Wanderer Come Home by Dale Tucker A fascinating odyssey into the natural homeland of the soul! * * * * Wanderer Come Home follows the turning points in the lives of two men whose paths, it would seem, should never cross though eventually and […]
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Datesville Chapter 5
Datesville: Out of the Land of Bondage! Chapter 5 — An Orwellian Supper Concerning my pen name, as mentioned earlier, I began using Harvey Orange in order to disguise the authorship of my articles, though I can’t honestly say that it has helped […]
Datesville, Chapter 4
Datesville: Out of the Land of Bondage! Chapter 4 — The Hideous Depression After my return from Central City and a brief, two-day visit with Mom, I fly back to New York. And as agreed, I call Todd Willingham a couple of days […]
Datesville, Chapter 3
Datesville: Out of the Land of Bondage! Chapter 3 — A Body in Central City I’m Scotched up and stewing in the back seat. Mister Chuba guns the engine, and the cab barrels south on the turnpike, away from downtown, toward what they […]
Datesville, Chapter 2
Datesville: Out of the Land of Bondage! Chapter 2 — The Tinpot Emperor Purcell and I have lunch in what he calls the “Emperor’s Dining Hall”. It’s only one of three dining rooms in the apartment, but it’s the most lavished and expensively […]
Datesville, Chapter 1
Datesville: Out of the Land of Bondage! Chapter 1 — The Bermuda Hotel My legal name is Henry Thakur but I’m currently going by “Harvey Orange” as a pen name for a couple of different reasons. It’s complicated so I’ll try to explain […]
The History of an Idea — Part 3
So I had this dream one night—a very vivid dream—of a dystopian setting in which people were attending a local music concert (see Part 1). I remembered it very clearly when I woke, and it bothered me. Its setting was reminiscent of what I […]
The History of an Idea — Part 2
In an American History course I took in college, the professor stated in a lecture that economic depressions, like the so called “Great Depression” of the 1930s, have happened regularly during the course of the history of the United States. And to make […]
My Current Work: “Datesville — Out of the Land of Bondage!”
My current work is a dystopian novel, set in the year 2068 titled: Datesville; Out of the Land of Bondage! A so called “Grand Depression” has engulfed the United States of America since 2029, almost forty years, and it seems endless to the millions […]
The History of an Idea — Part 1
A few years ago I had a rather vivid dream. And when I awoke, I remembered its details clearly and I thought about it a lot. It prompted the setting for the scene which I’ve included below. So rather than describe my dream, I […]
Jeap’s Holler — Chapter IX
Here is the final chapter I have written of Jeap’s Holler. And it ends abruptly because it is not finished. I should mention also that I have had some trouble with spammers, flooding posts on this blog with lengthy comments, pushing a variety of […]
Jeap’s Holler — Chapter VIII
Here’s another chapter of “Jeap’s Holler”. If you’ve landed here for the first time, scroll down to read the other seven chapters of this story. I have only one more chapter that hasn’t been posted so obviously the work is unfinished. But in reviewing […]
Jeap’s Holler — Chapter VII
J.C. and Jean strolled slowly together on the gravel driveway in the hot sunlight. They arrived at the tailgate of Jean’s square, green pickup truck whose paint had erupted into pocks across the top and hood. She reached out and affectionately patted the […]
Jeap’s Holler — Chapter VI
About half the towners who lived in Jeap’s Holler owned motor vehicles of one sort or another. J.C. was not one of them. He owned a fat-tire bicycle and kept its chain oiled. It had a tote trailer attached to the back which […]