BIOGRAPHY  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHY
    Charlie Steel, TALE-WEAVER EXTRAORDINAIRE,
    (born 1945) is a western novelist and internationally published short story
    writer.

    Steel has worked at many assorted occupations starting at the age of ten.  
    Some of his experiences include service in the Army, labor in the oil fields, in
    construction, in a foundry, and as a salvage diver.  Early in his life he was
    recruited by the US Government and spent five years behind the Iron Curtain.  
    He became an expert on the East German 110 mile corridor between Berlin and
    Helmstedt, Germany, and wrote a cautionary report on traveling the route for
    the US Government.  His undercover assignments monitored Russian activity.

    He attended eight universities: Delta College, University of Maryland, Saginaw
    Valley University, Northern Michigan University Marquette, University of
    Georgia, Fairfax University, Freie Universitate Berlin, and the University of
    Michigan and currently holds five degrees including a PhD.  He continues to
    read, research, and collect western literature.

    Charlie Steel is a member of DAV as well as the VFW.  For one year he served
    as commander of a VFW Post.  He is a member of two western associations,
    including Western Writers of America.

    Since the discovery of Charlie Steels manuscripts in 2002 by Condor
    Publishing, Inc., his short stories have been published by such varied
    magazines as The Fence Post, The Lakeshore Guardian, Canada's Story Teller,
    The Shootist, and others.

    From 2005, Condor Publishing, Inc. has secured contracts with magazines for
    Steel’s short stories ensuring monthly publication for years to come.

    For 40 years Charlie Steel was a prolific writer and his hundreds of manuscripts
    are still being compiled and edited.  Steel specialized in two types of writing,
    western literature and nostalgic pieces.  Condor Publishing, Inc. owns all rights
    to his work.

    Charlie Steel lives on an isolated ranch (at 7800 feet) at the base of Greenhorn
    Mountain, in Southern Colorado.

 PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS ONLY:  
    Should you desire to look at or purchase any of these well written quality
    stories, for first or second publication rights, please contact Condor
    Publishing, Inc. by e-mail at gheath@condorpublishinginc.com or telephone at
    626-825-1415

 CONDOR PUBLISHING, INC. OFFERS THE FOLLOWING TITLES:

 PUBLISHED NATIONALLY & INTERNATIONALLY - Available for Second Rights)
       
      BOOK:
      FIGHT FOR WET SPRINGS

      STORIES:
      BAD CHARLIE SMITH
      BOY ON THE DESERT  
      DANDELIONS AND THE GARDENS
      DEATH COMES IN THE AFTERNOON
      DESERT HEAT, DESERT COLD
      GRANDMA GIVES NO QUARTER
      GRANDPA LOOKS OVER HIS LAND
      KID ON THE RUN
      LITTLE SAMMY TUCKER AND THE STRANGERS
      MY DAD, HUNTING, AND A CHRISTMAS TREE
      MY FATHER, MY OLD MAN
      NOT A COWARD
      THE ADVENTURES OF OTIS, ROBERT, AND CHARLES
      THE BOY
      THE BROKEN KEY
      THE COWBOY BOOTS
      THE DEER HUNT
      THE DUST STILL RISING
      THE LAD FROM NORWAY
      THE PERFECT DAY
      THE TROUT


  AVAILABLE FOR FIRST RIGHTS:

    BOOKS:
    A LAST CHANCE FOR HAPPINESS
    ARCHIBALD
    BILL HENRY
    FORCED GUN
    MAIL ORDER BRIDE
    POOR WHITE TRASH
    SEAN

