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I'm a writer, lapsed poet and former cowboy living in Portland, Oregon, with my lovely life and writing partner Kathleen McFall. We've written two books together so far: The Cowboy and the Vampire and Blood and Whiskey.

The Cowboy and the Vampire is the first book in a thriller series that brings together the worst of the undead with the best of new West. Lizzie, a big city reporter and unwitting Vampire, falls for Tucker, a down on his luck cowboy with an overly-sensitive dog named Rex. Nothing is ever easy though, especially in love, as scheming Vampires reveal deadly plans for Lizzie.

Our new book, Blood and Whiskey, keeps the adventure and romance alive with new threats from a Vampire world pushed to the brink of extinction and a price on...more


Discovering the Dark Side of a tropical paradise

One of the great things about writing paranormal fiction (The Cowboy and the Vampire, Blood and Whiskey and the soon-to-be-released book three, which is getting closer) is that we get to do fun, weird stuff on a regular basis.

Case and point: We were recently in Key West on a well-deserved vacation. The weather was beautiful, the booze was flowing... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 08, 2013 19:43 • 13 views • Tags: blood, cowboys, ghost-story, ghosts, hemingway, key-west, mojitos, possessed, robert-the-doll, vampires, whiskey
Average rating: 3.94 · 209 ratings · 93 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions
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4.72 of 5 stars 4.72 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
Red Winter (The Cowboy and ...
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4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions

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Pocket Wolves (Horror)
1 chapters   —   updated Jan 29, 2012 04:29pm
Description: This was another 250-word contest entry for the Opium Magazine bookmark contest. I liked it better than Trench Fright, but sadly it was overlooked. Until now!
Trench Fright (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Jan 29, 2012 04:16pm
Description: This VERY short story was published in Opium Magazine March 2010. It was a finalist in their "bookmark" contest which had very tight word count requirements of no more than 250 words. It was nominated for a Pushcart.
Werecrows (Horror)
1 chapters   —   updated Jan 07, 2012 02:02pm
Description: This is one of my favorite unpublished short stories.

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