Short Stories by Michael J. Tucker
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Capricorn’s Collapse
When the reader last encountered Tom Delaney, at the end of Aquarius Falling, his world had just fallen apart. Two of the three people he’d built a shady life with, on the beaches of Maryland, were dead and the third had taken off with all the money they’d earned selling cocaine to college kids. A few years have gone by, and Capricorn’s Collapse finds Delaney a successful accountant with offices at the Watergate Hotel . . . in 1972, when a certain break-in sent shock waves that eventually shook the president clear out of office. Continue reading
Capricorn’s Collapse
Now here we have a mystery thriller which actually has ideas behind it, which, believe me, can be a rarity in the genre. In the first place, there is the time setting, with Capricorn’s Collapse opening with the burglary of the Democratic National Committee offices within the Watergate complex in June of 1972. It actually takes one aback slightly to realize that the event happened more than forty years ago. Wherever has the time gone?
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Woman of the Land – Mary, mother of The Christ
Woman of the Land
Mary, Mother of The Christ
By Louise Draper Colln
The story is told in the first person by Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, and begins with her reminisces of a childhood experience. The reader is immediately introduced to the ever-present threat of the Roman army to Israelites as cross words are exchanged between Mary’s father and a Roman officer.
Ms. Colln rapidly walks us through the daily life of women and children during the period and takes us to the surprising reaction of Mary’s parents to the announcement her carrying the child of God. Disbelief in a virgin conception leads to fear of stoning for the sin of adultery. And what would be the reaction of her betrothed, Joseph? Continue reading
Interview with Louise Draper Colln
Interview with Louise Draper Colln
Author, Woman of the Land
Mary, Mother of the Christ
Louise is the author of five nationally and internationally published books. Four of them have been reprinted, three in anthologies. She writes both historical and contemporary books. Her poetry and short stories won statewide contests and have been published in national magazines. Louise served as editor for a genealogy magazine in Missouri and for the Middle Tennessee Scottish Society Newsletter. She was secretary to the Council For The Written Word, Middle Tennessee Scottish Society, and the governing board of the Tennessee Writers Alliance. Continue reading
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Michael J Tucker
Baden-Powell’s Beads
Baden-Powell’s Beads
By Paul D. Parsons
Dr. Parsons takes a bit of history, a pinch of magic, a hint of mystery, a large dollop of suspense and throws them together in the mixing bowl of his imagination to create a page-turning novel that entertains the reader from the opening sentence to the final page.
His story opens with a Prologue describing the horrific scene of an 1888 battlefield in South Africa. Black flies swarm over the bodies of dead Zulus. The scene is an attention getter and introduces the mystical beads and how Baden-Powell obtains them. Chapter One opens in Langley, VA, in 2005 with two Homeland Security Agents assigned to investigate a cryptic message from an unknown source regarding a link between the beads and ritualistic killings. Continue reading
Interview with Dr. Paul D. Parsons
Interview with Dr. Paul D. Parsons,
Author of Baden-Powell’s Beads
Dr. Paul Parsons is an orthopedic surgeon living and working just south of Nashville, TN. Raised in a military family he’s traveled extensively and lived all over the world. An avid reader and book collector, he began writing fiction in 2003. Baden-Powell’s Beads is his second novel.
MJT: Paul, when did you begin to write a fictional account of Scoutmaster Baden-Powell’s beads and how long did it take to write the story? Continue reading
Playin on the Tracks A memoir
Playin on the Tracks
A memoir
By Carter Robertson
Subtitled “A memoir”, Playin’ on the Tracks is the autobiography of singer songwriter Carter Robertson. Born Carolyn Ann Walker but called Carter because her sister, older by fourteen months, couldn’t quite say Carolyn, instead it came out as Carter.
In an easy to read style with a language that comes from the heart we learn about the life of a little girl growing up in a Pentecostal church in the rural San Joaquin Valley of California. Like many raised in small towns she is looking for a way to get out and explore the world. The escape comes as a mission trip to the heart of San Francisco during the height of the drug induced, free sex, Hippie era of the Haight-Ashbury scene. Continue reading
Interview with Carter Robertson
Interview with Carter Robertson, Singer, Songwriter,and Author of Playin’ on the Tracks
Carter Robertson is noted as the only female member of Waylon Jennings’ band, the Waylors and performed with both Waylon and his wife, Jessi Colter on stage and in the recording studio. Her recording credits include Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Don Was.
MJT: Carter in your autobiography you offer a snapshot of what it is like at Pentecostal church services and revivals. “Holy Rollers” you called them. You do a great job of expressing your own spirituality without religiosity. Is if fair to say that for you there is a separation between faith and organized religion that may have resulted from church authorities turning a blind eye to the actions of the music director and manager? Continue reading