Bøger af Phillip Dunn

Twenty some-odd years earlier Kyle Gunther left the small Texas town of Grenhart as the only person to play any sport at a major university, an admired and envied star quarterback, the town hero, carrying the expectations and hopes of the entire town. He returns in the middle of the night, driving a filthy beat-up and broken ancient station wagon, knocking and smoking, stuffed with all he owns, including his paintings, the only thing that has sustained him these last decades. Arriving too late for the funerals of his last living relatives, he is even more broken and beat than the station wagon he drives, and bears little resemblance to the boy who left. Finally in the home of his youth he is faced with rebuilding his life, ignoring the voices in his head, and overcoming a minute in his life so long ago as to be pre-memory, a minute he cannot remember but one that altered the course of his entire life.

This small book is the story of growing up in small town Texas, or more accurately on a small ranch in Texas, told with photographs and brief stories. The 74 photographs in this book were taken between late 1960s and mid-1970s, and most have never been exhibited. The stories, vignettes if you prefer, were written not long after the photographs, and edited recently. The stories are about hauling hay, an old fiddler's contest, visiting Grandmother, a not very serious hunt with a friend, and Saturday night.

This book takes you on a journey through my mind and soul. With this collection, you get nice mixture of fantasies, music, heartbreak, inspirational and general poems all wrapped up into one roller-coaster ride of a unique collection.

Fire Captain Mack McWhirter is a busy man. Likewise, his girlfriend Samantha has her hands full with her Circle Star Cowboy Complex. The burden of responsibility is a wedge being driven into the heart of their relationship. She agrees to accompany him on a trip to New Mexico to deliver some saddles to his customer, Booger Red Privett. Mack is glad for the opportunity to reconnect with Samantha but realizes all too soon, absence does make the heart grow fonder.The "Land of Enchantment" is also a land of adversity, cartels, mysteries and murder. It's also a place where karma goes full circle. Like the old men say, "What don't kill ya will only make ya stronger."

Lieutenant Peyton "Mack" McWhirter, a highly respected fire officer is suspended after a fatal fire kills one of his rookies. The uninvestigated fire and his quick suspension cause concern for the fire department. Taking the advice of his rodeo bullfighter friend, Gautier "Goat" Thibodaux, he hits the road and heads to the gulf coast of Texas to sort things out and face his ghosts of the past and now the present.Follow Mack as he travels the Texas backroads to the coast. Along the way, he runs across old friends and other firefighters sympathetic to his plight, bandits that are not so sympathetic, and unknowingly the devil himself.Sunrises have always held a special spot in Mack's heart. For him, they symbolize the end of darkness and the beginning of a new day. Despite carrying his burden and scars and being faced with evil darkness, Mack decides to make the sun rise by his own hand and begins a new day.