    JUVENILE FICTION:
    CORNELIUS KOGELSCHITZ GOES WEST

    STORIES:
    A BAD DREAM
    A BAD MAN DOES GOOD
    A BLACKSMITH GAINS A COMPANION
    A BRIGHT NEW DAY
    A BRIGHT SUMMER SUNDAY AFTERNOON
    ACID RAIN
    A DAY UNDER THE SUN
    A GOOD DAY TO DIE
    ALICIA'S COURAGE
    A LONG SUMMERS DAY
    A PRIVATE CONVERSATION
    A RUNNING GUNMAN MAKES A DECISION
    AN EAGLE BORN
    ANGRY FATHER WILD SON
    ANOTHER INDELIBLE MOMENT
    AT THE BUBBLING SPRINGS
    BILLY JOE
    BUFFALO BONES
    BURIED WITH MALICE
    BURIED ALIVE
    BUY HER AND RIDE
    CAT METAMORPHOSIS
    CHARLIE NOTHIN MUCH
    COWBOY AND INDIANS NEVER DIE
    DANCE WITH DEATH
    DARKNESS AND REVENGE RIDE ALONE
    DEAD MAN'S SONG
    DEATH AND SURVIVAL HAVE NO BOUNDARIES
    DEATH AND TAXES
    DEATH COMES LINGERING
    DESPERATE WORLD, DESPERATE PEOPLE
    FINAL RETRIBUTION
    FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAND
    FRAGMENTED MEMORIES
    FROM OUT OF THE DESERT
    HARD TIMES FOR BILLY O’REILLY
    HEADING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
    HENRY PUGH WOULD NEVER SHIRK HIS DUTIES
    HISTORY, A HEAVY, HEAVY, BURDEN (THE DAY JFK DIED)
    HOT DESERT, HOT ROCK, HOT SNAKE
    INNOCENCE LOST
    IN SEARCH OF THE YANKEE DOLLAR
    IRISH LAD IN AN AMERICAN WAR
    IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE
    JACK SMILEY AND WILLIE BLACK
    JUSTICE IS NEVER GIVEN
    JUSTICE WITH A GUN
    KID TAKES A DIFFERENT TRAIL
    LAMENTATION FOR BLACK KETTLE’S CHEYENNE
    LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN
    LAST STAND, LAST JOURNEY
    LIFE’S REVENGE IN TRINIDAD COLORADO
    LONE MAN STANDING
    LOST AT SIXTEEN
    LUNGER IN CANYON CITY
    MISTER BIG SHOT
    MORTIMER AXEL SPENCER
    MOUNTAIN MAN AND THE IRISH COUPLE
    MOUNTAIN MAN COMES HOME
    MY BROTHER AND ME
    MY FATHER DIED
    MY FATHER, MY OLD MAN – REVISITED
    MY GRANDSON AND ME (Part 1)
    MY GRANDSON AND ME (Part 2)
    MY LOVING FAMILY
    MY MOTHER AND ME
    MY MOTHER AND THE FIFTIES
    NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
    NEVER HURT ANYONE
    NEVER TOO LATE TO FISH
    NUISANCE AND THE GIRL
    ODE TO ZEST SOAP
    ON THE AuSABLE
    ON THE EDGE
    OLD MAN IN A ROCKING CHAIR
    OPENING DAY
    PACO
    PENNY TROUBLE
    PRAIRIE GIRL
    PUMPKIN PIE
    PURE SCIENCE FICTION
    RICH MAN’S JUSTICE
    RIDERS AT RYE COLORADO
    RUFF AND THE BOY PUP
    RUNNING FEAR
    SAM COOK’S SUMMER VACATION
    SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER
         SHELTER IN THE WOODS
         SHOT AND LEFT TO DIE
    SOMETHING IN THE WOODPILE
    SPORTS STAR FOR A DAY
    STEP OVER OR AROUND
    STRUGGLE TO THE LAST BREATH
    SUMMER VACATION 1956
    SUNDAY MORNING SUNRISE
    SUNLIGHT ON THE POND
    THE ADVENTURES OF OTIS, ROBERT, AND CHARLES
    THE BLACK HEARTED MAN FROM WICHITA
    THE BORED RANGER
    THE BULLHEAD
    THE CAT OF THE PLAINS
    THE DRIFTER
    THE DRUMMER BOY
    THE DYING STRANGER
    THE ENGLISH FOOL
    THE FAILURE MAN
    THE FOREIGN COWBOY
    THE GOLD, THE UTES, AND MY LIFE
    THE INDIAN
    THE MAGIC LAMP
    THE MAKING OF A BAD WESTERNER
    THE MAKING OF A WESTERNER
    THE MAKING OF RYAN O’BRIAN
    THE MAN WHO NEVER BECAME PRIEST
    THE OLD MAN AND THE GIRL
    THE PREACHER'S SON
    THE PROFESSOR
    THE PROFESSOR GOES WEST
    THE RAIN POURS ON
    THE REVENGE OF BRADEN MARTIN
    THE SADDEST MAN ON EARTH
    THE SAND LILLY OF THE DESERT
    THE SCARECROW MAN
    THE SILENT MAN
    THE SMELL OF WOOD SMOKE
    THE STABLE BOY
    THE STEALING OF HENRY MORGAN'S RANCH
    THE STORE CLERK
    THE STRANGER
    THE TOWN DRUNK
    THE TRAIN AND THE IRISH BOY
    THE YOUTH, THE CANDY, AND THE STRANGER
    TIRED OLD MAN, INQUISITIVE YOUNG BOY
    TOMMY TUCKER AND FISHING
    TOO BAD TO BE GOOD
    TOO OLD TO DIE
    TRAPPER JOHN
    TWO BOYS GO OUT ON THE TOWN
    TWO GREENHORNS
    TWO LIVES, TWO MEN, TWO HATES
    TWO MEN
    TWO O’CLOCK TUESDAY AFTER TUESDAY NEXT
    WHEN THERE’S NO HOPE LEFT
    WHEN YOU CAN FALL NO FURTHER
    YOU BIG UGLY STUPID PIG
    VAGABOND
       

    (Other stories are being compiled as they are transcribed from old
    manuscripts.)

    Updated 24 June 2008
BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY