STRANDED
A STORY OF FRONTIER SURVIVAL
• 2018 Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Novel by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
• 2018 Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Fiction Novel by the Western Writers of America
• 2018 Peacemaker Award for Best Young Adult Western Novel by Western Fictioneers
• 2018 Willa Award for Best Historical Fiction by Women Writing the West
• 2018 High Plains Book Award for Young Adult Book
• 2018 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Young Readers
• 2018 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for Young Adult Historical Fiction
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FEATURED EXCERPT …
THE OUTFIT (BOOK 3):
OUTLAWED!
Talbot Timmons climbed aboard the westbound train thirty minutes before it pulled out of the station at Santa Fe. He smiled, puffed with pride at his life’s recent twists. Not only was he warden of Yuma Territorial Prison, but after the War of Northern Aggression, he’d managed to revive and ride point on the Brotherhood of the Phoenix, the mightiest group of die-hard Confederates the world had yet seen. And soon, he thought, soon I will be a governor, then a senator, then—and why the hell not?— President of the United States….
THIS JUST IN …
WINTERS’ WAR Rides Again!
I'm pleased to announce the release in ebook format of my 2007 novel, WINTERS' WAR. Never before released in the US, this novel began its life in hardcover for the Black Horse Western line by the publisher Robert Hale, London, UK, after which it was released in...
Gold, I Tell Ya … GOLD!
Or more to the point, the pursuit of gold that's the focus of my newly released non-fiction book, SOURDOUGHS, CLAIM JUMPERS & DRY GULCHERS: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of Frontier Prospecting (TwoDot; softcover; 6 x 9; 300 pages; 28 historic...
New Review for Dead Man’s Ranch
The new blog, "Old Western Cowboy," recently posted a thoughtful review of my novel, Dead Man's Ranch. Here's a wee excerpt: "I recommend this western story written by Matthew P. Mayo for Ralph Compton. He has created a new look at the west through the eyes of an...
Beat to a Pulp: Round 2
I've had the distinct honor of co-editing one of the year's finest collections of short pulpy fiction, Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 (softcover; 6 x 9; 386 pages; $15.95; ebook: $5.99), with my friend and fellow writer, David Cranmer (mastermind behind Beat to a Pulp e-zine...
Diggin’ Dead Man’s Ranch….
Duane Spurlock, over at the Spur & Lock Mercantile, posted a fine, in-depth review of my novel, Dead Man's Ranch. Among the many flattering and astute things he had to say about it was: "… you've got all the ingredients for a western stew muy caliente." Who can...
