7 Results with the "indie writer" tag
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Chivalry
a novel by Ted Davin Wallenius “Any love is natural and beautiful that lies within a person’s nature; only hypocrites would hold a man responsible for what he loves, emotional illiterates and those of righteous envy, who, in their agitated concern, mistake so frequently the arrow pointing to heaven for the one that leads to hell.” — Truman Capote Other Voices, Other Rooms This…- 17 • Jun 10, '25
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Chapter 3 • Wiccisaw High
Wiccisaw High School lay like a squashed gray slug on a patch of land halfway between the Sangre de Cristo foothills and the reservoir valley. Altitude was the prime social indicator in Chivalry. Wherever folks could look down on anyone else there was a well paved road. The streets joined columned red brick houses with driveways so steep the owners probably needed the glossy new trucks that sat in their garages just to get up to them. Below the high school it was different. The downward slope led to dirty,…- 7.4 K • Completed
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Chivalry
by Ted Wallenius In his senior year in high school, Daniel Chivalrae struggles to find the meaning of friendship and love. The answer is not as simple as he thought. - