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TwoBlackEyes and The Unfinished Script
Meet the terror named TwoBlackEyes, two tons of bone-breaking fury. And meet the unlikely friends who take on this primeval nightmare and ride it to the end. Welcome to the “Land of Ground Thunder Running”.
TwoBlackEyes and The Unfinished Script is the story of a young man born into a privileged life in affluent Elbow Park, but with personal goals and ambitions at odds with his family’s plans for him. Leaving private school for the public system, Nathan Munro finds unexpected friendships in a film studies class where no subject is taboo. Meet Willie, who applies the dodge and duck tactics of welfare survival to the dangers of rodeo bull fighting; smart-mouthed Stevie, who endures the black and blue reality of family violence; and self-assured Kayden, who proves that getting bucked off a bull isn’t as painful as never trying. With the help of their mysterious and unorthodox teacher, Miss Emily Arbutus, the four friends challenge boundaries, face their fears and write their own futures.
Award-winning author Tyler Trafford has deftly layered the unfinished murder and revenge Buck Off script written by the late Brandon Flock into this complex three-act, character-driven novel.
Proceeds from sales of TwoBlackEyes and The Unfinished Script will benefit the Brandon Flock Foundation. The Foundation offers financial aid and mentoring to students seeking their passion in the Arts, and encourages emerging talent through the awarding of scholarships to talented and deserving students in Canada. www.brandonflockfoundation.com
TwoBlackEyes and The Unfinished Script is the story of a young man born into a privileged life in affluent Elbow Park, but with personal goals and ambitions at odds with his family’s plans for him. Leaving private school for the public system, Nathan Munro finds unexpected friendships in a film studies class where no subject is taboo. Meet Willie, who applies the dodge and duck tactics of welfare survival to the dangers of rodeo bull fighting; smart-mouthed Stevie, who endures the black and blue reality of family violence; and self-assured Kayden, who proves that getting bucked off a bull isn’t as painful as never trying. With the help of their mysterious and unorthodox teacher, Miss Emily Arbutus, the four friends challenge boundaries, face their fears and write their own futures.
Award-winning author Tyler Trafford has deftly layered the unfinished murder and revenge Buck Off script written by the late Brandon Flock into this complex three-act, character-driven novel.
Proceeds from sales of TwoBlackEyes and The Unfinished Script will benefit the Brandon Flock Foundation. The Foundation offers financial aid and mentoring to students seeking their passion in the Arts, and encourages emerging talent through the awarding of scholarships to talented and deserving students in Canada. www.brandonflockfoundation.com
252 pages, Paperback
Published July 13, 2017
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About the author
Tyler Trafford
16 books5 followersI’m an erratic writer.
My Start in Journalism.
I wrote for newspapers in the 1970's and early 80's as a reporter, editor and columnist in Calgary, Australia and Florida. Discontented, I took up more entertaining (better paying) careers.
I Try Creativity.
In 1993, I began writing biographies and histories before trying a creative, original species: novels. My first work of fiction, The Story of Blue Eye was shortlisted for the 2005 Grant McEwan Authors Award.
As a Loner.
I took a break from creativity until 2010 when I began Almost A Great Escape which swept all three awards for which it was nominated at the Alberta Writers’ Guild Awards in 2014. Then I took another break.
Shallow Rapids.
I began this small-town series about Analiese Drucker, Journeyman Welder in 2020. Three books later, she still has me laughing as she discovers science accidently revealed inside love.
“Didn't know you were a closet 22 year old girl. But it works,” an agent fri friend tells me. Not true, but I like writing first person stories and, consequently, Analiese has become a voice in my head ... and a friend.
I live on the Oldman River near Pincher Creek, Alberta, where my wite, Judy, ride and I our horses in the Rockies and the Porcupine Hills.
My Start in Journalism.
I wrote for newspapers in the 1970's and early 80's as a reporter, editor and columnist in Calgary, Australia and Florida. Discontented, I took up more entertaining (better paying) careers.
I Try Creativity.
In 1993, I began writing biographies and histories before trying a creative, original species: novels. My first work of fiction, The Story of Blue Eye was shortlisted for the 2005 Grant McEwan Authors Award.
As a Loner.
I took a break from creativity until 2010 when I began Almost A Great Escape which swept all three awards for which it was nominated at the Alberta Writers’ Guild Awards in 2014. Then I took another break.
Shallow Rapids.
I began this small-town series about Analiese Drucker, Journeyman Welder in 2020. Three books later, she still has me laughing as she discovers science accidently revealed inside love.
“Didn't know you were a closet 22 year old girl. But it works,” an agent fri friend tells me. Not true, but I like writing first person stories and, consequently, Analiese has become a voice in my head ... and a friend.
I live on the Oldman River near Pincher Creek, Alberta, where my wite, Judy, ride and I our horses in the Rockies and the Porcupine Hills.
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April 13, 2020
Overall this book had a great concept, and it did give me a greater feel for what it might be like to be a bull rider, but I felt that it lacked depth, both in the main plot and the script. The characters were there, but sometimes I just felt like a bit more could have been revealed about them. They all felt a bit surface level in a way, and some of the actions they took just generally didn’t make sense to me. Also there are some strange time jumps that I wish were double spaced between paragraphs, because they got me a bit confused at times.
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