This week's additions to my growing Western library were a couple of left-field, niche, publications that tickled my fancy for the peculiar and outré.
Written by Michael King of the Wild West Podcast, The Antic Tales of Luke McGlue: The Dodge City Prankster recounts a number of real life practical jokes and 'comedic' deceptions attributed to the non-existent character of Luke McGlue.
It appears that 19th Century Dodge City, the notorious Wild West town, had a reputation as a hotbed of mischievous jokers and perpetrators of shenanigans, who would, in turn, blame their antics on the mythical Luke McGlue "the master of mischief".
The other publication I picked up was the first issue of Strange West Magazine, a 70+ page digest-sized booklet of articles relating to unusual occurrences in, and mysteries from, the Old West, including reports of cryptids, ghost stories, lost treasures, UFO encounters etc
All of which sounds right up my alley, as well as being perfect inspirational material for roleplaying game scenarios in the style of Deadlands and similar Weird West games.
Published by Bicep Books (based, appropriately enough in Roswell, New Mexico), there only appear to have been four issues of this delightful-looking pulp/Fortean zine, so I'm going to have to pace myself.
However, author John LeMay appears to have also written a ton of other non-fiction books in the same field (and published through his Bicep Books).
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