Lawmen in the old west faced more than bank robbers and rowdy drunks, as shown in these stories that bring to life the heat and heart behind the badge. In Solace a marshal suffers heartbreaking consequences of shooting the wrong man, while a killer in Up For It sexually preys on a deputy to avoid hanging. Shotgun portrays a stagecoach messenger encountering a serious detour on his path to becoming a deputy, and in the novella Disturbing The Peace a marshal, compromised by his past, crosses the line to set things right.