Norman had nearly 200 short stories published between 1938 and 1944.
During that span, he often sold between two and three stories a month while
simultaneously working on novels. By 1944 Norman had book deals in place
and could concentrate on writing novels full time. He continued writing short
stores, with more than 400 published during his lifetime. Below is a listing
of Norman's stories along with where and when they were published.
1934
| 1. | Youth Shall Be Served | Limelight | 02/14/1934 |
| 2. | Every Man For Himself | Grit | 05/13/1934 |
| 3. | The Strange Quest | Cowboy Stories | 06/1934 |
1938
| 1. | Gun-Doctor's Death Cure | Ace-High | 01/1938 | |
| 2. | Cottonwood Justice | Western Trails | 02/1938 | |
| 3. | Boothill Pays Double | Star Western | 02/1938 | |
| 4. | Trigger McKeever's Gun Gospel | 10 Story Western | 04/1938 | |
| 5. | Snowbound - With A Hangman! | 10 Story Western | 05/1938 | |
| 6. | Casting Our Characters | Writer's Monthly | 05/1938 | |
| 7. | Gun-Guest's Welcome | Star Western | 07/1938 | |
| 8. | Brand Of The Brave | Big-Book Western | 08-09/1938 | |
| 9. | Gunmaster's Decoy | Western Aces | 08/1938 | |
| 10. | Pawn Of The Owl-Hoot | Red Seal Western | 09/1938 | |
| 11. | Tin-Badge-Law Redemption | Complete Western Book | 09/1938 | |
| 12. | Cattle King From Purgatory | Ace-High | 10/1938 | |
| 13. | Idaho---Merchant of Death | Dime Western | 10/1938 | |
| 14. | Live Decoy for Bushwackers | Star Western | 11/1938 | |
| 15. | Hangnoose Friendship | 10 Story Western | 12/1938 | |
| 16. | Mortgaged Guns Don't Miss | Ace High | 12/1938 | |
| 17. | South - To Boothill | 10 Story Western | 12/1938 |
1939
| 1. | When a Cowtown Greets a Killer | 10 Story Western | 01/1939 | |
| 2. | Powdersmoke Professor | 10 Story Western | 02/1939 | |
| 3. | Gunman's Heritage | Two-Gun Western | 04/1939 | |
| 4. | Half-Pint Nighthawk | Ace-High | 04/1939 | |
| 5. | Rusty Badge - Ready Gun! | Star Western | 04/1939 | |
| 6. | Last Ride of the Owlhoot Posse | Star Western | 04/1939 | |
| 7. | First Lesson for a Killer | 10 Story Western | 04/1939 | |
| 8. | Judge, Jury - And Grave-Digger | 10 Story Western | 04/1939 | |
| 9. | Empty Holster Heritage | Western Novel & Short Story | 05/1939 | |
| 10. | Law Badge for the Lynch Mob | Ace-High | 05/1939 | |
| 11. | Obituary from the Owlhoot | 10 Story Western | 06/1939 | |
| 12. | The Noose Hangs High | Western Story | 07/01/1939 | |
| 13. | Big Enough for Boothill | Dime Western | 07/1939 | |
| 14. | Bootcamp Badman | .44 Western | 07-08/1939 | |
| 15. | Hangman Gets a Name | 10 Story Western | 07/1939 | |
| 16. | Colt Curtain Call | Western Story | 07/15/1939 | |
| 17. | Range-Cub's Battle-Bargain | Western Short Stories | 08/1939 | |
| 18. | When a Texan Takes Cards | Western Fiction | 09/1939 | |
| 19. | A Plumb Peaceable Killer | Ace-High | 09/1939 | |
| 20. | Horse-Breaker from Purgatory | Western Story | 09/09/1939 | |
| 21. | Hogtied To Trouble | Western Story | 09/30/1939 | |
| 22. | The Sheriff Who Sided with Satan | 10 Story Western | 10/1939 | |
