It was a dark and stormy night.52 Western authors were given this prompt, and each of them wrote a 500-word micro story. The result is 52 different stories. Some are predictable, traditional Western stories, but no less fun to read because of that. Many others head off into surprising and new directions. And you, the reader, get to enjoy the incredible, diverse tales 52 of today's best Western authors, developed from a single shared idea.