Leading Western, March 1946

This March 1946 issue of Leading Western contains five Western stories. The featured complete short novel is "Rainbow Express" by Giff Cheshire, concerning Lex Quigley, who operates a treasure express from gold fields and becomes entangled in a murder and theft scheme requiring more than luck to survive. Mark Lish's novelette "Amateur Outlaw" features Steve Quade, mistakenly branded a cattle thief and killer, unaware of his antagonist's danger. Short stories include Adolph Regli's "The Fiddler Pays Off" about gunman Fiddler Dixon; Frank D. Compagnon's "A Coward Dies a Thousand Times," exploring split-second life-or-death decisions; and Henry Norton's tale of Con Martin uncovering mysterious sabotage alongside disaster in logging camps. The issue also includes a non-fiction feature on South American tree-ants, describing their lethal properties and use by jungle tribes in executions and warrior initiation rituals.