DESCRIPTION
This section is an early excerpt from my novel. It will hopefully give the reader insight into the calamity of a broken-hearted man with two true loves, Lauren and fishing. [4,566 words]
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
37 year old TEXAN. Desert recluse. Lover of vast space with no people to fuck it up, certain tobacco products, single malt scotch, politics, literature, beautiful women and all animals. My best friend is God. Please drive to the window... [June 2003]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (25) At Church With Amy (Poetry) Visiting Amy's lonesome grave in the desert. [84 words] Beyond The Realm Of Us (Short Stories) A look into the life of a young writer who is left to live with the ghost of his beloved soulmate who died at the hands of a serial killer. [4,530 words] [Literary Fiction] Casa Cantina De Loco (Short Stories) Crazy man, his favorite poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, and a sexy young girl... Marshall struggles with the complexity of gaining a new, less experienced lover or exploring the true reason for his post-div... [4,040 words] Chemo Pastry Party (Short Stories) Miles walks through a dream induced by the drugs of his chemotherapy. [1,096 words] Evolving To Simplicity; Our Lack Of Human Evolution (Essays) A few thoughts on why our species is incapable of achieving peace at this particular time. My belief that it begins with one and with some insight into where I came from, I know that if I can do it, ... [5,571 words] Gone And Forgotten (Poetry) Death can only kill the memory. [115 words] Heather Dream 4,836 (Poetry) Another tease from the ghost of my soulmate. [131 words] Idee Fixe (Poetry) She's caught in my head. [37 words] I'm Psychotic And So Is My Friend Episode Six (Short Stories) From a collection of 'episodes' following two lifelong friends; one being obsessive compulsive, the other sadistically maniacal. [1,352 words] Kirby & I (Poetry) A late night walk in the desert with my cat, Kirby. [117 words] Kissing My Spanish Woman (Short Stories) The time I kissed a very beautiful, younger girl and found out the value of such a kiss. [1,970 words] Leaving On (Poetry) Words to family and friends prior to departing for a life of solitude. [208 words] Life On The Vine (Poetry) A question of one's place and when or if it will ever change. [117 words] My First Ann Coulter Poem (Poetry) A poem about how I feel when watching and listening to the thoughts and ideas of the Constitutional Attorney and author, Ann Coulter. [162 words] Now (Poetry) A poem asking one to acknowledge and be that which one truly is. [36 words] [Mind] Pueblo (Poetry) Passing through a small West Texas town. [68 words] Send Me (Poetry) A poem asking God for the reason of my life. [128 words] September Dusk (Poetry) Reaction to desert sunset. [122 words] Silence & I (Poetry) Discovery of who's in control in absolute solitude. [20 words] The British Are Crying! The British Are Crying? (Essays) Editorial on the treatment of the 'detainees' at Camp X-Ray, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [1,239 words] The Life In You (Poetry) - [90 words] The Only Dream I Have Ever Won (Short Stories) This is actually a part of Chapter 7 of my novel in progress. The main character, Miles, is also the main character in the short story "Without Condition" (which is actually Ch. 2), only this time I ... [2,198 words] Through The Valley (Poetry) A walk through the valley of darkness. [891 words] Waiting For Heather (Poetry) A poem to my lost soulmate. [155 words] Without Condition (Short Stories) A free-spirited man struggles with his quest for true love as his life of drug addiction and strange women ultimately steer him toward his self-constructed destiny. [8,232 words] [Literary Fiction]
READER'S REVIEWS (5) DISCLAIMER: STORYMANIA DOES NOT PROVIDE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWS. ALL REVIEWS ARE PROVIDED BY NON-ASSOCIATED VISITORS, REGARDLESS OF THE WAY THEY CALL THEMSELVES.
"Obscurity very well written. Miles is a strange fellow but something makes me want the best for him. I'd definitely read on. " -- Julian, Monahans, TX, USA.
"You fucking suck. Please quite pasting your gargabe on our virtual walls. Your work is senseless and pointless. Just some advice - quit while your ahead. -Wayne" -- Jon Wayne, Hammond, LA, USA.
" He barked from behind the open door of his shinny ***Correct as is, but you can always drop one of the “n”s and save a letter.*** black Range Rover.… I’d just whip out Bret and head for the trouble. It was just one of those ways I liked to entertain myself, making grown men scramble like chickens from an axe at the possibility of them being touched by my penis. ***Hmmm reminds me of a guy I know.***He was headed straight for the carwash, ***;*** I’d a bet my life on it. She was pale white and obese, her cheeks red with exhaustion. “How ‘boutcha ***dialectal word***, Darlene?” … a detachable floating koozie ***???*** The first time I met Pop, a soft-spoken, hard-weathered shrimper of forty-five years at sea, just smiled at me the first time I ‘how bouted ***dialectal word*** ’ him; not a tooth in sight nor an ounce of embarrassment about expressing the fact. When the grass lost its salvation capacity to the overwhelming numbers of skeeters, I resorted to covering my sunburnt ***sunburned*** skin with the thick mud of the cut. “I don’t want to be the cause of no man not listening to his creator, whether that man wanna ***Dialectal word*** listen or not. " -- JA St. George.
"Great visuals, Branson. Other than a few typos it reads well and I find Miles to be a very intriguing character." -- Doyle Hargraves .
"You have a brilliant way with words. Very interesting story and main character. Very interested as to his outcome. Good luck with the novel!" -- John C, Houston, TX.
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