| "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Stephen Crane | |
 The opening illustration as it appeared in McClure's | |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Western |
| Publication | |
| Published in | McClure's Magazine |
| Publication date | February, 1898 |
"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" is an 1898 western short story by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Originally published in the February, 1898 issue of McClure's Magazine, it was written in England. The story's protagonist is a Texas marshal named Jack Potter, who is returning to the town of Yellow Sky with his eastern bride. Potter's nemesis, the gunslinger Scratchy Wilson, drunkenly plans to accost the sheriff after he disembarks the train, but he changes his mind upon seeing the unarmed man with his bride.
The short story inspired a 1967 opera of the same name by Roger Nixon, and the 1952 film Face to Face.