Dive Bartender: Flowers in the Desert

Dive Bartender: Flowers in the Desert

T. K. O'Neill

T. K. O'Neill

​It's 1977 and Frank Ford is running from his life and for his life. Following the suspicious suicide of his brother Ray and Frank's own role in the death of twin sisters clearly culpable in Ray's demise, he hits the road for the promised land, California–with a dog-eared paperback copy of Kerouac's On the Road as his roadmap. True to its protagonist's journey, Frank makes a stop in Denver to look up an old friend–in his case high school buddy and former Arizona Amateur Tennis Champion, Larry Richards, now a divorce attorney allegedly raking in the cash, hand over fist. Larry's seemingly successful life was anything but, and Frank gets caught up in Larry's fraying web of deals and deceit, leading him farther away from California and closer to the same muck he left behind in Minnesota. Enter the captivating and gifted songwriter Evelyn Raines, lead singer of Evie and the Desert Flowers. The righteous Bill Cross, new...
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Northwoods Pulp Reloaded

Northwoods Pulp Reloaded

T. K. O'Neill

T. K. O'Neill

Friendly campfires and twinkling stars can conceal a vast darkness in the great northern forest. Some say it's in the land itself. Others point to the people who live there. The raw and plaintive stories in T.K. O'Neill's Northwoods Pulp Reloaded allow for both possibilities. "Hole in the World"Accompanied by an Indian guide with special skills, a renegade member of the trench coat gang heads north for his share, his woman and his freedom. "Snowmobile Stick-up"Outlaw snowmobilers heist a bank during a driving blizzard and discover pursuers other than the law. "The Devil You Say"A down-on-his-luck reporter believes he's found his ticket to the big time with his investigation of devil worship in a small, Wisconsin town. "My Ship Comes In"Two dead men in his wake, a Minnesota man flees to every northerner's...
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