Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pioneer Loves | 1997 | Ernest Haycox | Buy |
| 2 | New Hope | 1998 | Ernest Haycox | Buy |
| 3 | Land Rush | 2009 | Ernest Haycox | Buy |
| 4 | Stagecoach and Other Short Stories | 2014 | Ernest Haycox | Buy |
These posthumous collections bring together Ernest Haycox’s short fiction, much of which originally appeared in pulp magazines and literary periodicals during his career. Pioneer Loves (1997) and New Hope (1998) were among the first major collections, followed by Land Rush (2009) and Stagecoach and Other Short Stories (2014).
Haycox was a prolific short story writer, and these collections offer a good sample of his range. His stories tend to be tightly plotted with strong settings and protagonists who face moral choices under pressure. Readers familiar with his novels will find the same attention to landscape and character at work in shorter form.