Novels
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William James Stoness grew up on a farm in Eastern Ontario. After graduating from Queen’s University he started into a career teaching Chemistry. A youthful interest in geography and geology encouraged him to travel by RV across Canada and the United States where he photographed scenery and geological phenomena.
It was this travel which developed an interest in the Old West, an interest which has led him to write several novels about the never ending fight between the ‘good cowboys and the bad hombres’.
In his westerns, Mr. Stoness writes with an exciting descriptive style, emphasizing the beauty of the southwest, and matching the stories to the terrain to create a feel of reality.
In his novel ‘The Yellowstone Hotspot’, the author fashions his tale around the geologically active volcanic hotspot that exists under the famous park.
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Stoness Novels
 The Deadly Trail Of Gold
Mathew Sykes stumbles upon a dying prospector and learns of a treasure in gold hidden in the wilderness. While waiting in Santa Fe to meet his trapping partner, Matt becomes entangled with a beautiful woman and her uncle. Unfortunately the fur flies every time they get together and Matt is relieved to hit the trail for the gold.
 Beyond The Pass
Matt Sykes has decided to return to the mountains to start a cattle ranch and begins the quest to find a crew, and a herd. Unknown to Matt, a couple of outlaws still exist from the gang that pursued him from his gold discovery, and they are determined to relieve Matt of his gold.
 Escape From The Noose
Young Mark Kirkham was only looking for a job the day he was mistakenly chased and shot by Rangers for a stagecoach robbery in which he had no part. After being nursed back to health by a beautiful rancher’s daughter he goes in pursuit of the real robbers who had killed the passengers of the stagecoach.
 Swinging From The Cottonwoods
Brian Cole returns home after a long absence to find his uncle murdered. A stranger to the valley is suspected and Brian goes on the offensive. He saves Sarah, owner of one of the ranches, when she is kidnapped. Brian has lived a lonely life for many years and begins to feel attracted to her.
 The Trail Ends In Ouray
Pursuing and catching the killer of your best friend is a noble gesture. But when it takes you away from your gold claim for months things will not likely be the same when you return. That’s what Tex Hallman was about to find out when he rode back to Ouray on the stage.
 Hotspot
When strong tremors rocked the surface of Yellowstone National Park, Professor George Curtis took time off from his classes to investigate the causes. Curtis was familiar with the fact that the geological history of the park involved three large eruptions, spaced 600,000 years apart.
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