My Latest Novel

Hi.  My 16th novel on Amazon for Kindles and other readers  is now available.  Attached is the cover and below, the synopsis.  Thanks in advance for any and all support.

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WHISPERS

For everyone who has heard the voices, some of them are real. For everyone who has seen the signs, they are everywhere.  Listen, and you will hear; look, and you will see. Then you can understand. On your eighteenth birthday, someone your own age, someone that you have known for less than a year, goes off to die so that you may continue living; what do you do?  If you’re Matthew Morning, you make an annual pilgrimage to his grave to remind yourself of why you are still alive…and you tell the story. 

 

Start with Matthew, approaching eighteen in depressed rural Lee County, Virginia, in 1961 as he learns to understand the power of love for a girl named Ginger, daughter of a poor mining family. Add adventures in the woods, a mysterious and hidden old mansion on an equally mysterious mountain, abandoned houses, and the daily goings-on of a high school.   What do these places hold for three young friends -- one black, the others descendants of long-gone Native Americans -- brought together by accident, growing up quickly and trying to deal with the bigotry in a world that is not kind or patient, but also holds many beautiful secrets?  What will these boys – Matthew, TeePee, and Jeffie -- do without giving in or giving up?  Their backgrounds couldn’t be more different, yet the common ground they share and the strong bonds they form create a connectedness that will last beyond their lifetimes. Honor, justice, revenge, strength of family and heritage, tenderness, and bitterness – these will draw the reader into the story of a man, a teacher, as he recounts the turmoil of the most powerful year of his life, the year he lost everything and everyone he had come to love.  The novel moves between Matthew’s life with his mother in their first real home and his final year of high school, where he meets friends whose values and understanding will help him through the turmoil of death and incredible loss.  Ultimately, Matthew will be drawn into a dark experience that will require him to kill.

 

 

A SOLUTION TO THE NAME OF THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS

I think I have resolved the controversy over the name of the Washington NFL team.  To pacify the Native Americans who view “redskins” as a derogatory term and to satisfy the football team’s fans who don’t want to see the name changed…simply keep the name “redskins” but replace the insignia on the sides of the helmets.  Remove the Indian’s head and replace it with a red-skinned potato.  Then dress the mascot at the games as a big red potato. 

          “Yes, Phil, I think the Giants have a good chance of beating the Taters this Sunday.”

          There!  So everyone, please shut the hell up because there are a lot more important problems in the world and in our country these days.