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STRANGE WEST is the debut magazine devoted to the weirdest of the Wild West! This digest-sized zine is a throwback to the days of tall tales and far-out frontier lore. In this issue we explore the legend and lore of New Mexico's Pecos Pueblo, where the mythical Montezuma originated as well as an eternal flame of youth and a giant rattlesnake. Then, dig up the mummies of some Duendes in Arizona's Montezuma Castle, and learn the strange history behind the man who stole Billy the Kid's tombstone and h is odd-link to Bela Lugosi! In addition to those tales, this issue also contains: “Madstone Madness” by Donna Blake Birchell. An unabridged FWP story about a fast-thinking magician who orchestrated a daring escape from the Ute Tribe. "The West of the Dead" short story by James Townsend mixing Billy the Kid with zombies. Lechuza sightings of the Rio Grande Region of the late 1970s. “Early UFO Photographed at Pinos Altos” by Noe Torres, reporting an alleged early day UFO photo taken at Pinos Altos in 1901. An interview with artist Michael Anthony Giudicissi on his Back to Billy series of time travel novels and his YouTube Channel "All Things Billy the Kid".