The collection opens with -Killer-, the story of a retired sheriff and the code of honour that drives him into a showdown with an escaped convict. Festering hatred is -The Ways Of Vengeance- when things take an unusual turn thanks to an old man and a little girl. The -Witch- is a Mimbreno Apache girl who has been cast out by her tribe for saving the life of an owl, a symbol of misfortune to the Apaches. And in -Endless Trail- town-tamer Dan Burkett longs to finally settle down to a married life - but first he must deal with his own private devils.