| 23. | McKeever's Ghost-Town Showdown | 10 Story Western | 10/1939 | |
| 24. | Scarecrow in the Saddle | Western Story | 10/28/1939 | |
| 25. | Kin to the Untamed | Western Story | 11/04/1939 | |
| 26. | Reunion in Gunsmoke | Ace-High | 11/1939 | |
| 27. | Coward Wanted! | 10 Story Western | 11/1939 | |
| 28. | Gunman from the Grave | Top-Notch Western | 12/1939 | |
| 29. | Mate of the Demon | Mystery Novel & Short Story | 12/1939 | |
| 30. | Red Blood for the Lone Wolf | Big-Book Western | 12/1939 | |
| 31. | Medico's gun Medicine | Western Story | 12/09/1939 |
1940
| 1. | The Man with the Golden Gun | Western Story | 01/20/1940 | |
| 2. | Plots Sprout From Names | Author & Journalist | 02/1940 | |
| 3. | Lights Out for a Gun-King | .44 Western | 02/-03/1940 | |
| 4. | Outlaw's Oath of Office | 10 Story Western | 03/1940 | |
| 5. | Jailbird's Judgment Day | 10 Story Western | 03/1940 | |
| 6. | Gunsmoke Cures Cabin Fever | Western Story | 03/16/1940 | |
| 7. | Ranch of No-Return | Western Story | 04/06/1940 | |
| 8. | Six-Gun Reckoning | Western Story | 04/13/1940 | |
| 9. | The Man Who Borrowed Boothill | Complete Western Book | 05/1940 | |
| 10. | Hot Lead With Printer's Ink | Western Story | 05/18/1940 | |
| 11. | No Rest for a Town-Tamer | Ace-High | 06/1940 | |
| 12. | Man They Called the Gun-Wraith | Two-Gun Western | 06/1940 | |
| 13. | Sixguns or Spurs? | Big-Book Western | 06/1940 | |
| 14. | Steel Rails to Hell | Ace-High | 08/1940 | |
| 15. | Button's Gun Chore | Western Story | 08/03/1940 | |
| 16. | Twenty-Four Hours to Boothill | Western Story | 08/31/1940 | |
| 17. | Killer in the Hills | Western Story | 09/07/1940 | |
| 18. | Draw and Eat Dust | Western Short Stories | 09/1940 | |
| 19. | The Kid Gunsight Range Called King | Complete Western Book | 09/1940 | |
| 20. | Heartbreak Trail to Paradise | Rangeland Romances | 09/1940 | |
| 21. | Wagon-Train Terror | Frontier Stories | Fall Issue 1940 | |
| 22. | Return of the Gallows Ghost | Greater Western | 09/1940 | |
| 23. | Trail Drive to Boothill | Western Story | 09/28/1940 | |
| 24. | Blizzard Brothers | 10 Story Western | 10/1940 | |
| 25. | Last Roundup | Western Story | 10/26/1940 | |
| 26. | The Vigilantes of Hell's Half-Acre | Ace-High | 11/1940 | |
| 27. | Let the Dim Trails Call | Western Story | 11/23/1940 | |
| 28. | Coffins for Tomahawk Town | .44 Western | 12/1940 | |
| 29. | Damn the Vigilante Gallows! | Big-Book Western | 12/1940 |
1941
| 1. | Doomed Cargo | Western Story | 01/04/1941 | |
| 2. | Author Deserts House | Writers Digest | 01/1941 | |
| 3. | Satan's Sombrero | Western Story | 02/01/1941 | |
| 4. | Fifteen Wagons to Hell | Ace-High | 02/1941 | |
| 5. | Honor of the Owlhoot Breed | New Western | 03/1941 | |
| 6. | Double-Barreled Westerns | Writers Digest | 03/1941 | |
| 7. | Dead Man's Boots | Western Story | 03/22/1941 | |
| 8. | Ghost-Town Gunsmoke | Western Story | 03/05/1941 | |
| 9. | Trouble-Shootin' Team | Western Story | 05/03/1941 | |
| 10. | The Coward Who Waged a One-Man War | Complete Western Book | 05/1941 | |
