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When speaking on the subject of Space Westerns, how can you avoid the subject of pioneers? In the early days, or so the story goes, Science Fiction was written mostly by men, and yet even from the early days of the pulps there was still a subtle (often unseen) feminine influence in the genre. — ed, N.E. Lilly

On the Mercurian frontier a small group of volunteers, prisoners from the previous war, struggle to make the world habitable to human life. But, there are those who want the planet for themselves. This story originally appeared in Comet magazine, July 1941 — ed, N.E. Lilly

I was invited to review Fight Girl Battle World at Center Stage NY in New York City. I brought along Darrell Schweitzer: writer, editor, essayist in the field of speculative fiction, and Philadelphia resident curmudgeon. — ed, N.E. Lilly

Marcie Tentchoff brings us our first full-length poem, previously published in The Sword Review, July 2006 — ed, N.E. Lilly

Sunny Buick, contemporary Lowbrow artist, and curator of the Sci Fi Western art exhibit, was able to answer a few questions for us in this interview. — ed, N.E. Lilly

This story, originally published in Science Fiction Age, March 1998, sums up how I feel about the Space Western genre in a lot of ways. These Space Westerns, the ones on this site and the many more that have yet to appear, the reprints and the original works, the Space Western fantasies of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the hard science fiction Space Westerns of Isaac Asimov, even the crappy little Space Operas and Bat Durstons, all of them are “a poem and a story.” — ed, N.E. Lilly

A.R. Yngve brings the first full-fledged serial in 8 parts to SpaceWesterns.com with A Man Called Mister Brown. — ed, N.E. Lilly

I am continually amazed by the number of professionals who straddle the line between Western and Science Fiction. David Weddle is one such professional, currently working on Battlestar Galactica, he started out by writing a biography of the Western director Sam Peckinpah. — ed. N.E. Lilly

Part 2 of the 8 part A Man Called Mister Brown serial by A.R. Yngve introduces the Director of the Agency For Terran Affairs, Ms. Mendez, and her field operative, Ms. Hitt. — ed, N.E. Lilly