Recent Books
NEW Angelina River Press Presents The Wild Part a novel based on real people From the preface: While this is a work of fiction, it is based on my own adventures in the wild part of Venezuela. In writing this story, I drew inspiration from Jerzy Kosiński’s wonderful book, The Painted Bird, especially from the way Kosiński turned his experiences in wandering around Europe into a novel. As Kosiński did, I write from memory filtered through imagination. To see the full cover and read about the story, click here: |  |
available in print and for Kindle Saving a Songbird is a collection of short stories with a twist: they are nonfiction. The writer constructed the tales by using techniques of traditional short story writers. Each story tells of the narrator’s dealings with unusual people he knew, many in various Venezuelan villages, others in towns in Texas. Several of the stories have won first place in national contests. Jerry's brother wrote a memoir telling of some of the same events.
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Tiger, Tiger from Most of the stories in this collection have been published in journals and anthologies, and some have won awards. Cover painting by Eric Beverly. Nota Bene in World Literature Today press release for Tiger, Tiger |  |
Searching for Rama's Spear available in print and for Kindle from Slough Press A modern Nancy Drew type of mystery set in the deep East Texas forests, a novel featuring ● teenager Brooke Singh who must solve the mystery of a who stole an ancient ruby artwork by Amy Ness Click here: a must read |  |
From Slough Press : The Big Thicket will take you through a family saga that reaches from Marie Laveau in the New Orleans of 1835 to the riverboats of East Texas in the 1870s. This is a tale of people in the wildest part of the American frontier, the Big Thicket, where law is sometimes only a rumor. There is Venna who has the reputation of roaming the Thicket at night as a wolf and witching rain out of the stars. There’s Lucius Simmons, an ex-slave and the woman he loves who struggle to find a preacher willing to marry a mixed race couple. There’s Tim Coke who discovers some disturbing family secrets and who must challenge friends and family to prevent a hanging. This story will keep you turning pages and will leave you with much to ponder. available in print and for Kindle More |  |
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