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font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Now available: a major anthology of Texas fiction. For details, <a href="texas-5-x-5.php">click here.</a> </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Foreword Magazine</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> names </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">
337Women of Thunder</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> <br></span><b style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">best </b><b style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">multicultural novel of the Year </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: rgb(0, 153, 102); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">Foreword Magazine </i><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 102); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">names </span><b style="color: rgb(0, 153, 102); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>The Wild Part</i> finalist for best novel of the year</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 102); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"> in two categories</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#990000"></font></p></div></div><div id="If2beaaef29a24c01871c4f280bc88217" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:right;margin:0 0 15px 0;" class="Image_Default"><style>#If2beaaef29a24c01871c4f280bc88217_img {-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;width: 63px;border:none;max-width: 100%;height: auto;}</style><img id="If2beaaef29a24c01871c4f280bc88217_img" src="resources/5058305.jpg" /></div><div id="Ibe17e9eaadea47369cd05ba33e374c82" style="display:block;clear: both;" class="Layout1_Default"><style>.column_Ibe17e9eaadea47369cd05ba33e374c82 {width: 100%;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_Ibe17e9eaadea47369cd05ba33e374c82:after {content: "";display: table;clear: both;}.column_Ibe17e9eaadea47369cd05ba33e374c82 .left {text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 15px 0 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_Ibe17e9eaadea47369cd05ba33e374c82 .right {vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 0 0 15px;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}</style><div class="column_Ibe17e9eaadea47369cd05ba33e374c82 column_divider" ><div id="Left_Ibe17e9eaadea47369cd05ba33e374c82" class="left" ><div id="I88844f5e780d40378cd572446789859a" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 -120px 0 0;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I88844f5e780d40378cd572446789859a_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="5" face="Georgia"><b><i>Dancin</i></b></font><b style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>g on Barbed Wire</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div><font size="3" face="Verdana">Terry Dalrymple, Andrew Geyer, and I each wrote a third of the tales in this collection of closely-related short stories. While we chose not to say who wrote which stories, editor Tom Mack in his introduction does name the writer for three of the stories. Then he poses a fun challenge based on the evidence he provides: "It's up to you, dear reader, to put your powers of literary analysis to the test and extrapolate the identities of the authors of the remaining tales."</font></div><div><font size="3" face="Verdana"> We know of no other collaboration that has produced a unique book of short stories that are so interrelated as to almost form a novel, while each story stands alone as a separate work of art. We are quite excited about this unusual---and we hope ground-breaking---treatment of short fiction.</font></div><div><font size="3" face="Verdana"> We are all native Texans, and all of the stories take place in Texas. </font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div id="Right_Ibe17e9eaadea47369cd05ba33e374c82" class="right" ><div id="Ia34de9b6a72941428c2d10b19b939b29" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:right;margin:20px 0 0 0;" class="Image_Default"><style>#Ia34de9b6a72941428c2d10b19b939b29_img {-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;width: 257px;border:none;max-width: 100%;height: auto;}</style><img id="Ia34de9b6a72941428c2d10b19b939b29_img" src="resources/BarbedWireCov1-900.jpg.opt257x385o0%2C0s257x385.jpg" /></div></div></div></div><div id="I37e846b9a6104ecf9357b7b3ea878995" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 0 0 0;" class="Layout1_Default"><style>.column_I37e846b9a6104ecf9357b7b3ea878995 {width: 100%;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I37e846b9a6104ecf9357b7b3ea878995:after {content: "";display: table;clear: both;}.column_I37e846b9a6104ecf9357b7b3ea878995 .left {text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 15px 0 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I37e846b9a6104ecf9357b7b3ea878995 .right {vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 0 0 15px;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}</style><div class="column_I37e846b9a6104ecf9357b7b3ea878995 column_divi
337der" ><div id="Left_I37e846b9a6104ecf9357b7b3ea878995" class="left" ><div id="Ib3ba27fa602a42ba9be6323ed15a027b" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 -120px 0 0;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="Ib3ba27fa602a42ba9be6323ed15a027b_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left; font-size: x-large;"><font face="Georgia" color="#000000">Ceremonial Stones of Fire</font></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Verdana"><br>I based these eleven exotic stories on real experiences and people I knew in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, and along the pirate coasts of the Straits of Malacca:</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Georgia"> New Opal Ring</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Georgia"> A Man He Never Knew<br> Shadow Man</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Georgia"> The Odor of Durian<br> The Eyes of the Cat</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Georgia"> Caught by Memory</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Georgia"> The Bomoh's Apprentice</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Georgia"> The Skulls of Chiang Mai</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Georgia" color="#000000" size="3"> To Buy a Knife </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Georgia" color="#000000" size="3"> A Magic Pig</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Georgia" color="#000000" size="3"> Ceremonial Stones of Fire </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Georgia" color="#000000" size="3"><a href="resources/PressRelease1-900.jpg" target="_blank">Press Release</a><br><a href="resources/BonazziReviewStonesFire.pdf">Book Review by Roberto Bonazzi</a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Georgia"><a href="resources/PressRelease-BookClub-900.jpg" target="_blank">Book Club Discussion Questions</a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div></div><div id="Right_I37e846b9a6104ecf9357b7b3ea878995" class="right" ><div id="I6cc9f2983c894ff28e7c8d6eccb0a450" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:right;margin:20px 0 0 0;" class="Image_Default"><a href="resources/CeremonialStones--900.jpg"><style>#I6cc9f2983c894ff28e7c8d6eccb0a450_img {-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;width: 248px;border:none;max-width: 100%;height: auto;}</style><img id="I6cc9f2983c894ff28e7c8d6eccb0a450_img" src="resources/CeremonialStones--900.jpg.opt248x372o0%2C0s248x372.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div><div id="I55b6faac839e426ff38722ab7a37c596" style="display:block;clear: both;" class="Layout1_Default"><style>.column_I55b6faac839e426ff38722ab7a37c596 {width: 100%;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I55b6faac839e426ff38722ab7a37c596:after {content: "";display: table;clear: both;}.column_I55b6faac839e426ff38722ab7a37c596 .left {text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 15px 0 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I55b6faac839e426ff38722ab7a37c596 .right {vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 0 0 15px;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}</style><div class="column_I55b6faac839e426ff38722ab7a37c596 column_divi
337der" ><div id="Left_I55b6faac839e426ff38722ab7a37c596" class="left" ><div id="Id009d59f3258424a965919a72433477d" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 -120px 0 0;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="Id009d59f3258424a965919a72433477d_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><p><b><font face="Verdana" size="4"><br></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Verdana" size="4">Mystery/adventure in an exotic setting</font></b></p><p><font face="Verdana" size="3"><i>The Jungleâs Edge</i>, my sixth novel, has a cover featuring a painting by the talented Peter Kim. This is a literary novel presented as a mystery/adventure. It has a touch of romance and some examination of the nature of art. It tells the stories of some likable folk, some criminals, and some genuinely odd people. Set in exotic Kuala Lumpur and the jungles of West Malaysia, the novel features Malaysians and Texans. I once learned enough Malay to converse in the market places of Malaysia, and I still speak Texan almost as well as the cowboy in the story. </font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Verdana" size="3"><a href="resources/Jungle-PressRelease2.pdf" target="_blank">Press Release</a></font></p><div><br></div></div></div></div><div id="Right_I55b6faac839e426ff38722ab7a37c596" class="right" ><div id="I66997fbfe42c4d73a0526497fd5cc845" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:right;margin:0 0 0 0;" class="Image_Default"><a href="resources/1-FrontCoverJungle-900.jpg"><style>#I66997fbfe42c4d73a0526497fd5cc845_img {-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;width: 247px;border:none;max-width: 100%;height: auto;}</style><img id="I66997fbfe42c4d73a0526497fd5cc845_img" src="resources/1-FrontCoverJungle-900.jpg.opt247x363o0%2C0s247x363.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div><div id="I6859a322832743698c182afc7cbad805" style="display:block;clear: both;" class="Layout1_Default"><style>.column_I6859a322832743698c182afc7cbad805 {width: 100%;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I6859a322832743698c182afc7cbad805:after {content: "";display: table;clear: both;}.column_I6859a322832743698c182afc7cbad805 .left {text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 15px 0 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I6859a322832743698c182afc7cbad805 .right {vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 0 0 15px;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}</style><div class="column_I6859a322832743698c182afc7cbad805 column_divider" ><div id="Left_I6859a322832743698c182afc7cbad805" class="left" ><div id="I8cac26c277e1432b83e1cad04117fc45" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 -120px 0 0;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I8cac26c277e1432b83e1cad04117fc45_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><b><font size="5" color="#ff0000"><br></font></b><p><i style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Parallel Hours,</b></i><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"> a book I wrote with</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"> Andrew Geyer, is a time-travel novel featuring three people who escape the Soviet invasion of Baku in 1990 by using a time window that strands them in 1221, right before the Mongol invasion of the city. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> about Geyer: </span><a href="http://andrewgeyer.org/" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; color: rgb(21, 83, 185);">http://andrewgeyer.org/</a></p><p><b><font size="5" color="#ff0000"><br></font></b></p></div></div></div><div id="Right_I6859a322832743698c182afc7cbad805" class="right" ><div id="I97d241a6d7fe4ba8a4b38cf2adaafcbe" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:right;margin:20px 0 0 0;" class="Image_Default"><a href="resources/Parallel-cover5-5X8-5--900.jpg"><style>#I97d241a6d7fe4ba8a4b38cf2adaafcbe_img {-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;width: 253px;border:none;max-width: 100%;height: auto;}</style><img id="I97d241a6d7fe4ba8a4b38cf2adaafcbe_img" src="resources/Parallel-cover5-5X8-5--900.jpg.opt253x391o0%2C0s253x391.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div><div id="I101" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 0 -8px 0;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I101_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><p><font face="Verdana" size="5"><b>Now available from TCU Press </b></font></p></div></div><div id="I102" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 0 0 0;" class="Layout1_Default"><style>.column_I102 {width: 100%;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I102:after {content: "";display: table;clear: both;}.column_I102 .left {text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 15px 0 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I102 .right {vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0 0 0 15px;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}</style>
337<div class="column_I102 column_divider" ><div id="Left_I102" class="left" ><div id="I105" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 -120px 0 0;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I105_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><p><font face="Verdana" size="3"> Before publication, <i>Women of Thunder </i>won three awards. The Deep South Writers Conference named the book Best Novel in their yearly contest. Novelist Ernest Gaines made the final choice. In his evaluation of <i>Women of Thunder</i>, Gaines wrote: âIt is a story of love and adventure, of reality and fantasy. The characters, the places they visit and the action are real. The language is simple and true. It is written so well that it holds our interest and keeps us turning the pages. This writer has great talent.â A chapter from <i>Women of Thunder</i> won the Creative Writing Award from the Conference of College Teachers of English, and the North Texas Professional Writers Association gave <i>Women of Thunder</i> first place for a novel in their yearly contest. <br> While the novel is a sequel to <i>The Wild Part</i>, it isn't necessary to read <i>The Wild Part</i> to follow the new story.<br></font></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><font color="#000000">Named The Best Multicultural </font></b><b><font color="#000000" size="3">Novel of the Year</font></b></div><p><font size="3"></font><font face="Verdana" size="3"><a href="resources/Bonazzi%20Review.pdf" target="_blank">Read a review by Roberto Bonazzi</a></font></p><p><br></p><p><font face="Verdana" size="3"><br></font></p></div></div></div><div id="Right_I102" class="right" ><div id="I103" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:right;margin:0 0 0 0;" class="Image_Default"><a href="resources/ThunderCover-Indiefab.jpg"><style>#I103_img {-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;width: 246px;border:none;max-width: 100%;height: auto;}</style><img id="I103_img" src="resources/ThunderCover-Indiefab.jpg.opt246x369o0%2C0s246x369.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div><div id="I76" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 0 0 0;" class="Layout1_Default"><style>.column_I76 {width: 100%;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I76:after {content: "";display: table;clear: both;}.column_I76 .left {text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I76 .right {vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}</style><div class="column_I76 column_divider" ><div id="Left_I76" class="left" ><div id="I77" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 -120px 0 0;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I77_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><p><br></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large; color: rgb(0, 153, 102); font-family: Verdana;"><i>The Wild Part</i></b></div><font face="Verdana"><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#009966" style="font-size: small;">a novel based on real people</font><br><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium;">now available in print and for Kindle and Nook</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><font color="#ff0000">From the preface: </font></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: medium;">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 KosiÅskiâs wonderful book, <i>The Painted Bird</i>, especially from the way KosiÅski turned his experiences in wandering around Europe into a
