Come on in an' light a spell, stranger! If you've ever read a Black Horse Western by Ben Bridges, Glenn Lockwood, Matt Logan, Carter West, or just plain ol' David Whitehead, and figured you'd like to know more about the author - or just about western fiction in general - then this is the site for you!
Firstly, thank you for taking the time and trouble to pay me this visit. I really do appreciate it. My name is David Whitehead, and under my own name and the pen-names "Ben Bridges", "Glenn Lockwood" and "Matt Logan", I've spent the last twenty-odd years writing westerns, all of which have been issued by the London-based publisher, Robert Hale Limited. I also write as "Carter West", a pseudonym I share with my friend Link Hullar (with whom I've also written two books as "Leonard F Meares"). With my friend Alfred Wallon, one of Germany's leading Western writers, I also write as "Doug Thorne".
Although I've written several "stand-alone" westerns (details of which are given in the accompanying bibliography), the ones I've enjoyed writing the most feature regular recurring characters. My own particular favourite is Carter O'Brien, a freelance fighting man who makes a living out of taking on - and completing - the jobs other men say can't be done. Then there's former US Marshal Jim Allison; a mismatched bunch of outlaw-busters known as The Wilde Boys; private-eye Luke Heller; reluctant pistoleer Ash Colter; drifters Sam Judge and Matt Dury; and - with Link - Sam Lockwood, Luther Kane and all the other "Galvanized Yankees" of Bannerman, Arizona Territory.
Only you can tell whether or not I've succeeded. And any time you want to let me know what you think of my westerns, or British western fiction in general, feel free to drop me a line.
So, what will you find here? Well, there's an illustrated bibliography, a biography, an O'Brien short story entitled Comanche Reckoning and much, much more. You'll find articles here about western writers I've known or admired over the years, what I consider to be the fifty western novels no fan should be without and even a page that explodes many of the myths of the Old West!
However, that's enough of an introduction, I think. You just go on and explore the site for yourself!