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A Military Interlude

By Haycox, Ernest (author)

Original publication: Butterick Publishing Co. (in Adventure Magazine), July 1, 1927

In the brutal winter encampment at Valley Forge, a battle-worn sergeant struggles between private duty and public honor as hunger, cold, and disillusion test the Continental Army’s resolve. Set against the hardships of the American Revolution, this tense historical tale explores conscience, sacrifice, and the fragile line between rebellion and loyalty. Ernest Haycox delivers a stark, atmospheric portrait of endurance under pressure, where one soldier’s choices carry the weight of a nation in the making.

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Keywords: Revolutionary War soldiers, Ernest Haycox story, colonial America fiction, Valley Forge historical fiction, American Revolution short story, military historical drama, winter camp survival fiction, patriotism and duty, Continental Army fiction, war and moral conflict

All Wool

By Tuttle, W. C. (author)

Original publication: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine), October, 1916

Hired as unlikely shepherds in an unfamiliar stretch of range country, cowpunchers Zeb Whitney and Ricky Saunders quickly learn that guarding three thousand sheep for top wages comes with reasons their easygoing boss failed to mention. A stray bullet, a vanished herder, and a sudden blast in the night convince them they've blundered into the middle of a simmering range war between cattlemen and sheep owners. Outgunned, out-supplied, and subsisting on half-cooked mutton, the two saddle-tramps answer each new calamity with wisecracks, card games, and a stubborn refusal to be run off. A rollicking frontier yarn of grit, gallows humor, and partnership tested by dust, dynamite, and the worst cooking west of the Rockies.

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Keywords: Western short story, classic pulp adventure, range war, cowboy fiction, sheep and cattle conflict, W. C. Tuttle, frontier humor, American West, cowpuncher tale, vintage Adventure magazine

A Battle Piece

By Haycox, Ernest (author)

Original publication: The Ridgway Company (in Adventure Magazine), September 23, 1926

On the eve of the Battle of Long Island, a weary New England sergeant finds himself marching beside proud Maryland troops divided by region, class, and temperament but bound for the same brutal test. As dawn breaks, suspicion and bravado give way to the chaos of one of the Revolution’s earliest major clashes. Ernest Haycox turns a single engagement into a vivid study of courage, prejudice, and hard-won fellowship under fire. This powerful historical short story captures the human cost and shared spirit at the birth of the American nation.

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Keywords: Revolutionary War soldiers, Ernest Haycox story, colonial America fiction, American Revolution fiction, Battle of Long Island, historical war short story, military historical fiction, patriot courage and sacrifice, 18th century battle story, American historical literature