The Dropouts: A Tale of Growing Up in East Texas

The Dropouts: A Tale of Growing Up in East Texas PDF

Author: Ardath Mayhar

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2017-04-14

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1479429953

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When their parents are killed, Nick and Nita find themselves destitute. Only an uncle they've never known offers them a refuge on his East Texas farm. The culture shock is intense for Nita, but Nick takes to farming, learning how to plow with a mule, bale hale, milk cows, and tend gardens. "Mayhar's roots in East Texas are never more evident than in this lovely tale of teenagers forced to re-evaluate their lives. Poignant and moving."--Robert Reginald.

The Methodist Bobcat and Other Tales

The Methodist Bobcat and Other Tales PDF

Author: Ardath Mayhar

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1434457958

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Twenty-seven scintillating stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, all but two of which are published here for the first time. Robert Reginald says: "Ardath Mayhar is able to evoke eerie, otherworldy settings and creatures with just a few strokes of her subtle pen. Great stuff "

The Loquat Eyes

The Loquat Eyes PDF

Author: Ardath Mayhar

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2010-04-01

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1434457850

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Solomon Peat, the wry narrator of Slewfoot Sally and the Flying Mule, returns with 17 more tall tales of Cotton County, Texas, including "The Day of the Boomers," "Fierce as a Banty Hen," "The Ring-Tailed Sidewinder," "The Skunk Works," "The Crooked-Tail Cow," and "The Loquat Eyes." Also featured are two original children's fantasies, "The Jeweled Mouse" and "The Kingdom of Yip."

Slaughterhouse World / Knack' Attack (Wildside Double #7)

Slaughterhouse World / Knack' Attack (Wildside Double #7) PDF

Author: Ardath Mayhar

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1434411869

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In the tradition of the old "Ace Doubles," two-in-one books (flip one over to read the second title), here is the seventh Wildside Double. SLAUGHTERHOUSE WORLD: A Tale of the Human-Knacker War, by Ardath Mayhar The Knackers looked like a cross between a spider and a crab, except bigger--much bigger, and meaner--much meaner--and they never stopped coming! Joel Karsh is just a grunt slugging it out on Plant 3G 789, a bug factory world, where fresh protein (i.e., human flesh) is being processed for reshipment to enemy depots throughout the cluster. All he wants to do is make it back to the SpaceForce pick-up point. But as his buddies are killed, one by one, and the Knackers swarm ever closer, he's beginning to wonder if he'll even live through the next day! A rousing SF military adventure by a master storyteller. KNACK' ATTACK: A Tale of the Human-Knacker War, by Robert Reginald On the farming planet of Terr'ferme, Rabbs din Chorest has been sent to the hills to tend a herd of clorses (cloned horses) and beefers. Not far distant is the ruin of Spiretown, a long-abandoned place of the Old-uns, a race that had once inhabited this world. Then the Knack's invade, destroying settlements, devastating ranches, and harvesting human and animal flesh. Rabbs is cut off from all contact with the civilized world. When a group of refugees appears, they become Rabbs's responsibility as well. Trapped by a bug troop in a cave near the ruined city, the humans have nowhere to go and no one to ask for help. Will anyone survive the Knack' attack?

The Lintons of Skillet Bend

The Lintons of Skillet Bend PDF

Author: Ardath Mayhar

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2009-03-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1434403246

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As the Civil War lurches to a close, the Lintons of East Texas are waiting anxiously for their menfolk to return. But the stranger Finis Krim is attempting to extort land from the local women by claiming fraudulent commitments from their absent husbands. Krim's agent, Joshua Birdsong, is sent to the Linton home to search for relevant documents to wrest their farm away. Then Fate, in the person of five-year-old Julia, intervenes. "A wonderful story "--Robert Reginald.

Carrots and Miggle

Carrots and Miggle PDF

Author: Ardath Mayhar

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2009-03-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1434403262

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After the Ramsdens lose their father, Charlotte ("Carrots"), her brother, her young sister, and her mother continue to operate their East Texas dairy farm. Then their cousin from Eastern Europe, Emiglia ("Miggle") is orphaned, and is forced to come live with them. When she arrives, she's shocked to find her relatives engaging in manual labor, which her late parents considered fit only for peasants. But as the two girls begin to find some common ground, they discover that they're becoming a real family after all. "Filled with well-drawn, sympathetic characters facing real-life tragedy."--Robert Reginald.

The Absolutely Perfect Horse

The Absolutely Perfect Horse PDF

Author: Ardath Mayhar

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2009-03-01

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 143440319X

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The formerly noble, now downtrodden horse known as Dogmeat helps Annie and her family reassess their values.

Born Rebel and the Guns of Livingston Frost - Two Short Novels

Born Rebel and the Guns of Livingston Frost - Two Short Novels PDF

Author: Ardath Mayhar

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1434457915

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Two short novels published for the first time: "Born Rebel" tells the story of a woman in 1825 who's sold by her father to the neighboring farmer, and flees to Texas with her beau, with a hunter-killer dogging their every step. "The Guns of Livingston Frost," the third Washington Shipp mystery, finds Sheriff Shipp investigating a series of brutal crimes against antique gun dealers in East Texas.

A World of Weirdities

A World of Weirdities PDF

Author: Ardath Mayhar

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2009-06-01

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 143440353X

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A new collection of 29 scintillating tales of horror and fantasy, many of them never before published.