During the 1960's a young soldier struggles with basic training, a bully sergeant and his own inner demons. A tale of struggle, redemption and survival.
A young technician mourns his lover until he meets another man - a man with a secret. But there are other secrets as a jealous ghost returns to protect his turf.
"Dirk Vanden is an exceptionally talented writer who produces literature on a level comparable to that of Genet, Forster, Joyce, White, and even Faulkner." Chico, Amazon.com review
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I was raised as a Mormon in a bucolic little town called Vernal, way up in the Uintah mountains. Went to college at the Unniversity of Utah, graduated with a BFA in Theatre Arts. Wrote my first novel "TO THEMSELVES UNKNOWN" in college, . Spent 15 years trying to publish it through "straight" publishers, finally sold it to Greenleaf Classics in 1969; it was published as "WHO KILLED QUEEN TOM?" They published 4 more that year: THE LEATHER QUEENS, LEATHER, TWIN ORBS (not my original titles; my editor changed the titles to "Fag-Hots." Very recently I found one of my books online, in USED CONDITION for $103.00. Another for $100. ALL OF ME (CAN YOU TAKE ALL OF ME?) is my story disguised as a murder mystery -- a fictionalized autobiography -- including some ofmy philosophical musings regarding the nature of good and evil, right and wrong, love and hate, etc.. Plus a litle romantical fantasizing at the end.
I live with my dog, Buddy Jr., an Austrailian Shepherd/Australian Cattle Dog mix, in Carmichael, CA.
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