| 11. | Gunhawk's Reckoning | Wild West Weekly | 05/31/1941 | |
| 12. | Powder-smoke Postmaster | Western Story | 06/07/1941 | |
| 13. | A Case for Gun-smoke Court | Wild West Weekly | 06/28/1941 | |
| 14. | Six-Shootin' Schoolmaster | Western Story | 08/02/1941 | |
| 15. | Killings Asks For An Encore | Wild West Weekly | 08/02/1941 | |
| 16. | Six-Gun Songster | Wild West Weekly | 08/30/1941 | |
| 17. | Kid Who Bucked Satan's Six-Gun Syndicate | Western Novel & Shorts | 09/1941 | |
| 18. | Boothill Baits A Trap | Wild West Weekly | 09/06/1941 | |
| 19. | Gun-smoke Wedding Gift | Western Story | 10/04/1941 | |
| 20. | Texas Born - Hell Bent! | Complete Western Book | 10/1941 | |
| 21. | Turn of the Trail | Western Adventures | 10/1941 | |
| 22. | Killer's Last Lesson | Dime Western | 10/1941 | |
| 23. | Death Marks A Back Trail | Western Story | 11/01/1941 | |
| 24. | The Bullet Pledge of Marshal Shane | Dime Western | 11/1941 | |
| 25. | Test of the Gun-smoke Trail | Wild West Weekly | 11/08/1941 | |
| 26. | Trail-Spawned Triggers | Western Short Stories | 12/1941 | |
| 27. | Outlaws Can't Win | All Western | 12/1941 | |
| 28. | Shave and a Killing - Two-Bits! | 10 Story Western | 12/1941 | |
| 29. | Irons Hung Up For Good | Wild West Weekly | 12/27/1941 |
1942
| 1. | Hellion's Homecoming | Western Story | 01/17/1942 | |
| 2. | Showdown Beyond the river | Western Adventures | 02/1942 | |
| 3. | Gunsmoke Traqil to Peace | 10 Story Western | 02/1942 | |
| 4. | Whang-Leather Loyalty | Western Story | 02/21/1942 | |
| 5. | Voices of Vengeance | Wild West Weekly | 02/21/1942 | |
| 6. | Trail of the Boothill Brand | Wild West Weekly | 03/21/1942 | |
| 7. | Packets to Boothill | Western Adventures | 04/1942 | |
| 8. | Hell and Hot Lead Will Never Smash us | Western Novel & Shorts | 04/1942 | |
| 9. | The Faith of Fighting Men | Big-Book Western | 04/1942 | |
| 10. | The Auctioneer of Cemetery Crossing | New Western | 05/1942 | |
| 11. | Code of the Canyon Country | Western Story | 05/02/1942 | |
| 12. | Killer Horse | Western Story | 05/23/1942 | |
| 13. | Last Chance Trail | Western Adventures | 06/1942 | |
| 14. | Guntown's Last Day | Wild West Weekly | 06/06/1942 | |
| 15. | Ghost-Haunted Gunman | New Western | 07/1942 | |
| 16. | The Windmill of Damnation | Ace-High | 07/1942 | |
| 17. | Hate Rides the High Country | Western Adventures | 08/1942 | |
| 18. | Hot Lead Loco | Complete Western Book | 08/1942 | |
| 19. | Redemption Range | Western Story | 08/01/1942 | |
| 20. | Thunder Under Thorsville | Wild West Weekly | 08/15/1942 | |
| 21. | Hoodooed Hombre | Wild West Weekly | 08/29/1942 | |
| 22. | Texas Cattle Means Blood and Guns | Western Novel & Shorts | 09/1942 | |
| 23. | The Son of Smoky Sunday | .44 Western | 09/1942 | |
| 24. | Trouble Stalks A Wool Train | Western Story | 09/26/1942 | |
| 25. | Bullets and Indian Beef | Wild West Weekly | 09/26/1942 | |
| 26. | Heir to the Danger Brand | Western Adventures | 10/1942 | |
| 27. | Feud Guns In Furnace Basin | Western Story | 10/10/1942 | |
