (volume 2 issue 6)

A Man Called Mister Brown: The Graves Speak
by A.R. Yngve

Remorseful Kinda
by Ian Welke

SpaceWesterns.com First Year Writer’s Interviews
by N.E. Lilly

A Real Red and White
by Jeremy Kolassa

July 2008 (volume 2 issue 7)

Catch The Starway Pass, Put It In Your Pocket—Part 1
by L. Christopher DelGuercio

The Merchants of Venus
by X Minus One

Catch The Starway Pass, Put It In Your Pocket—Part 2
by L. Christopher DelGuercio

Interview with “Mojo”
by N.E. Lilly

Catch The Starway Pass, Put It In Your Pocket—Part 3
by L. Christopher DelGuercio

Battlestar Galactica Role-Playing Game Review
by Kenneth J. Newquist

August 2008 (volume 2 issue 8)

The Horse Thieves
by Patrick Scalisi

Corazón—Part 1
by Jens Rushing

Space Western Senryu Contest Winners
by N.E. Lilly

Corazón—Part 2
by Jens Rushing

The Hard Deal
by John M. Whalen

Corazón—Part 3
by Jens Rushing

The Lawmen of Dos Diablos
by Bruce Buchanan

Fatal Image
by Robert Neilson

West of the Texas Nebula
by Dan Devine

Fiction Clemens Review
by N.E. Lilly

September 2008 (volume 2 issue 9)

The Mound—Part I
by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop

Sci Fi Western Art Exhibition
by Sunny Buick

The Mound—Part II
by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop

Interview with Beth Nelson, 2008 Browncoat Ball Chair
by N.E. Lilly

The Mound—Part III
by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop

Old Habits
by Amanda Spikol

October 2008 (volume 2 issue 10)

The Mound—Part IV
by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop

Better than Gold
by Robert Mancebo

The Mound—Part V
by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop

Kin
by Bruce McAllister

The Mound—Part VI
by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop

Last Taste of Manna
by T.J. McIntyre

The Mound—Part VII
by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop

In the Walls of Eryx
by H.P. Lovecraft and Kenneth J. Sterling

November 2008 (volume 2 issue 11)

The Cold Equations
by Tom Godwin

Her Day in Court
by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt

December 2008 (volume 2 issue 12)

Interview with John G. Cawelti
by N.E. Lilly

Le Grand Bazar
by Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon

Droidtown Blues
by Camille Alexa

Volume 3 (2009)

January 2009 (volume 3 issue 1)

Semantica
by Fredrick Obermeyer

The Reckoning
by John Wilson

Space Western Most Wanted
by N.E. Lilly

April 2009 (volume 3 issue 2)

A Curious Pleasure Excursion
by Mark Twain

May 2009 (volume 3 issue 3)

A Rage for Justice
by John M. Whalen

October 2009 (volume 3 issue 4)

Dead Mass
by Larry Hodges

10 Most Influential Space Westerns
by N.E. Lilly

November 2009 (volume 3 issue 5)

Deuce of Diamonds
by Adrian Scanlan

Interview with Phil Foglio
by N.E. Lilly

No Child of Mine
by Filamena Young

Star Song
by T.J. McIntyre

Volume 4 (2022)

December 2022 (volume 4 issue 1)

The Emancipation of Bat Durston, or, “I’m from Iowa, I only work in Outer-space”
by N.E. Lilly

Volume 5 (2022)

Is Firefly “Out of Gas”?
by N.E. Lilly