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The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky

Stephen Crane

First published February 1898
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

The sheriff of a small western town goes to San Antonio to get married, embarrassed to admit to his macho friends that he is marrying. On his return, a drunkard seeks to provoke him to a gunfight, but violence is no longer the order of the day.

Listed in Ashley & Contento's Supernatural Index even though it is non-supernatural.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1898 McClure's, February 1898 The S. S. McClure Co. MAGAZINE 377
July 2002 Cover Great American Short Stories Dover Publications Anthology 58