| 28. | Gun-Ghost's Return | Western Story | 10/17/1942 | |
| 29. | Boothill Cuts the Cards | Wild West Weekly | 10/24/1942 | |
| 30. | Old Spurs Jingling | Western Story | 11/07/1942 | |
| 31. | Powder-smoke Preacher | Wild West Weekly | 11/14/1942 | |
| 32. | The Man Who Bought Boothill | Western Story | 11/28/1942 | |
| 33. | Gun-smoke Boomerang | Western Adventures | 12/1942 | |
| 34. | Bearpaw Pays Back | Real Western | 12/1942 | |
| 35. | Smoky Medicine | Western Story | 12/19/1942 |
1943
| 1. | Men of Texas, Buckle On Gun-Belts! | Western Novel & Shorts | 01/1943 | |
| 2. | Badlands Trigger Trap | Western Story | 01/16/1943 | |
| 3. | Gun-smoke Grandstander | Western Story | 01/30/1943 | |
| 4. | Beef Bound For Boothill | Western Adventures | 02/1943 | |
| 5. | Last of the Outcast Clan | Western Adventures | 04/1943 | |
| 6. | Boothill 'Round the Bend | Western Story | 04/03/1943 | |
| 7. | Boothill Returns A Telegrapher | Western Story | 05/29/1943 | |
| 8. | Skull Valley Showdown | Western Adventures | 06/1943 | |
| 9. | The Doctor Rides With Danger | Wild West | 07/1943 | |
| 10. | Sodbusters Come In Behind Six-Guns | Complete Western Book | 07/1943 | |
| 11. | Return of the Rimfire Kid | Wild West | 07/17/1943 | |
| 12. | Death Waits At Dodge | Western Story | 07/24/1943 | |
| 13. | The Devil Was A Drifter | 10 Story Western | 08/1943 | |
| 14. | By The Cowman's Code | Western Story | 09/04/1943 | |
| 15. | Showdown At Keyhole Pass | Wild West | 09/1943 | |
| 16. | Doc Comanche's Gun-smoke Debt | Western Story | 10/02/1943 | |
| 17. | Land Beyond the Law | Western Adventures | 10/1943 | |
| 18. | Sheriff Size | Wild West | 10/1943 | |
| 19. | The Bushwacker | Western Story | 10/16/1943 | |
| 20. | Gun-Shy Gambler | Western Story | 11/13/1943 | |
| 21. | Trouble on Trinity Range | Western Story | 11/27/1943 | |
| 22. | Danger Rides the River | Western Adventures | 12/1943 | |
| 23. | Code of the Crossdraw Kid | Western Story | 12/11/1943 |
1944
| 1. | That Dusty, Bloody Trail | Dime Western | 01/1944 | ||
| 2. | Squatter's Showdown | Western Story | 01/08/1944 | ||
| 3. | Doomed Freight for Eldorado | Western Story | 01/22/1944 | ||
| 4. | Sawbones' Salvation | Western Story | 02/05/1944 | ||
| 5. | Trouble-Shooting Music Maker | Western Story | 03/1944 | ||
| 6. | Boothill Cargo | Western Story | 04/1944 | ||
| 7. | Muddy Water Gambling Man | Western Story | 05/1944 | ||
| 8. | Guns For A Glory Rider | Western Story | 05/1944 | ||
| 9. | New Twists to Old Themes | Author & Journalist | 05/1944 | ||
| 10. | Thorson of Thunder Gulch | Toronto Star Weekly | 07/15/1944 | ||
| 11. | Gun Law For Hungry Gulch | Western Story | 07/1944 | ||
| 12. | Phantom of the Faded Trail | Complete Western Book | 10/1944 | ||
| 13. | Trigger Call For A Free Trapper | Western Story | 10/1944 | ||
| 14. | Rebel Rides the Glory Trail | 10 Story Western | 10/1944 | ||
| 15. | Manhunt in Ovando | Western Story | 12/1944 | ||
| 16. | Joker in the Devil's Deck | Western Story | 12/1944 |
