Lynn Combs

In the ashes of the Civil War, Hannah thought her battles were over. But when outlaws gunned down her husband on a sun-baked street in Cedar Falls, something inside her broke—and something far more dangerous took its place.

Armed with her late husband’s revolvers and a grief too deep for prayer, she became “Heartless Hannah.” What began as vengeance became something greater—a crusade for every widow and orphan left behind by cruelty and greed. Across the frontier, she rode like judgment itself, delivering justice where the law would not.

In a world where law rode slow and evil rode fast, Hannah carved her legend with fire and lead—and left behind a story that still echoes through the canyons of time.

This Story took First Honorable mention in the Velda Brotherton Memorial Award for a Western Story with a strong Female Lead at the 2025 OCW (Ozarks Creative Writers) Conference.