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  • Book Review Trouble At Fatting House

    Recently widowed Kate Chapman accepts an invitation to be temporary caretaker of Fatting House, a horse farm in the English countryside. Her new friend, Simon Morris, still hoping to turn… Read more

  • BACK AT IT

    It’s been a busy two months.  Several members of my family moved out recently and the wife and I have one child left in the nest.  The house was in… Read more

  • I’m Back With Some News

    It’s been a while since I wrote on WordPress but I finally returned to this page and will hopefully be providing followers with even more exciting news soon. The first… Read more

  • 33 Years Ago

    I was just reminded that 33 years ago yesterday, I experienced one of the worst events in my life.  I lost my best friend and brother, Mike. It wasn’t that… Read more

  • Book Review Trouble At Clenchers Mill

    Diana J Febry, author of the Rural detective series, has given us another engrossing mystery novel from the English countryside. Richard Fielding is hospitalized in Dorset after a horse riding… Read more

  • Book Review Fevre Dream

    ‘Fevre Dream’ by Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, is lauded as a groundbreaking vampire novel.  I wouldn’t go so far.  In fact, I think fans of vampire novels… Read more

  • Book Review From Slavery To Freedom

    I recently finished reading ‘From Slavery To Freedom’ Ninth Edition, a book handed down to me from one of my daughters after she completed a course in Afro-American History at… Read more

  • Book Review No Woman’s Land

    I’ve been a fan of Ellie Midwood’s books for a few years now.  Her dedication to the craft of writing and her ability to research and unearth interesting forgotten tales… Read more

  • Writing Update October 2019

    I’ve been reading so many books and writing so many reviews, one might think I haven’t been working on my own book – but I have.  Believe me when I… Read more

  • Book Review of Unintended

    Let me start by saying this is a 3.8 stars rating.  I couldn’t quite give it a 4 and I’ll explain why. The author(s) of Unintended have created an interesting… Read more

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I’m Allen, the author of the epic fantasy series, The Crystal Crux!

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