Sundown Press, an imprint of Prairie Rose Publications, launched in December 2014, by Cheryl Pierson and Livia J. Washburn. Sundown Press (SP) publishes traditional western fiction, fiction, and non-fiction, from familiar authors as well as new talent. Genres include reference books, biographies, and fiction based on real-life characters.
After founding the historical western/western romance publishing company Prairie Rose Publications, Cheryl and Livia recognized a need for an imprint specializing in fiction and non-fiction written by both women and men for readers across the spectrum. Sundown Press was born.
Submissions for Sundown Press are open. For guidelines on submitting and other publishing information, please visit the submissions page: SUBMISSIONS
We look forward to taking a look at your work.
Novels
Wary Partners
Additional formats:Kindle Unlimited, Trade PaperbackWhen Larry Creed shoots and kills a man in a saloon altercation, his father hires...
Blood and Gold: The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta
Additional formats:Amazon Unlimited, Trade PaperbackGold Camps of California—1850s When Joaquin Murrieta’s older brother and cousin head for the riches...
Out of the Darkness
Additional formats:Amazon Unlimited, Trade PaperbackMicah McConners returns to his hometown of Probity, Wyoming, to set up his law practice....
C.C. Crane: Bounty Distractions
Additional formats:Amazon Unlimited, Trade PaperbackHoping for a better life ahead, young C. C. Crane leaves Arkansas and heads west...
Guns of the West: Eight Classic Western Novels
Additional formats:Amazon UnlimitedAre you ready to ride into the old west with EIGHT exciting tales of...
Killing Blood
Additional formats:Amazon Unlimited, Trade PaperbackBilly Young boards a train with his brother, Frank, unaware that only one of them...
Western Duo: Crossroads’ Fast Gun and Charlie’s Money
Additional formats:Amazon Unlimited, Trade PaperbackWhen “gun-handy” ex-lawman Jack Bonner begins to think about settling down, he’s approached by one...
DAKOTA TRAILS
Additional formats:Amazon Unlimited, Trade PaperbackWhen beautiful Katie Burke offers money to anyone who can best Neil Bancroft in a...
A Good Day to Die
Additional formats:Trade paperback, Amazon EbookYou don’t want to make me mad. I’ve got a lot of hate in me,...
Reluctant Partners
Bounty hunter Judd Jacoby has been doing things his own way for many years—up until...
John D. Nesbitt Western Double: Pearl of Great Price & Leaving the Lariat Trail
Additional formats:Trade paperbackPearl of Great Price Mr. Thorne, a mysterious traveler posing as a writer, arrives in...
Leaving the Lariat Trail
Additional formats:Amazon Ebook Kindle UnlimitedA young cowhand, Charles Landon, wants to go straight and break free from a crooked...
Due Justice (James P. Stone Series Book 4)
Additional formats:Trade Paperback, Amazon ebookA bank robbery results in a teller’s death in a small town near the Nebraska...
Shaping the Story: An Introduction to Writing Fiction
Additional formats:Trade paperback, Amazon ebookShaping the Story is a practical guide to the craft of writing fiction for authors...
Bounty Poachers (James P. Stone Series Book 3)
Additional formats:Trade paperback, Amazon EbookA life of dire circumstances gave need for boldness with a gun… When Deputy U.S....
Livin’ on Jacks and Queens: An Anthology of Gambling in the Old West
Additional formats:Trade paperback, Kindle EbookAre you a gambler at heart? What kind of wagers would you make—and just how...
Pearl of Great Price
Additional formats:Kindle EbookMr. Thorne, a mysterious traveler posing as a writer, arrives in a small Wyoming town—but...
Blake’s Rule
Additional formats:Trade Paperback, Amazon EbookBlake’s rule has always been to do what’s right…not what’s easy. Range detective Sam Blake...
The Curse of the Body Snatchers: The Adventures of Jack Moon
Additional formats:Trade Paperback, Kindle EbookVictorian London is a dangerous city to be alone in at night for 12-year-old orphan,...
Lawman’s Gun (James P. Stone Series Book 2)
Additional formats:Trade paperback, KindleJames Stone never intended to become a lawman—he plans to track down the murderers of...
Pushed Too Far (James P. Stone Series Book 1)
Additional formats:Trade Paperback, Kindle EbookJames Stone has been on his own almost all his life after the death of...
Blood On Bull’s Run
Additional formats:Trade Paperback, KindleWhen Jed Deming sets out to bring home a beautiful runaway, he soon has his...
River Whiskey
Additional formats:Trade Paperback, EbookIn a fiery accident, Eli Jenkins believes he has murdered Morton Crenshaw, the father of...
Blood Ties: A Texas Ranger Will Kirkpatrick Novel
Additional formats:Trade Paperback, EbookTexas Ranger Will Kirkpatrick brings a young outlaw, Jonas Peterson, in for trial in Pecos,...
Anthologies
DANGEROUS TRAILS
Additional formats:Trade Paperback, Amazon EbookSaddle up and ride along with one of the greatest western storytellers of our time,...
Livin’ on Jacks and Queens: An Anthology of Gambling in the Old West
Additional formats:Trade paperback, Kindle EbookAre you a gambler at heart? What kind of wagers would you make—and just how...
Quick Reads
Pearl of Great Price
Additional formats:Kindle EbookMr. Thorne, a mysterious traveler posing as a writer, arrives in a small Wyoming town—but...
Rescue Trail
Additional formats:Kindle EbookJake Rawlings was broken. One senseless killing and the loss of his wife left him...
The Pest House
Additional formats:ebookTwisted Knee, Ohio, 1866 Nothing could ever damp down the smell of the pest house....
Redemption Trail
Additional formats:ebookWhen Sam Gibson accidentally kills a young boy, he knows he can never forgive himself....
Panhandle Freight
Additional formats:e-bookA bitter winter storm was blowing fiercely when Lucas Hallam rode up to the isolated...
It Takes a Man
Additional formats:ebookFinalist, 2014 Peacemaker Award for Best Western Short Fiction Ex-Confederate soldier Derrick McCain needs some...
The Keepers of Camelot
Additional formats:ebook2013 WESTERN FICTIONEERS PEACEMAKER AWARD FINALIST An exciting short story with an unusual twist on...
The Apothecary’s Quest: An Adventure of the Order of the Black Rose
Additional formats:ebookApothecary Thomas Smythe has been betrayed by a fellow knight in the Order of the...
A Wild West Christmas
Additional formats:ebookTwo action packed holiday Western stories by award-winning author Livia J. Washburn. Blue Norther Hired...
Powdersmoke Christmas
Additional formats:ebookTwo wild and woolly Christmas stories by legendary Western author James Reasoner. ’Tis The Season...
Non-fiction
Shaping the Story: An Introduction to Writing Fiction
Additional formats:Trade paperback, Amazon ebookShaping the Story is a practical guide to the craft of writing fiction for authors...
Dirty Little Secrets of Character Development
Secrets. We all have them. Even our characters keep secrets—sometimes from the author. Dirty Little...
The Doctor’s Bag: Medicine and Surgery of Yesteryear
Additional formats:Trade Paperback, ebookWho was the best doctor in the Old West? How did the doc remove an...
