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My first short story "Tyler" sold to Far West Magazine in 1978. Much has happened since then.
Scroll down to see the cover of that Far West issue.
The first 14 episodes of the TIERRA DEL ORO saga are ready for consideration by serious filmmakers.
In addition, I currently offer to independent filmmakers
various shorts (drama, suspense, comedy, fantasy, mystery).
FLOYD' S OWN WEBSITE has expired.
That work-in-progress began in November 2009 and ended in November 2011
I hope you visited Floyd's Emporiium, but if you missed it,
you can still purchase Josie's book. Just keep scrolling down down down
until you come to a Lulu link to my Author Spotlight there.
from Possum Hollow Press
What readers have said:
"... a highly enjoyable collection of short stories...filled with gentle humour and Southern charm.
If any of these stories never actually happened, they certainly should have (except the whistlepig supper!)."
-- Peter Marinacci, The Wombat King.
Creator of the cartoon world of Wombania in newspapers and the wonderful website at
"Floyd and the Traveling Yard Sale is a delightful read, full of wit, charm and rollicking humor...like poetry."
-- Rev. Judy H. Eurey, MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary.
Accomplished poet, essayist, and watercolorist
"...reminds me of a slab of gritted cornbread, a bowl of pintos and a Vidalia onion:
it is seasoned with the dialect, smells, taste and sounds of the rural South."
-- Gary Carden, storyteller and author of numerous books, plays and videos.
You may view and purchase his books, including Mason Jars in the Flood at http://tannerywhistle.com
Contact him for speaking engagements, as well as information on his PBS programs and DVDs
To order your copy of "Floyd" at the best price, visit my Author Spotlight
Two stories from FLOYD AND THE TRAVELING YARD SALE were published in the literary magazine
The Oxford So & So
Edited by Thomas Burns
in 2007
Two more stories you might have read online (but are not in the book)
are "Lost in the Corn Maze" and "Floyd and the Snakeskin Boots"
which might one day again be accessible somewhere.
In addition to novels and short stories,
I also have some screen credits with Mindful Entertainment.
Here is a trailer for the latest, THE KEY
My collaboration with fellow Zoetrooper Jack Schaberg
on his feature-length film WE KNOW CARE
resulted in my first screen credit. The film premiered in East Lansing MI.
I received a writer credit on his second feature, a dramedy titled THE END OF ART.
My feature script I Rode With Cullen Baker won the
First Split-Screenplay $1,000 competition in 2001.
It is available as a softcover novel.
Set in the East Texas swamps during the Civil War, I Rode With Cullen Baker
is based on a real-life outlaw and the (fictional) girl who loved him.
Fifteen and accustomed to a life of ease, Jessica Linville
flees her burning home with an old caretaker.
When his murder lands her in the arms of a notorious outlaw,
Jess has nothing to lose -- except her virtue. And her heart.
The cover photo was taken in the Sulphur River Country
where the action took place, by Robert T. Russell.
Second printing, 2008 edition, 6 x 9, 132 pages
To order your copy at the best price, visit my Author Spotlight
My contemporary "road story" STRONG COFFEE
was one of 10 Finalists in the Textnovel.com 2009 competition.
With the end of the contest, I have now deleted this story from the site.
The novel and the script of this offbeat adventure story are available for option or purchase. )
THE BRACKETTVILLE HORSES
A pioneer story of the Texas Hill Country
When Lillian from San Antonio marries widowed Andrew and moves to his farm,
she has no idea of the challenges she will face in dealing with his half-Cherokee children,
their Grandfather Wild Crow, Mexican neighbors, and two-bit horse thieves.
This story is going to be a paperback novel with a cover in 2012.
The feature script is currently available for option.
My story in FAR WEST is "Tyler"
All text material and book covers copyright by RLB Hartmann
Far West cover copyright by Wright Publishing Company
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