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James McCallister
A nostalgic, 1970s-set short story collection from award-winning Southern author James D. McCallister depicting the personal development of siblings Lucy and Timmy, with whom we journey from childhood innocence to…
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James D McCallister
In 1997, thirty long years after the Summer of Love, millions mourned the death of Rose Partland, a seemingly indefatigable music industry icon who’d led her legendary band Jack O'Roses-the…
Tasked with persuading a reluctant, reclusive rock superstar with the idea of a public memorial to his career, Southern novelist Cort Beauchamp finds himself in confrontation with the fading relevance…
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First short story collection from Southern novelist James D. McCallister
In the spring of 1978, a disaffected college student ditches his pre-planned academic life for a season of adventure as a carny at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion.
When cuckolded ‘fruitshake’ millionaire Roy Earl Pettus inherits his grandfather’s fabled honkytonk, The Dixiana, he hurtles into full-prodigal-son mode: once the Bossman arrives back home in Edgewater County, South Carolina…
After the death of American rock legend Rose Partland, two longtime fans struggle to process their grief not only about losing 1960s San Francisco band ‘Jack O'Roses, ’ but their…
In this middle book of the epic DIXIANA trilogy, Southern-fried prodigal son Roy Earl Pettus adjusts to life back home in tumultuous Edgewater County: break-ins at his granddaddy’s honkytonk The…
A trio of mid-2000s Gen-X Southern malcontents grapple with betrayal, sex, murder and memories.
The first poetry collection from South Carolina's award-winning indie novelist James D. McCallister, Ironically Unreal Once Forever
promotes unusual moods and tones, sending language out in search of insight and…
In the explosive conclusion of DIXIANA’s epic, visionary satire of the Great American Novel, all threads coalesce on the Tillman Falls town green for one last Southern-fried, Edgewater County-style hootenanny…
Bereaved mom Randi Margrave relocates to the country to escape her troubles, but when discovers she’s moved in next door to the Macons, a backwoods family who train pit bulls…
A 1980s coming-of-age story of a downsized journalist remembering lost loves and mentors amidst a maelstrom of mid-life upheaval.
Amidst a maelstrom of mid-life upheaval, a downsized journalist grapples with his dramatic 1980s-era college days, the memories of which are haunted by lost loves, flawed mentors, and regrets he…
The first poetry collection from South Carolina's award-winning indie novelist James D. McCallister, Ironically Unreal Once Forever promotes unusual moods and tones, sending language out in search of insight and…
R Bentz Kirby
A collection of over forty poems dating back over four decades, R. Bentz Kirby’s Dream Work represents one author’s quest to describe his vision of truth and beauty found along…
Michael G Sullivan
Byron and Dianne’s marriage, while never perfect, had had its good times. No question. But she’d been into more than he could stand to admit-addiction can cause a person to…
Criminal defense attorney Paul Johns-if that is his real name-feels out of his league on K Street in Washington, DC, home of cutthroat lobbyists and the even more venal legal…
