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by Caleb Pirtle III
Author’s Showcase: The Plot Twisters
Great books, especially those that take the reader through unexpected turns and unanticipated…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Burying the Ghosts of His Past
He came back to the pine forests and red clay hills of East Texas to bury the ghosts that had…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Madness of Mardi Gras
You’re madness, Mardi Gras. The grand illusion. That wild final fling of the flesh before the…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Men Who Took Us to The Moon
So it has been fifty years since John Glenn was strapped inside a little metal capsule that reeked…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Grand Theater Comes to Town
It was a night to remember, a grand and glorious occasion filled with pomp and circumstance, and…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Whitney Houston Left Us With A Song
Whitney grew up on the hard streets of a hard city. She walked the sidewalks of Newark, New…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Author’s Showcase: The Talent Also Rises
We at Venture Galleries wholeheartedly recommend the works of two of the most talented and…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Life and Death in a Texas Oilfield
Pat Holloway was larger than life. He was a gambler, a risk taker, a wheeler-dealer, a giant…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Ku Klux Klan? Here They Come Again.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the streets again, it’s not. The hooded…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Lady in the Red Dress
She would never forget their first Valentine’s Day together. He was a senior in high school, and…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Girl Singer
The bus begins picking up its passenger in the early morning hours while the frost still lies heavy…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
The Texas Outback
The Unexplored The setting: South of Marathon and Alpine, Texas The scene: Big Bend National…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln. Welcome Back.
Abraham Lincoln always had a furrowed brow, but the worry lines had grown deeper. He was greatly…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Last One Chosen by Stephen Woodfin: A Review
In Stephen Woodfin’s novel LAST ONE CHOSEN, the government attempts to silence a brilliant…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Taking the Last Shot
Max Williams had been there before. Another place. Another time. But he had a working knowledge of…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Council Grove Chicken With Asparagus
Travel Fare Council Grove, Kansas When those first wagons turned west and headed for…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Author’s Showcase: Masters of Imagination
The Book: The Fragile Peace The Author: Paul Anthony The Story: About the Province where no…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Religious Pitchmen of Radio
They were preaching hard truths, and the spirit was moving, and the power was falling, and the…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Blind Man’s Bluff
The Unknown by Caleb Pirtle III The Scene: Oaklawn Park The Setting: Hot Springs,…
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by Caleb Pirtle III
Mark Twain’s Orange-Pecan Pork Roast
Travel Fare Hannibal, MissouriThe Legends of Mark Twain still cling to the shoreline of the…
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