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It is available as an E-book ( on Kindle, Nook, Apple, Kobo and other sites ) and in authographed hardcover or paperback on this site.
It is available as an E-book ( on Kindle, Nook, Apple, Kobo and other sites ) and in authographed hardcover or paperback on this site.
Midwest Book Review Gives This Novel 5 of 5 Stars *****
James A. Cox,
Editor in Chief - Midwest Book Review
One's best friend in high school's stepmother -- there doesn't seem too much potential for romance. "Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly" is the story of Jimmy and Carol -- a classic love story,only Jimmy is fresh out of high school and Carol is older and the mother of his friend ................ Jimmy and Carol are stuck in a conflict of love and respect, and have no idea which will win out. ................a fine addition to any romance shelf for anyone who wants a controversial love story.
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Paul D. Bose (Florida Writers Association)
This novel caught my attention when I discovered it was written by a male author featuring a male protagonist. Jimmy is an eighteen-year-old senior with good moral upbringing, but he's not superhuman, beyond the emotions of a young man growing into adulthood. ...........I'm especially impressed with the author's pace, not rushing his story. Jimmy and his best friend's young step-mother are subtly attracted to each other, a slow developing magnetism that cannot be resisted. ............ When a forbidden relationship can no longer be contained, the author writes the most touching love scene I have read.
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Editor in Chief - Midwest Book Review
One's best friend in high school's stepmother -- there doesn't seem too much potential for romance. "Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly" is the story of Jimmy and Carol -- a classic love story,only Jimmy is fresh out of high school and Carol is older and the mother of his friend ................ Jimmy and Carol are stuck in a conflict of love and respect, and have no idea which will win out. ................a fine addition to any romance shelf for anyone who wants a controversial love story.
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Paul D. Bose (Florida Writers Association)
This novel caught my attention when I discovered it was written by a male author featuring a male protagonist. Jimmy is an eighteen-year-old senior with good moral upbringing, but he's not superhuman, beyond the emotions of a young man growing into adulthood. ...........I'm especially impressed with the author's pace, not rushing his story. Jimmy and his best friend's young step-mother are subtly attracted to each other, a slow developing magnetism that cannot be resisted. ............ When a forbidden relationship can no longer be contained, the author writes the most touching love scene I have read.
(Click here for full reviews)
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Click here to go to Amazon for the ebook version. Autographed hardcover or paperback may be ordered through this website from the 'To Order' tab.)
Book Description:
Not the typical romance--humor, tenderness, emotional struggles and conflict.
She was sexy and attractive and her scent seeped softly and deeply into his being. That mysterious gold chain around her neck disappeared under her dress and captured Jimmy's imagination. Jimmy was a high school senior, and Carol, a young and attractive woman he knew -- but actually he had never really known her -- not until that fateful September afternoon.
He was shy around her and she had always made him nervous. But on that afternoon they developed a tender relationship in a very conservative time in a very small town, and their lives fell into turmoil as each struggled to break free of it -- it was not allowed and they could not let anyone find out.
Carol was young, attractive and her skin tasted like vanilla pudding. She owned a beautiful 1957 blue and white Ford that everyone knew and she was respected in the community.
And Jimmy -- Jimmy was young and innocent. Both their lives were taking their normal paths but love is where it finds you and it found them on that fatetful afternoon. If only they could go back to the way it was before that afternoon swept down on them and changed the way they were..........
Not the typical romance--humor, tenderness, emotional struggles and conflict.
She was sexy and attractive and her scent seeped softly and deeply into his being. That mysterious gold chain around her neck disappeared under her dress and captured Jimmy's imagination. Jimmy was a high school senior, and Carol, a young and attractive woman he knew -- but actually he had never really known her -- not until that fateful September afternoon.
He was shy around her and she had always made him nervous. But on that afternoon they developed a tender relationship in a very conservative time in a very small town, and their lives fell into turmoil as each struggled to break free of it -- it was not allowed and they could not let anyone find out.
Carol was young, attractive and her skin tasted like vanilla pudding. She owned a beautiful 1957 blue and white Ford that everyone knew and she was respected in the community.
And Jimmy -- Jimmy was young and innocent. Both their lives were taking their normal paths but love is where it finds you and it found them on that fatetful afternoon. If only they could go back to the way it was before that afternoon swept down on them and changed the way they were..........
Book Excerpt:
It was the final step I would take to cross that line away from Lakewood and into that other reality whose boundaries I had been toying with for so long. All the debates about right, wrong and righteousness were for parents, schoolteachers, and others to debate.
I had put them aside as obstacles I did not wish to deal with, but if I had struggled with them, the result would not have changed what I was about to do. For in this place I could forget who she was. She was just Carol with the brown eyes which were glowing with the flickering light of the fireplace reflecting in them.
I stared into those soft glowing eyes as I reached up and gently grasped her straps, never looking at what I was doing, just starring into those beautiful eyes. Slowly I slid the straps down her arms and then released them letting the garment drop to the floor. Still I looked into those eyes, not wanting to leave them.
“Don’t be afraid,” she said ever so lowly. “You can look. No one will stop you.”
I moved my eyes first to her neck and then followed the chain down slowly until I saw what was at the end of it. The mystery was solved. .................She was beautiful................
“I swallowed hard. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“I take it that’s another yes.” She paused. “Do you like me too?”
“You’re beautiful Carol.”
She gently took my right hand and placed it on one of her breasts and slowly moved it around. “Would you like to kiss me?”
“Yes.” I put my arms around her and could smell that sweet intoxicating perfume and then I kissed her, tasting those lips I had wondered about since I had first seen her put lipstick on them. She was delicious. My heart was racing.
I had put them aside as obstacles I did not wish to deal with, but if I had struggled with them, the result would not have changed what I was about to do. For in this place I could forget who she was. She was just Carol with the brown eyes which were glowing with the flickering light of the fireplace reflecting in them.
I stared into those soft glowing eyes as I reached up and gently grasped her straps, never looking at what I was doing, just starring into those beautiful eyes. Slowly I slid the straps down her arms and then released them letting the garment drop to the floor. Still I looked into those eyes, not wanting to leave them.
“Don’t be afraid,” she said ever so lowly. “You can look. No one will stop you.”
I moved my eyes first to her neck and then followed the chain down slowly until I saw what was at the end of it. The mystery was solved. .................She was beautiful................
“I swallowed hard. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“I take it that’s another yes.” She paused. “Do you like me too?”
“You’re beautiful Carol.”
She gently took my right hand and placed it on one of her breasts and slowly moved it around. “Would you like to kiss me?”
“Yes.” I put my arms around her and could smell that sweet intoxicating perfume and then I kissed her, tasting those lips I had wondered about since I had first seen her put lipstick on them. She was delicious. My heart was racing.
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Other Stories By the Author for Sci Fi Fans plus a childrens story:
My Love is a Vampire (A novella 23264 words)
This novella by the author of Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly is now available on Amazon Kindle (click here) and Barnes and Noble Nook (click here) as an e-book.
For John McFarland, a chance meeting with a beautiful woman in a wine shop leads him into a strange romance--love and the pursuit of death--hers. Vampires don’t really exist and walk among us do they? John doesn’t believe so but he’ll change his mind soon enough.
Excerpt:
My fingers dug in tighter around the dragon handle of the dagger and I pushed it against her chest a little harder. She took a deep breath as she felt the point against her chest. “Your idea of compassion escapes me Claudia. You relieved them of life,” I said.
Then I pushed just a little harder as the point pierced her blouse and I felt the softness of her skin resist it, and once again she took another deep breath but she continued. “Life is what you define it to be,” she said.
“My definition is a bit different than yours.” My face was close to hers as I spoke, moments away from the plunging the blade into her. The irony did not escape me. I thought back to how many times my face had been close to hers as we had made love and how now it would be close to hers in death.
Her eyes scanned mine with deep intensity. “Are we going to do this or not? She paused holding my gaze as if waiting for an answer, before she spoke again. “It’s what I am. You can’t change what I am with talk or crosses or anything else.”
For John McFarland, a chance meeting with a beautiful woman in a wine shop leads him into a strange romance--love and the pursuit of death--hers. Vampires don’t really exist and walk among us do they? John doesn’t believe so but he’ll change his mind soon enough.
Excerpt:
My fingers dug in tighter around the dragon handle of the dagger and I pushed it against her chest a little harder. She took a deep breath as she felt the point against her chest. “Your idea of compassion escapes me Claudia. You relieved them of life,” I said.
Then I pushed just a little harder as the point pierced her blouse and I felt the softness of her skin resist it, and once again she took another deep breath but she continued. “Life is what you define it to be,” she said.
“My definition is a bit different than yours.” My face was close to hers as I spoke, moments away from the plunging the blade into her. The irony did not escape me. I thought back to how many times my face had been close to hers as we had made love and how now it would be close to hers in death.
Her eyes scanned mine with deep intensity. “Are we going to do this or not? She paused holding my gaze as if waiting for an answer, before she spoke again. “It’s what I am. You can’t change what I am with talk or crosses or anything else.”
Find Me (A Murder Ghost Story)
This is a novelette (12900 words) Available on Amazon Kindle. Click Here.
'Find me,' she whispered, but she wasn't there.
A murder has occurred but no one knows about it--except the murder victim and the murderer. The paranormal world and a by the book policeman come together as the murdered girl's apparition reaches out to him in a plea to find her body. The plea takes him into the paranormal world and sends him on a mission to solve a murder he's not even sure has occurred.
Excerpt:
I knew I had seen and heard the image of a young woman in the back of my cruiser. But why me? Why did she appear to me and who was she? I knew I couldn’t let it rest.
After I got to sleep I had a restless night, tossing and turning. Finally I fell into a peaceful deep sleep until I started dreaming. …………..My gaze moved toward the front of the class where the teacher dressed in a red dress and gold belt had her back turned and was writing something on a blackboard. It looked like gibberish.
She finished writing several senses of gibberish, turned around slowly to face the class and I saw it was the girl who had appeared in the back of my car……..As soon as her gaze caught mine she crossed her arms and ........… Blood was dripping from the very end of it slowly down her hand and onto the floor. I heard the sound as the drops hit the floor—almost like the sound of a ticking clock. Then I woke up.
I couldn’t get over the feeling I had in my dream that I had somewhere to go, but I didn’t where -----------
'Find me,' she whispered, but she wasn't there.
A murder has occurred but no one knows about it--except the murder victim and the murderer. The paranormal world and a by the book policeman come together as the murdered girl's apparition reaches out to him in a plea to find her body. The plea takes him into the paranormal world and sends him on a mission to solve a murder he's not even sure has occurred.
Excerpt:
I knew I had seen and heard the image of a young woman in the back of my cruiser. But why me? Why did she appear to me and who was she? I knew I couldn’t let it rest.
After I got to sleep I had a restless night, tossing and turning. Finally I fell into a peaceful deep sleep until I started dreaming. …………..My gaze moved toward the front of the class where the teacher dressed in a red dress and gold belt had her back turned and was writing something on a blackboard. It looked like gibberish.
She finished writing several senses of gibberish, turned around slowly to face the class and I saw it was the girl who had appeared in the back of my car……..As soon as her gaze caught mine she crossed her arms and ........… Blood was dripping from the very end of it slowly down her hand and onto the floor. I heard the sound as the drops hit the floor—almost like the sound of a ticking clock. Then I woke up.
I couldn’t get over the feeling I had in my dream that I had somewhere to go, but I didn’t where -----------
Alien Abduction (A Short Story)
Avaialble on Amazon Kindle. Click here.
Using his craft's advanced capabilities, the alien captain of a UFO conducts an experiement and gives Brad his abductee a chance to go back in time to the 1950s to meet a woman he is attracted to from only a picture on his granmother's wall. But the alien issues a stern warning that his trip back in time will be limited and he cannot change any events that will affect the future.
Jen Jen Goes Visiting - Available on Amazon Kindle. Click here.
This is a children’s’ chapter book for ages 7 to 11 (9 chapters, 7533 words with illustrations).
Jen Jen is Henry's Siamese cat but she's gone missing and no one can find her. Henry's best friend Marcie thinks Henry's unfriendly neighbor Mrs. Buford has taken her.
