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Randy Ray Wise

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Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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A Texas author writing in the style of Southern fiction.

Favorite books:
Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper
Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier
Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier
No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
Mudbound, Hillary Jordan
True Grit, Charles Portis
The Dog of the South, Charles Portis

Read more about Randy's work here:

Buttermilk Moon at Amazon.com

Buttermilk Moon at Authonomy.com

Buttermilk Moon at Smashwords.com

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Preview of Buttermilk Moon

Here is a preview of my novel, Buttermilk Moon.

THE SHRILL STEAM WHISTLE stifled the woman’s cries. Abner swatted flies from her face and stroked her tangled hair. She shook and pushed him off, then stilled for a moment. He tilted his hat, scratched his oily scalp, moved to the sliding door and watched the yellow moon. They would not make it to Wichita. The baby would come this night. He counte Read more of this blog post »

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