Classic paintings of the Old West capture a moment, a glimpse or an impasse that suggest a backstory. What events led up to this scene? What are the characters doing? More importantly, what will they be doing next? Shooting, running, fighting? The answers lie in our imagination. The author has conjured up ten tales based on the images that are frozen in time in the paintings of Frederic S. Remington and Charles M. Russell. How the characters got there and what they did next rely on the art of storytelling in these evocative short stories.