Sparky and the Beard dips into those hazy, almost forgotten days of pre-Vietnam … the 1950s. The unlikely hero is Sparky from Chicago. Born Jacob Rubenstein, he is better known by his adopted name, Jack Ruby, the infamous killer of President Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Dan Baldwin takes historical facts and weaves a fast-paced novel of intrigue, deception and murder, framed around the overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro's revolution as he increases h...

Dr. Ashley "Ash" Hayes is driven to prove that America was explored by Europeans well before Columbus - a quest that is heresy to the members of her northwest Louisiana academic community. Her quest is interrupted by the disappearance of a friend who has headed into the hills and swamps in search of Native American treasure. She drops everything to help find her friend and is aided by the missing man's brother, a tall and handsome transplanted Apache. The search is complicated by a series ...

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...

This collection has something for everyone and everything for any short story enthusiast. The variety of humor, irony, darkness, and pathos provides the reader with the motivation to keep moving on to the next story, confident that he will find still more surprises. Dan touches in the universals of human experience over and over again. You’ll wonder about every decision you’ll ever make after reading Flip.- Duke Southard, award winner author of The Fallacy of Closure

To quote Coleridge, Dan uses "the best words in the best order." For followers of Dan's works, this is a must read. For newcomers, this is a great introduction to a unique and talented author.- Micah S. Hackler, Author, Sheriff Lansing MysteriesExplore the back trails, hidden canyons and forgotten towns of the Southwest in stories that are at times inspirational, bawdy, humorous, and heart-breaking. This collections takes the reader into Gila River country through the eyes ...

Just the FAQs, Please, About Alcohol and Drug Abuse, by Dan Baldwin and George Sewell, is a reader-friendly journey though the perplexing world of drug abuse and its more sinister cousin, chemical dependency. The War on Drugs has been waged for generations through laws, school programs, social movements and law enforcement. While fodder for television and movie plots, the drug problem has raised a host of basic questions from people who aren't in the trenches. These Frequently Asked Questi...

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.

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 happens when the preacher's wife really gets a dose of the Spirit and takes her husband's commandment to confess to heart – in the middle of the service? What really goes upstairs at Miss Purdy's Saloon and Euphemism saloon when Sheriff Matt Dullard goes out of town? Who comes out on top when Arizona Territory is invaded by an all-girls baseball team taking on all comers in high stakes baseball? How does a simple misspelling turn a quiet afternoon at a small country store into the sce...

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...

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...

One of the joys of living in my beloved Arizona is my ability to visit our neighboring state of New Mexico pretty much any time I want. The beauty and diversity of The Land of Enchantment is well represented – perhaps best represented – by the variety of wild flowers found throughout the state. Even the most seemingly hostile environments produce incredible colors, smells and emotional experiences. These photographs were taken along the Gila River and are unedited, unretouched, and unenhan...