Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under the Gun | 1990 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 2 | Murder for Father | 1994 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 3 | The Best of the American West II | 1999 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 4 | Lone Star Law | 2005 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 5 | Cross Plains Universe | 2006 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 6 | Noah’s Ride | 2006 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 7 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook | 2006 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 8 | Black Prometheus: A Critical Study of Karl Edward Wagner | 2007 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 9 | Beat to a Pulp: Round 1 | 2010 | James Reasoner | N/A |
| 10 | Discount Noir | 2010 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 11 | The Traditional West | 2011 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 12 | Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 | 2012 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 13 | The Lone Ranger Chronicles | 2012 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 14 | Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT | 2012 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 15 | Six-Guns and Slay Bells | 2012 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 16 | Trails of the Wild: Seven Tales of the Old West | 2013 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 17 | Legend | 2013 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 18 | Weird Western Yarns, Vol. 2 | 2014 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 19 | Weird Menace Volume 2 | 2015 | James Reasoner | Buy |
| 20 | At Home in the Dark | 2019 | James Reasoner | Buy |
James Reasoner’s anthology contributions span nearly three decades, from Under the Gun in 1990 to At Home in the Dark in 2019. The twenty titles here cover a wide range of subject matter. Several lean toward Western fiction, including The Best of the American West II, Lone Star Law, The Traditional West, and Trails of the Wild: Seven Tales of the Old West. Others touch on different genres, such as Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook and the two Beat to a Pulp volumes.
The collection also includes anthologies with more unusual themes, like Six-Guns and Slay Bells, Weird Western Yarns, Vol. 2, and Weird Menace Volume 2. A few stand apart from the fiction-heavy entries: Cross Plains Universe appeared in 2006, Black Prometheus: A Critical Study of Karl Edward Wagner in 2007, and Protectors: Stories to Benefit PROTECT in 2012. These anthologies can be read in any order, though the table above lists them by publication date.