348 ratings | 229 reviews | avg rating:4.21

more photos (7)

Clark’s Year In Books

Clark’s 2024 Year in Books

Take a look at Clark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Clark’s 2024 Year in Books

Clark Hays’s Followers (134)

Clark’s Bookshelves

to-read (128)
currently-reading (50)
read (352)
gift (4)

Clark’s Friends (147)

Nancy Miller

514 books | 22 friends

Summer

3,902 books | 80 friends

Hinesh Vithal

426 books | 111 friends

Bob

1,162 books | 311 friends

Patricia

1,231 books | 611 friends

Shellie Blum

120 books | 5,372 friends

Shelly

2,813 books | 393 friends

Majenta

2,732 books | 3,520 friends

More friends…

Clark Hays

Goodreads Author

Born

Spearman, Texas, The United States

Website

https://www.pumpjackpress.com/

Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction

Influences

Kathleen McFall ...more

Member Since

October 2011

edit data

I'm an ex-poet, lapsed cowboy and whiskey enthusiast living in Portland, Oregon, with my lovely life, writing and backgammon partner Kathleen McFall. We've written 12 books together so far.

The most recent is Poetic Justice, the second book in our Restaurantland series, romance novels set in a funky, fictional Portland restaurant in the 1990s. Kitchen Heat is book one.

We also have:

A three-book sci-fi series:
Gates of Mars
Scorched Earth
Mars Adrift

A three-book alt-history series about Bonnie and Clyde:
Resurrection Road
Dam Nation
Radioactive

A four-book award-winning paranormal action/romance series, the Cowboy and Vampire Collection:
A Very Unusual Romance
Blood and Whiskey
Rough Trails and Shallow Graves (named to Kirkus Reviews best indie b ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Clark Hays questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Clark Hays’s books

Average rating: 4.05 · 1,147 ratings · 400 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Very Unusual Romance by Clark Hays (Goodreads Author), Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 507 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood and Whiskey (The Cowboy and the Vampire, #2) by Clark Hays (Goodreads Author), Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resurrection Road (Bonnie and Clyde Book 1) by Clark Hays (Goodreads Author), Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rough Trails and Shallow Graves (The Cowboy and the Vampire, #3) by Clark Hays (Goodreads Author), Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Sunset by Clark Hays (Goodreads Author), Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just West of Hell: An accounting of curious incidents occurring in LonePine, Wyoming Territory, in the years spanning 1881 to 1890 when the notable Early Hardiman was sheriff by Clark Hays (Goodreads Author), Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dam Nation (Bonnie and Clyde Book 2) by Clark Hays (Goodreads Author), Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Winter (The Cowboy and the Vampire, #0) 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radioactive (Bonnie and Clyde Book 3) by Clark Hays (Goodreads Author), Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cowboy and the Vampire Collection Boxed Set by Clark Hays (Goodreads Author), Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Clark Hays…

56 posts
Clark Hays's Blog

Just Released: Poetic Justice

Excited to announce the release of our 12th book together (shout out to Kathleen McFall).

Poetic Justice is the second book of our Restaurantland romance series. It’s set in the Rose and Thorn, the same fun and funky Portland restaurant where Kitchen Heat took place. Poetic Justic follows a new and thorny romance between Roz, a poet with a dark secret, and Hudson, who just got out of jail for some Read more of this blog post »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on October 22, 2024 09:02 • Tags: romance

View all 56 posts »

Series by Clark Hays

The Cowboy and the Vampire (4 books)
by

Clark Hays (Goodreads Author),

Kathleen McFall (Goodreads Author)

3.87 avg rating — 676 ratings

Clark is Currently Reading

Clark Hays is currently reading

The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus

by Palinurus

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dec 01, 2011 08:33PM

Clark Hays is currently reading

Orbital

by Samantha Harvey

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Sep 14, 2025 09:27AM

Clark Hays is currently reading

The Lair of the White Worm: Original & Unabridged 1911 Edition

by Bram Stoker

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Sep 12, 2025 10:36PM

rss
Clark’s Recent Updates

Clark Hays made a comment on his status in The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus " The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequ ...more "
Sep 16, 2025 06:44PM
Clark Hays is currently reading The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by Palinurus by Palinurus	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 16, 2025 06:41PM · like
Clark Hays rated a book really liked it Burn Down the Icons: Poems (Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets) by Grace Schulman	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
“Caught on a traffic island in Park Avenue, I waited, staring at dahlias, cars enclosing me in a moving parenthesis…”
Sep 15, 2025 09:24PM · like · see review
Clark Hays is currently reading Orbital by Samantha Harvey Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Science Fiction	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 14, 2025 09:27AM · like
Clark Hays is currently reading The Lair of the White Worm: Original & Unabridged 1911 Edition by Bram Stoker	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 12, 2025 10:36PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Clark Hays is currently reading Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore by W.B. Yeats	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 12, 2025 10:34PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore by W.B. Yeats. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore by W.B. Yeats <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Clark Hays rated a book really liked it Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 12, 2025 10:33PM · like
Clark Hays rated a book really liked it Selected Poems by W.S. Graham	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Language ah now you have me. Night-time tongue, Please speak for me between the social beasts, Which quick assail me. Here I am hiding in The jungle of mistakes of communication.
Sep 11, 2025 09:17AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Selected Poems by W.S. Graham. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Selected Poems by W.S. Graham <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Clark Hays is currently reading Find a Victim (Lew Archer #5) by Ross Macdonald	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Aug 16, 2025 10:18AM · 1 like · like
Clark Hays rated a book really liked it Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Aug 14, 2025 10:49PM · 1 like · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Cultish by Amanda Montell. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Cultish by Amanda Montell <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">

More of Clark's books…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Paranormal Romanc...: September 2016	36	108	Oct 02, 2016 09:00AM
The Evolution of ...: What is this folder for?	11	34	Jun 30, 2023 09:11PM
Shut Up & Read: * February Love of My Life Challenge	33	58	Mar 01, 2024 12:03PM
2025 Reading Chal...: Boys' Mom Reads!	11	48	Nov 23, 2024 12:03PM

More…

Clark’s Quotes

“I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.”
― Mark Twain

1676 likes

“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

tags: enjoy-life, fearlessness, live-in-the-moment

5450 likes

“This is the world. Half of it is lit by the sun and the other half remains in darkness. It is the same with life. There is good and bad and it's our duty to remain in the light, be good.”
― Anita Nair

tags: life-and-living

27 likes

“The music is not in the notes,
but in the silence between.”
― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

tags: music

885 likes

“No," said Oceola simply. "This is mine. . . . Listen! . . . How sad and gay it is. Blue and happy -- laughing and crying. . . . How white like you and black like me. . . . How much like a man. . . . And how much like a woman. . . . Warm as Pete's mouth. . . . These are the blues. . . . I'm playing.”
― Langston Hughes, The Ways of White Folks

3 likes

More of Clark’s quotes…