An excerpt from my new western novel, "East Jesus, Nevada"

"Ronin hated crowds and generally didn’t go to town if he could avoid it.   If nature abhors a vacuum, he recalled Ralph Waldo Emerson having said once, he hated whatever the opposite of a vacuum was.  People-filled rooms, busy stages and train stations all made him uncomfortable.  It was a...

Monthly Archives: February 2012

A Father’s Eulogy, for Jared Samuel Townsley

I want to appreciate everyone who has come to honor our son today.  Jared was a good man, and I imagine he’d be very pleased to know that he had so many friends.  And very embarrassed to think that some of you have given up significant moments in your own life to honor this moment, however unexpected, difficult, even tragic that it is. We all tell the story differently, I suspect.  I know that’s been true in my life anyway …

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Chapter 39 of “East Jesus, Nevada” on its way to the editor

Ronin settled down into a chair next to the piano player.  While he wasn’t a big fan of piano music, he had noticed in his travels that few people will shoot a good piano player, or even a bad one if he’s attached to his instrument. Folks hadn’t spent enough time in church, he figured, otherwise they’d be shooting more musicians.  The former Reverend smiled as he leaned back in his chair to observe.

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