Waylon County Book Launch

Waylon County, my first book of short stories, will be released on Saturday, October 7 at the Funkytown Creative Arts Lounge on North Main near the Fort Worth Stockyards. The book launch is from 4 pm to 6 pm, and I will give a short reading at 4:30. Most likely I will read "The Professional Congratulator," a previously unreleased story about a peculiar character with an equally peculiar occupation.

Texas, as we all know, is not a monolithic culture; and, to illustrate that point, the characters in Waylon County come from all walks of life. "A Frontier's Passing," for example, is about an astronomer who works at the McDonald Observatory, and "Vasquez Rocks" is about an aspiring actor working as a wrangler at the Hollywood Animal Star Ranch. In "The Queen of Waylon County," the best hairdresser in town fantasizes about her granddaughter becoming county fair royalty. And, of course, there is the story of the professional congratulator, the Lone Star State's number one spreader of joy.