337novel. As KosiÅski did, I write from memory filtered through imagination. </span></div></div></font><p><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"> To see the full cover and read about the story, click here: </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><a href="resources/Flier-WildP.pdf">More about <i>The Wild Part</i></a> </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif;"><font size="2">available in print and for </font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=Jerry+Craven+saving+a+songbird">Kindle</a></font></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><a href="resources/Flier-WildP-2.pdf">Press Release</a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><a href="resources/fromChapter1.pdf">Read the opening of chapter 1</a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><a href="resources/Book%20Club%20Discussion-JClink.pdf">Discussion Questions for Book Clubs</a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font size="3"><a href="resources/What%20Readers%20are%20Saying%20on%20the%20Web%20About%20The%20Wild.pdf">What Readers are Saying on the Web about <i>The Wild Part</i></a></font></div><p></p></div></div></div><div id="Right_I76" class="right" ><div id="I78" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:right;margin:20px 0 0 0;" class="Image_Default"><a href="resources/CoverWithIndieFab-600.jpg"><style>#I78_img {-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;width: 241px;border:none;max-width: 100%;height: auto;}</style><img id="I78_img" src="resources/CoverWithIndieFab-600.jpg.opt241x352o0%2C0s241x352.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div><div id="I79" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 0 0 0;" class="Layout1_Default"><style>.column_I79 {width: 100%;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I79:after {content: "";display: table;clear: both;}.column_I79 .left {text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I79 .right {vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}</style><div class="column_I79 column_divider" ><div id="Left_I79" class="left" ><div id="I80" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:0 -120px 0 0;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I80_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><p> <i style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </i><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><font size="2">available in print and for </font></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=Jerry+Craven+saving+a+songbird">Kindle</a></font></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </i></p><p><i style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Saving a Songbird</b></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> is a collection of short stories with a twist: they are nonfiction. The I constructed the tales by using techniques of traditional short story writers. Each story tells of the narratorâs 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. My brother Carl wrote a <a href="resources/Brothers%20Memoirs-6x9.pdf">memoir</a> telling of some of the same events.<br></span><font size="3"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif"> published by </font><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.sloughpressbooks.com/">Slough Press</a></font></font></font><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br></span> <a style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;" href="http://savingasongbird.yolasite.com/">More about <i>Saving a Songbird</i>.</a><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif;"><font size="3">Cover painting by Tommy Humphrey</font></span></p><div><br></div></div></div><div id="I72" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:-20px 90px 0 55px;" class="Layout1_Default"><style>.column_I72 {width: 100%;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I72:after {content: "";display: table;clear: both;}.column_I72 .left {text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I72 .right {vertical-align: top;width: 50%;padding: 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}</style>
337<div class="column_I72 column_divider" ><div id="Left_I72" class="left" ><div id="I73" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:left;margin:18px 0 0 0;" class="Image_Default"><a href="http://www.angelo.edu/dept/english_modern_languages/concho_river_review.php"><style>#I73_img {-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;width: 84px;border:none;max-width: 100%;height: auto;}</style><img id="I73_img" src="resources/OctFront-small-200.jpg" /></a></div></div><div id="Right_I72" class="right" ><div id="I74" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:10px -130px 0 -40px;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I74_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><p><a href="resources/1-1-a-crrReviewSongbird.pdf" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">Read a review from <i>Concho River Review</i> </a></p><p><font size="3"><a href="resources/Bowles-Review.pdf">Read a review from <i>The Monitor</i></a></font></p><p><br></p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif;"><font size="2">Cover painting by Tommy Humphrey</font></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; 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