David P. Staggs is a writer, teacher, and wrestling promoter residing in the greater Indianapolis metropolitan area with his wife, his zoo, and his ever-expanding bowling ball collection. He is the author of the traditional Western pulp James McShea saga (available in a full collection of books 1-5 as Goldcreek) and the pro wrestling themed short story collection All That's Real is the Money and Miles. He is on social media as DavidPStaggs.
Books
Selected work
Honeymoon in Cortez
Cowboy Jamboree Magazine, 2025
Die Midwestern
Alien Buddha Press, 2025
Try
Mister Bull, 2024
Playing Cowboy
Cowboy Jamboree Magazine, 2024
My Father's Son
Mister Bull, 2023
The Drive
Alien Buddha Press, 2023
That Good Lookin', Cheatin' Heart
Cowboy Jamboree Magazine, 2022
War Eagle by David Barker
Cowboy Jamboree Magazine
Sober Living (David P. Barker)
Rejection Letters, 2022
The Ballad of Ethel Bridges
Cowboy Jamboree Magazine, 2021
On David and Bathsheba
Revolution John, 2021
Love in Living Color
Revolution John, 2021
288 Miles
Cowboy Jamboree Magazine, 2021
The Gonzales Gang
Black Horse Westerns, 2018
The Cowards of Coyote Crossing
Black Horse Westerns, 2018
The Storm
Frontier Tales, 2017




