BLOOD STORM

For a while, before the old Pinnacle Books went under, Matt Braun was their top selling Western Writer. 

BLOOD STORM came out with a blitz of publicity that Pinnacle didn’t usually do.  They packaged this book (and the ones which came after) very nicely. 

Matt is still out there and writing some excellent stories. 

Pinnacle Books re-grouped and came back with a vengeance and brought us such talents as Johnny D. Boggs and J. A. Johnstone.  It’s good to see that Westerns have returned to favor now.  Years from now, this will be considered another “Golden Age” when it comes to the Western.  Feel privileged to have seen it happen. 

ASH TALLMAN #3: THE WAGES OF SIN

“Tom Lord” was actually Matt Braun.  I can reveal this now because this series was later re-printed under Matt’s own name from, I believe, St. Martin’s Press.  Don’t actually remember too much about this book (or the first two, either) except that they were done in the days of the “Adult Western”.