Sparky and the King takes readers to the sleazy and dark corners of the 1960s Louisiana/Texas Gulf coast. Fidel Castro has just taken over Cuba, Jack Kennedy is in the White House, Organized Crime is moving in on the rock 'n roll industries and Elvis Presley is preparing a comeback concert at the famous Louisiana Hayride now that he is out of the army. Enter Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby who is sent on a secret mission by the mob to stop the local Klan in Shreveport, Louisiana and their...

The life of a college professor of anthropology in a northwest Louisiana college was a breeze for Dr. Ashley "Ash" Hayes. Her most troublesome challenge is an emotional battle fought among those who want to study Native American artifacts, those who want to protect them, and those who want to desecrate ancient burial sites to steal them.That life is brutally interrupted when police detective "Bummer" LaSalle drags her into the investigation of a sadistic serial killer because he ne...

Author's MessageA while back my cousin Francie e-mailed me, "You post a lot of Arizona wildflowers online. Why don't you put them in a book?" I had never thought of doing such a thing, but once planted the seed grew and now there are four books in the collection. I took all the photographs and they appear just as they were captured – unedited, cropped only in camera, and without photo retouch or enhancement. Our flowers don't need it. I have thoroughly enjoyed camping, hiking, walk...

Two interplanetary hunters seek human trophies at their favorite Eartly "glory hole," but their freeze-ray zapping is interrupted by an intergalactic game warden with an attitude.

"I was so shocked that I threw a cabbage at a cat!" A startled reaction starts a chain of events that sets cowhand Grey Cochran on a trail into mystery and danger with death stalking each step of his journey. Believing that his boss, the woman he loves, has been kidnapped by the mysterious and much feared Black Legion, Cochran rides into Arizona's Superstition Mountains only to become the legion's prisoner. As he struggles to earn his freedom, his boss struggles against memory loss and the...

Short Story - The shuttle destroyed in a tragic accident, but was it really an accident? In the year 2045 The Intelligence Director assigns a researcher to find out. As he struggles through the records of plots, politics and tragedy he discovers that even on an international level payback is a bitch.

Desecration 1The life of a college professor of anthropology in a northwest Louisiana college was a breeze for Dr. Ashley "Ash" Hayes. Her most troublesome challenge is an emotional battle fought among those who want to study Native American artifacts, those who want to protect them, and those who want to desecrate ancient burial sites to steal them.That life is brutally interrupted when police detective "Bummer" LaSalle drags her into the investigation of a sadistic serial k...

Follow the continuing paranormal adventures of Dwight Hull, Rhonda Hull and Dan Baldwin as they explore the history of the Old West by speaking with the best of all possible sources – the spirits of the men and women who lived it. Each fascinating chapter contains full transcripts of their extended spirit conversations, a history of the historical site, historical figures research and details of their sometimes funny, sometimes not-so-funny travels to some of the most haunted sites in the ...

Wildflower Stew is the first of four photographic love notes to my adopted state of Arizona.Each photo is my own – unedited and unenhanced – just the incredible raw beauty of Arizona wildflowers.I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoy sharing them.Dan Baldwin

What is the meaning of family and what dangers does a quest to discover that meaning bring?Down on his luck Mountain Man Bull McKenzie discovers a treasure in the rugged Superstition Mountains of Arizona. Later, as one of the richest and most powerful men in Arizona Territory, he fathers a son by one of his prostitutes. The boy, named Caldera, means nothing to McKenzie. He hands off Caldera to a Pima warrior/farmer who comes to love the boy and who raises him as his own son. Caldera...

Follow the continuing paranormal adventures of Dwight Hull, Rhonda Hull and Dan Baldwin as they explore the history of the Old West by speaking with the best of all possible sources – the spirits of the men and women who lived it. Each fascinating chapter contains full transcripts of their extended spirit conversations, a history of the historical site, historical figures research and details of their sometimes funny, sometimes not-so-funny travels to some of the most haunted sites in the ...

What is the meaning of family and what dangers does a quest to discover that meaning bring?Down on his luck Mountain Man Bull McKenzie discovers a treasure in the rugged Superstition Mountains of Arizona. Later, as one of the richest and most powerful men in Arizona Territory, he fathers a son by one of his prostitutes. The boy, named Caldera, means nothing to McKenzie. He hands off Caldera to a Pima warrior/farmer who comes to love the boy and who raises him as his own so...