The Drowned Horse Chronicle: Volume 1: The Forrest Years is the first mosaic novel in David Boop's Weird Western series, collecting previously published short stories and presenting many new ones, ultimately weaving them into a single compelling narrative.

Welcome to the town of Drowned Horse! It's one helluva place!

Westward expansion was fraught with peril from the get-go, be it weather, wildlife, or Natives. But what no one expected was the supernatural phenomena: Native American gods, vampires, ghosts, and aliens!

Legend has it that a person's deepest fears become real in Drowned Horse. Its citizens have seen it all: Gambling Gods. Mythological Monsters. Sinful Settlers. But despite these "setbacks," they do their best to carve out a life here...before it carves back!

A place of dreams and nightmares, it's where pioneers carry their demons as luggage on the 4:00 stagecoach. Will these stubborn fools build a future here, or will the ghosts of their past drag them under the red-painted desert?

Standing between the dark and the light is one brave sheriff...