Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Moonshiner's Justice is now Available in Audiobook

 


Moonshiner's Justice (The Moonshiners Series Book 1) is now available in audiobook on Amazon for only $0.99 with membership. If this is your preferred format, please tap over and give it a listen. Go back in time to the 1920s when moonshining was a common way of life for some people living in eastern Kentucky.

From the back cover:

For Frank Jamison, backwoods distilling is his primary means to surviving the harsh and uneconomical time. Three years have passed since the ratification of the 18th Amendment, which banned the sale and distribution of intoxicating liquors. It was then, in 1920, that Frank had his first run-in with the federal revenuers. The encounter resulted in a temporary setback for his business and also led to the tragic loss of his oldest daughter.
Now, an insider has tipped off the authorities and Frank is once again feeling the pressure of losing his operation. It is Frank’s father, an old-time moonshiner with an itchy trigger finger, who steps in with readied guns to help set matters straight and restore the reputation of the backwoods distiller.




Friday, July 17, 2026

Now Available in Audiobook: Heart of the Frontier



Brothers of the Mountain: Heart of the Frontier is now available in audiobook form from Amazon. Grab a copy and check out the first seven adventures of the McCarty brothers as they travel from eastern Kentucky to America’s untamed western frontier where they seek a life of freedom and exploration as mountain men and fur trappers. The stories within not only portray extreme action and adventure but also represent the special breed of men who were willing to risk their lives in the adverse and hostile conditions of America's western frontier in the 1820s and 1830s.

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Saturday, July 11, 2026

Free Short Story

 A friendly reminder that FAITH, LOVE AND MOONSHINE is still free for a couple more days. Grab your free copy! 

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Faith, Love and Moonshine is Free for a Limited Time and Other News

Just a short post to say that starting Thursday July 9, the Kindle edition of Faith, Love and Moonshine will be free until July 13. Please take advantage and grab your free copy.  After that, this story will no longer be available in the Kindle Select program and will cost a dollar to download. A dollar isn't much but free is better. Pass the news on to everyone you know.

Also, over the next several weeks, my entire Amazon catalog will be dropping out of the Select program and going wide on all available platforms. I know I will likely lose some readers on Amazon, but I hope to gain many more on the other sites. 

Another announcement is that all of my books and stories are now available as audiobooks. Yes, I used Amazon's virtual voice for narration, but it doesn't sound half bad. Check them out if that's your preferred format.

Have a great day.   


Faith, Love and Moonshine: An Appalachian Tale

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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

CHICKEN LIVER BLUES: STORIES

 

Chicken Liver Blues: Stories


Chicken Liver Blues is an inimitable collection of twelve stories that at times barrels and swerves down rural backroads kicking up gravel and dust in its wake, and other moments it’s a calm late-night country cruise that soaks up the stars, the moon, and the heavens while contemplating the meaning of life.
In
TWENTY DOLLARS, a working-class man whose marriage is on the brink of unraveling is convinced to go out for another night of drinking, but this time his night out with the guys changes his life in more ways than one.
BLUESMAN OF THE WOODS involves a young guitar rambler and his desire to make it to the big time. He thinks an old family friend can help, but the old friend is feeling the effects of a family tragedy and needs a jumpstart of his own.
In
THE LETTER a regretful, old writer comes down from the hills to make his yearly pilgrimage to town to hand-deliver a birthday letter to his estranged daughter.
In the country noir story
FORSAKEN LAND, Sheriff Randall King is feeling the repercussions of losing his younger sister and of a deadly shootout, both of which happened one year before. But as always, the sheriff is waiting with readied guns for whatever trouble comes his way.
ONE STEP CLOSER TO HEAVEN involves a young couple who is convinced that eliminating all the free-roaming sexual predators of the world will give them full access through the Pearly Gates.
In the horror flavored 
THE MAN IN THE MEADOW, a young boy seeks an inhumane course in order to deal with a school bully but finds out his chosen tactic is a messy one for all involved.
Ride shotgun on this memorable journey that looks in on the struggling working-class, the old moonshiners, the backwoods guitar pickers, the demented Jesus freaks, the alcoholic spouses, and other notable characters who try to make it through life the only way they know how...for good or ill.



Monday, June 29, 2026

Kids' Stories

 

Daniel and the Woodland Gnomes


Daniel Martin's day of fishing and outdoor fun is starting out terribly. An argument with his little brother has him feeling an enormous amount of shame. After an encounter with two woodland gnomes, Daniel begins to feel somewhat better. But for now, he must put aside his family troubles so that he can help reunite the anguished little gnomes with their own brother who has been captured by a dastardly troll named Odium.




Like a Real Wizard


Andy has one dream—to become a real wizard.

When his friends reveal a secret portal to a hidden world of magic, Andy finally gets his chance. But with danger lurking around every corner and everyone insisting humans can't perform spells, he'll have to prove that determination can be more powerful than magic itself.

Like a Real Wizard is an exciting adventure that reminds readers that believing in yourself is the greatest magic of all.



Faith, Love and Moonshine: An Appalachian Tale (The Moonshiners Series)

 


Frank Jamison is a proud Appalachian man who relies on his moonshining business to help his family endure the harsh and troubled times of the 1920s. When Frank finds out the local authorities and federal revenuers are seeking to dismantle his operation for the second time in three years, grave memories resurface for the seasoned moonshiner, and an old-fashioned, backwoods shootout now seems inevitable. (cultural heritage, historical)

Faith, Love and Moonshine is a standalone short story but also serves as the first two chapters of the novel Moonshiner's Justice.