"Wildflower Season" a story of the new west, was published in Winter 2017 Chiron Review. From Kerouac to Marge Piercy and from Bukowski to Lorri Jackson, Chiron's pages have showcased a lineage I'm more than proud to join.
After its 2016 debut as a featured reading at Stories on Stage in Davis, CA, "Widflower Season" was acquired by Chiron Review for 2017 publication.
It is set in the northern Nevada town of Lamoille, Nevada, against a backdrop of the Ruby Mountains and pits Cass, a freewheeling woman of today's west, against Jamie, an old-boy throwback from an earlier time. Both pursue their own ends through a series of misunderstandings to a heartbreaking finish.
Since this will will also be the opening story of my forthcoming linked collection "Borders and Boundaries," it is especially gratifying to have it already in print. Moreover, Cass will return as a character several moore times. Four other stories of the ten in this collection have seen pre-publication in various journals, so the idea of linking tales from both sides of what is a very rural border between Quincy, CA and Lamoille, NV clearly has appeal.
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My second book is about a boy who has Asperger's Syndrome and is bullied to the point to where he shoots up his school. I have divided the excerpts from it into three parts: Before, during and after the shooting.
Sarah Thompson has ten days on Maui to find her lifetime after lifetime soulmate. She is certain he is waiting for her there on one of the last remaining land masses of Mu still above water.
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