I have written one nonfiction book, Fort Worth’s Rock & Roll Roots for Arcadia Press and my first novel, We’re for Smoke, was published by TCU Press in the Fall of 2021. I have a Pushcart nomination and my short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies including Cowboy Jamboree, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Gimmick Press, Road Kill Vol. 4, Not One of Us, The Esthetic Apostle, Curating Alexandria, and Cleaver Magazine. I would love to speak to your group or book club.

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We’re for Smoke

From Hell’s Half Acre to Quality Grove, We’re for Smoke tells the wild and woolly story of turn-of-the-century Fort Worth, a cow town on the cusp of becoming a modern industrial city. We’re for Smoke reveals a society scrabbling to emerge from the chaotic growing pains of the frontier West and transform itself into a modern, industrial city.

Fort Worth’s Rock & Roll Roots

On the evening of February 9, 1964, Ed Sullivan introduced the Beatles to America. Across the country, teens were glued to their TV sets and witnessed a turning point in rock and roll history. Vibrant and creative teen scenes sprang up all across the country. The scene in Fort Worth, Texas, produced an exceptional burst of creativity in songwriting and musicianship. The seeds of the counterculture were planted and flourished. The music of this generation birthed every rock subgenre for the next 40 years and Fort Worth and Dallas played an important role in the movement.

Cold War Peacemaker The Story of the B-36

Cold War Peacemaker is the amazing and unique story of the development of the B-36 very-long-long-range nuclear bomber. From its beginnings during WWII, through construction in a former wild-west cattle town and deployment into the Cold War, the story of the Convair B-36 and how it intimidated the Soviet Union is a fascinating study in politics and technology.

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