Joseph Laughon is a writer from the foothills of San Buenaventura, California. As a history graduate and native of the West, he's interested in telling lost and untold stories of the Old West. Writers like Harold Keith, Cormac McCarthy, Jeremiah Clemens and others inspired him to wrie historical fiction. While he is finishing his new novel - Vaquero! - his short stories can be found in anthologies like The Last Comanche and Bourbon & a Good Cigar.