Wilderness Bound -- Fire-fighter and paramedic, Matthew Standing Deer returns to the past, to the Lakota, only to find himself hurtled into danger, uncontrollable greed, and searching for a serial killer. Danger looms over everyone's head. How will h
WHISPERS OF THE HEART is artist and author J. Allen Wilson's second book of poetry.It can be autographed and shipped within 48 hours of order. NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
As time passes, I realize how much there still is to discover. The world keeps getting larger and funnier.
Background
Information
I am a graduate of UF College of Journalism, 1976. I have been a reporter, newspaper editor, graphics designer, advertising copy writer, t-shirt artist, folksinger, enigma, inner voyager, questioner of authority... Need I continue? Currently I am a laid-off teacher working on reinvention. My major literary influences have been J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Anton Wilson, Robert Frost, Anne Rice (in her vampire days), and Michael Donaghy. Recently I've been smitten by Dan Brown's edge-of-your-seat simplicity, and George R.R. Martin's "in-your-face" brand of high fantasy. Other influences have been John Lilly, Carlos Castaneda, and Timothy Leary. I've long been a fan of conspiracy yarns, and my own writings tend to wander into that direction; think "Chemtrails as Agents of Retrovirus" variety of paranoia. Most of all, I love good, strong characters in fiction. Speaking of characters, my mother always said, "I'm a good judge of character, bein' one myself."
Birth Place
Bronx, NY USA
Accomplishments
After a recent epiphany, I gave myself the Blinding Flash of the Obvious Award. The award was accompanied by a shrug of my shoulders and an open-handed smack on my own forehead.
I was recently dismissed from my job as a middle school English Teacher for saying "damn." Damn!
Occasionally, my middle school students tell me I'm awesome, but mostly they sit and scratch their heads at my humor. Their labels for me would be "Usually kind, thinks he's funny, old dude."