“It is always our own self that we find at the end of a journey.
The sooner we face that self, the better.”
-Ella Maillart, -Adventurer and Traveler
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Welcome
A little about myself….In 1967, I ran away from home at the age of eleven to escape an abusive father. My journey from Oregon to Florida on freight trains, buses, and boot leather took 162 days. Needless to say, I ran into trouble along the way, part of which I was kidnapped in Kansas and sold onto a labor farm along with fifteen other children. I managed to get away and, at the same time, free the other children as well.
I took what little money I had, bought tickets for all of them on Greyhound buses, and sent them home to their families. With only a couple of dollars in change rattling around in my pocket, I walked the rest of the way to Florida, feeding myself out of trash bins and dumpsters while fighting off rats, roaches, and other hungry men.
Some might say this was a devastating ordeal for a young man, but it proved to be a life-changing experience, as I would later spend almost three decades rescuing kidnap victims from third-world countries. My story is told in The Redemption Wall trilogy, available HERE, on Amazon.
UPDATE: 02/21/2016- Amazing News! My screenplay, Crossroads Texas, was just selected by The Beverly Hills Film Festival ® via Filmfreeway.com!
If you haven’t read the novel, now is the time…
Available here on Amazon… https://a.co/d/0co239GG
UPDATE: 02/13/2026 – A nice testimonial I just received from a reader. Just Call Me Birdy, writes:
“I have to tell you I have read several of your books, and am about to start another. I have really enjoyed them all. They have very satisfying story lines. My favorite was the collection of short stories. Thought it was like a brain dump of mass creativity.
It occurred to me that the collection of short stories was more Stephen King-level imagination than Stephen King, these days. So well done!! Keep up the good work. “
Available here on Amazon. https://a.co/d/04wocjwK
UPDATE: 01/21/2026 – Well, it should be pretty clear I missed the expected publishing date of the end of 2025 for TRAIL OF THE TAKEN, the 7th book in The Forgotten Man series. Reasons are many, but the truth is, the book is growing, getting many more pages than I had planned, and that is all good. Bear with me; have patience. When it’s finished, it will not disappoint…
UPDATE: 10/31/2025 –
Illegal immigrants, unable to read or speak English, allowed to obtain commercial driver’s licenses, hauling freight that could easily contain weapons or hazardous materials, is just the latest threat to America’s safety, on the brink of An Impending Occupation…
An Impending Occupation
UPDATE: 09/08/2025 –
No one wakes up in the morning expecting to be a victim of a brutal assault, robbery, or kidnapping. Protect yourself and your loved ones by being prepared…
Available here on Amazon- Not a Victim: Lessons in Survival
UPDATE: 08/26/2025 – There really is a worldwide human trafficking network. But its days are numbered…
UPDATE: 08/09/2025 – PRETTY COOL NEWS! My screenplay “The Darien Gap” was just selected as a FINALIST by the International Indie Film & Screenplay Festival. Here is a link to the short story the screenplay was adapted from…
UPDATE: 07/29/2025 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti – 1970s – The State Department had sent us to track down the remnants of Papa Doc’s Tonton Macoute. Since the death of “Papa,” the brutal special paramilitary force had decided that the new Haitian ruler, Baby Doc Duvalier, wasn’t ruthless enough, and had set up their own shop. Extortion had always been the bread and butter of the Tonton Macoute, and they continued that, but expanded into kidnapping, and American tourists were disappearing, which got the State Department involved. With their newly found Chinese partners, they took over a warehouse next to the concrete plant in Port-au-Prince harbor and began the sale and shipment of human cargo. Live bodies of select young boys and girls were sent to flesh markets in Asia and the Middle Eastern Gulf states, and the body parts and organs of not-so-desirable women and children were cut and wrapped, extracted, packaged, and loaded into refrigerated cargo containers and shipped to ready markets in China and Eastern Europe. It was my first glimpse of the trafficking of human body parts by organized crime syndicates, but it wouldn’t be the last. I discovered that humans are treated as a commodity, no different than the sale of illegal drugs or weapons, and even bodies, parceled out in bits and pieces, have tremendous value.
UPDATE: 07/18/2025 – I’m deep into the manuscript for the next installment (#7) in The Forgotten Man series, which should (hopefully) publish before the end of this year. Meanwhile, you have time to read, An Impending Occupation– Certain truths are known- Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran are our enemies, China seeks world domination, the Mexican cartels have been (finally) recognized as terrorists, and there is a worldwide criminal human trafficking organization—and the Deep State is not a myth.
