Steve Dancy Tales — by James D. Best

• Dec-2007
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In 1879, Steve Dancy sells his New York shop and ventures west to explore and write a journal about his adventures. Though he's not looking for trouble, Dancy's infatuation with another man's wife soon embroils him in a deadly feud with Sean Washburn...

• Mar-2009
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When New York City shopkeeper Steve Dancy moved west to experience the frontier, he wound up embroiled in a deadly feud ... a feud he was forced to settle with guns. Now all he wants to do is follow up on a few business interests, write about his adv...

• Jun-2011
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In the spring of 1880, Steve Dancy travels to Prescott, Arizona to gain control of a remarkable invention. But on his first night in the territorial capital, his friend, Jeff Sharp is arrested for a midnight murder at Thumb Butte. Dancy launches a pe...

• Aug-2013
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It's the summer of 1880, and Thomas Edison's incandescent bulb is poised to put the gaslight industry out of business. New York shopkeeper Steve Dancy sets out to obtain a license for Edison's electric lamp. Edison agrees, under one condition. Dancy ...

• Apr-2015
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Jenny Bolton has plans, and they don't bode well for Steve Dancy. Married at fifteen to a Nevada politician, Jenny suffered repeated assaults, witnessed her husband's ghastly murder, buried her vile mother-in-law, and killed a man. Dancy, who had onc...

• Apr-2017
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"Ben Law is tough... and mean. He enjoys taking care of problems for his boss. He won't just verbally assault you. He and his men will hurt you. Bad." Steve Dancy is about to find this out. With his new home in Durango, Colorado, the kind with a nice...

• Sep-2019
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After marriage, Steve Dancy has quietly settled in San Diego. He can hardly remember his days of wanderlust, and he's grateful to have left behind the violence of a raw frontier. In a celebratory mood, Steve invites his mother to a meet her new grand...

• Apr-2023
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Sometimes the past refuses to remain barricaded from the present. In Past Haunts, Steve Dancy must deal with villains and locales from his early days exploring the Wild West. Years have gone by since violence was necessary to resolve problems, but hi...