Bøker av Dan Baldwin

Can a simpleton with courage and a heart of gold weed the garden of crime, overcome ravaging kudzu vines, defeat the evil kingpin of the city and win the girl? Of course! Find out how in this comic Wild West-Deep South political commentary and feel-good science-fiction monster-movie novella. Short stories included in this book feature a camper waking up with a deadly snake in his sleeping bag; a couple entering an apparently never-ending dark tunnel; Jack Ruby keeping customers happy at his Carousel Club; a cowhand learning the danger of harassing a medicine man; a pothead returning to a years ago tragic scene in the wilds of Utah; and a politically correct private learning about preferred pronouns in the Marine Corps.

What is the price some in the advertising community are willing to pay to win a small, gold-plated statuette? What professional and personal sacrifices are worth making to win a certificate on the wall? Whose career, personal life and well-being must be ruined or even destroyed just to grab an ad award? Ad agency president Jeremy Running has made his decision. He offers Mike, a copywriter, and Steve, a graphic designer, a guaranteed straight shot at the coveted Phoenix Award. They agree to rejoin their former employer, but at what cost?

The MoAz Tobacco CompanyForced to transport a half-crazed killer across Apache country, a traveling tobacco entrepreneur extends his chances of escape by telling a series of often dark, but sometimes humorous stories of wildly different times, people and places. The stories include: Should God watch TV?A traveling tent revival evangelist insists that his flock "Pray for Satan"A service company called Suffer, Inc. has a solution for problem neighborsCan a television "ghost hunter" crew find the spirit of Wolfman Jack in a small, rural radio station?Interstellar troublemakers Gird and Harth sneak back to Earth to discover the dangers of HalloweenWhat happens when an odd assortment of people show up at a restaurant that magically appears overnight?Is the devil really in the details?Can aging hippie Jimi Strawberry elect Judy Ruliani as mayor of Dank Summit against the small-town powers that be?Most important, will the stories Mo tells buy him enough time to escape certain death at the hands of a madman?

"I fell in love in the moonlight. You know, the way it kinda' shined on the barrel of her pappy's shotgun." The role of chance occurrence directs the pathway of life more than most folks realize. Young Trout Sherrod's escape through Louisiana's bayou country leads to a series of dangerous, curious and even humorous events and to a twisted path through life. A chance encounter in an Arkansas bordello leads to romance. A run-in with a man wanted for murder in Arizona leads to a lifelong friendship. A practical joke in California leads to a savage beating, tragedy and a quest for revenge. And a lucky break leads to stardom in film and radio in a place called Hollywoodland.