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An exciting new Short Story Release is available today!
Dear Supporters and Friends,
It’s Christmas Eve and Donya and I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas. We pray the Season shows up at your door with shiny presents of joy, peace, and goodwill.
Or the Magnolias Bloom!
I woke this Christmas eve to the happy news that the latest story in my series The All-American Songbook is published and available at all of your favorite eBook sellers, including Apole Books, Amazon Kindle, Barnes&Noble, and Smashwords! The story is titled Or the Magnolias Bloom, and is inspired by Jason Isbell’s hauntingly beautiful song, Cover Me Up.
For a short story, Or the Magnolias Bloom is an epic tale. It is in the Western genre, which has been a favorite of mine since I was a young boy. If you enjoyed Confession: The True Story of Pancho & Lefty, you will love this story!
In Or the Magnolias Bloom, I introduce a new Western hero. His name is Sam Cade.
Or the Magnolias Bloom
A heart on the run keeps a hand on a gun.
Sam Cade has spent twenty years trying to outrun himself. A legendary Texan known to the Comanche as Mupitsi—the monster who comes in dreams—Cade’s life is a trail of gunpowder, high-stakes gambles, and narrow escapes. From the blood-soaked soil of Missouri to the bone-chilling winds of the Llano Estacado, he has survived by being faster, smarter, and colder than the men hunting him.
But the most dangerous territory he has ever navigated isn’t the Indian Nations or the lawless frontier—it’s his own memory.
When a chance encounter with a redheaded Missouri kid triggers a reckoning, Cade realizes he can no longer flee the ghost of Virginia Rose, the woman he loved and shattered two decades ago. Haunted by a tattered dress and a soul-crushing mistake, Cade turns his horse East. He trades the “high lonesome” of the West for a two-thousand-mile trek toward redemption, navigating a world of vengeful warriors, suspicious settlers, and the internal fever of a broken heart.
“Or the Magnolias Bloom” is a sweeping tale of the American West that asks the ultimate question: Can a man who has lived as the “Death Angel” ever find his way home?
Deeply atmospheric and emotionally resonant, this story is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit and the life-saving power of grace.
A Merry Christmas Deal
My gift to you is 50% off the list price for this eBook. A couple of bucks will land you smack in the middle of the American West and take you to on an epic journey back to Virginia. Just use the code YULE and get your discount.
Buy it for yourself or gift it to someone you love—anyone who loves a great tale from the Old West or just good storytelling with compelling characters.
Merry Christmas!
Gene