The story begins when Jen Jen gets out and Henry and his best friend Marcie chase after her. She runs onto Mrs. Buford's porch. Mrs. Buford definitely doesn't like visitors, especially Jen Jen who likes to eat her plants.
Excerpt:
“Who’s out there?” yelled Mrs. Buford as she opened the door and stepped onto the porch.
Henry and Marcie squeezed each other’s hands as they looked up at Mrs. Buford.
“Oh, it’s you two. What are you doing on my porch?”
They were both speechless but Jen Jen let out a loud meow again. Mrs. Buford’s face suddenly became very angry looking as she turned to where she had heard the meow. Jen Jen sat calmly at one end of the porch in between two flowerpots. She looked at Mrs. Buford, then turned her head to look at Henry and Marcie, and then turned back again to stare at Mrs. Buford.
Mrs. Buford turned toward Henry and shook her finger at him. “Young man, you keep that creature off of my porch. My flowers and plants are not meant to be her dinner. Don’t you feed her at home?”
“Yes m’am we feed her, but she likes to go out sometimes.”
“Young man, coming to my porch to eat my flowers and plants is not what I consider going out for a visit.” She pointed at Jen Jen. “Take that…...that…...that…...creature home with you.”
“She’s a cat, Mrs. Buford,” added Marcie trying to be helpful.”
Mrs. Buford turned angrily toward Marcie and shook her finger at Marcie. “Young lady I know exactly what she is.”
“Then why do you call her a creature?” Mrs. Buford.
That made Mrs. Buford even angrier. She turned toward Jen Jen, shook her finger at her and shouted. “Get off of my porch. You are not welcome here.”
Jen Jen quickly scampered through the spaces in the porch railing and jumped into the grass.
“And don’t come back here. And stay away from my plants,” Mrs. Buford shouted after her.
“You’re just mean,” said Marcie.
“Mind your manners young lady,” said Mrs. Buford as she turned back again toward Marcie.
“Come on Marcie. We’ve got to get Jen Jen,” said Henry as he ran down the steps after Jen Jen.
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Bigfoot and the Bargain
Available on Amazon Kindle. Click here.
The basis for this story is for the reader to decide. Those with imagination and faith will believe it is based on fact. Those others, the realists, will be certain it is fiction. Mark and Brenda took a short vacation to an isolated cabin in Oregon that belonged to a friend. Their little vacation, however, did not turn out as planned. Now Mark seeks revenge on Bigfoot for what happened in the cabin.
The basis for this story is for the reader to decide. Those with imagination and faith will believe it is based on fact. Those others, the realists, will be certain it is fiction. Mark and Brenda took a short vacation to an isolated cabin in Oregon that belonged to a friend. Their little vacation, however, did not turn out as planned. Now Mark seeks revenge on Bigfoot for what happened in the cabin.
The following is a summary of short stories by this author are available in ebook format for download on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords websites include (Click on selection to go to Amazon):
VAMPIRES NEVER DIE (A Novella Sci Fi Drama)
Bigfoot and the Boundary (Sci Fi)
ABDUCTED By ALIENS (a UFO adventure)
Jen Jen Goes Visiting (A childrens' chapter book)
Sydney, the Beagle, is my Analyst (Sci Fi Humor)
Bigfoot and the Bargain (Sci Fi)
Execute Him in the 13th Hour (Sci Fi)
Janet's Mysterious Journey Back to Her Kite Loft and the Ghostly Kite (ScI Fi)
Find Me (A Murder Ghost Story) (Sci Fi)
VAMPIRES NEVER DIE (A Novella Sci Fi Drama)
Bigfoot and the Boundary (Sci Fi)
ABDUCTED By ALIENS (a UFO adventure)
Jen Jen Goes Visiting (A childrens' chapter book)
Sydney, the Beagle, is my Analyst (Sci Fi Humor)
Bigfoot and the Bargain (Sci Fi)
Execute Him in the 13th Hour (Sci Fi)
Janet's Mysterious Journey Back to Her Kite Loft and the Ghostly Kite (ScI Fi)
Find Me (A Murder Ghost Story) (Sci Fi)