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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… James Fant, author of An Ode for Orchids

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James Fant, author of An Ode for Orchids
(Real Fantasy Publishing )

An Ode for Orchids is a story about four young women and the challenges that they face, such as making bad choices in men, dealing with infidelity, struggling with promiscuity, and dealing with rejection. But perhaps the most daunting challenge is dealing with the animosity that one woman can have for another woman. Time will reveal whether or not each of them will be strong enough to face the challenges that life will offer them.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write An Ode for Orchids?

James Fant: An Ode for Orchids was definitely divinely inspired. I started writing the story in 2006 and nearly shelved the idea after I started graduate Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… James Fant, author of An Ode for Orchids →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Maria McKenzie, author of The Governor’s Sons

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Maria McKenzie, author of The Governor’s Sons
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Providing a different glimpse into the lives of the hired help, The Governor’s Sons is a heart thumping account of forbidden love and political ambition in the deep South, a suspenseful tale of romance, deception, racial tension and ultimately, racial reconciliation within the powerful Kroth family.

During the summer of 1936, Ash Kroth, a young law student from a southern family of wealth and political prestige, falls in love with Kitty Wilkes, a beautiful “Negro” girl.

Nearly thirty years later, as a segregationist governor in the midst of civil rights turmoil, Ash is forced to confront the inevitable consequences of his love for her.

In 1965, Harland Hall, a black Civil Rights leader, moves to the capital city in an effort to quell the racial violence occurring not far from his mother’s home. But what mysterious link does this young man have to the Governor’s past?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write The Governor’s Sons?

Maria McKenzie: About four years ago I read Essie Mae Washington Williams’s memoir, Dear Senator. She’s Thurmond’s love child by his family’s Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Maria McKenzie, author of The Governor’s Sons →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Joe McKinney, author of The Red Empire and Other Stories

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Joe McKinney, author of The Red Empire and Other Stories
(Redrum Horror)

Joe McKinney’s debut collection, “The Red Empire & Other Stories”, brings together eight tales of haunted policemen and cosmic horrors. A chance encounter with a homeless man one hot summer night opens the doors of perception for a Houston beat cop. Genetically engineered fire ants threaten to devour a small Texas border town, and the only thing in their way is a grief-stricken county man.

An ex-detective can no longer run from the ghost of his greatest failure. A rare piece of non-fiction chronicles the author’s fifteen year investigation into a century old cold case. Police work can be hell. But there’s no hell like the catacombs of the mind.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “The Red Empire and Other Stories”?

Joe McKinney: The stories in “The Red Empire and Other Stories” cover several years of my writing career, and each one has its own unique Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Joe McKinney, author of The Red Empire and Other Stories →