Dead Man’s HandDavid NixSourcebooksPub date Feb 22, 2022 Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black Buffalo Soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be …
Recently, I’ve been working on a new short story that was a gift from my muse the day I saw a homeless man on a scooter crossing the road. I was driving to an appointment, but I couldn’t get him out of my mind. Much like other short stories I’ve written that came to me …
I always knew that reading was good for people. As a child, I escaped into fiction and found comfort, and sometimes guidance, in the stories that took me away from the real world for a while. A real world that wasn’t always pleasant. But I didn’t always realize I was learning so much about life …
In the past couple of years I’ve met, and befriended, Cathy Miller on Twitter. We connected initially, when I asked her if she was a cousin from Michigan. That cousin went to the same high school I did, and I knew her long before I met her cousin, Carl, who became my husband. When I …
Since I’m plumb out of ideas and time but wanted to have a new blog post up, I thought I’d see what Slim Randles has to offer as a holiday-themed essay, and this is a good one. He’s given us glimpses of Mabel’s life in the retirement home before, always presented in a warm, thoughtful …
The following excerpt is taken from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant And a Paycheck. Some of this has been on my blog before, but it’s always nice to look back on past holidays and good times with family. For several years, I wrote a weekly column for the Plano Star-Courier. That column was …
PERFECT PAYBACK The Pepperman Mystery Series by BILL BRISCOE Genre: Fiction Categories: Mystery / Thriller / Suspense Expected Publication: February, 2022 *** 250 pages When Jim and Laura Pepperman find a musty German Olympic jacket and an old journal in their attic, they stumble onto a gripping pre-World War II story of a cousin Jim knows …
BEFORE THE ALAMO: A Tejana’s Story by Florence Byham Weinberg Genre: Historical Fiction / Texas History Publisher: Maywood House Date of Publication: September 17, 2021 ** 296 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emilia Altamirano, half Otomí Indian, half pure Spanish, is born in 1814, the year after the Battle of the Medina River, where …
WELCOME to DAY 3 of the @ENIGMASERIES #ShortStory Journey Dec 8th to Dec 15th #GIVEAWAYS Available Today’s gifts include two ebooks of the featured short story — plus one ebook of the newest release Hidden Target. That’s 3 winners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author Insights Brayson Morris joins the series in The Enigma Stolen as a part of …
IF A BUTTERFLY SERIES:Book 1 – ChrysalisBook 2- EmergencebyMichael Sirois Publisher: Flio Widdix Publishing ** Date of Publication: December 11, 2021 Scroll down for Giveaway! Nine Characters + One Butterfly = Chaos Theory. The series, If a Butterfly, is a bit like Six Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon (if Kevin just happened to be …
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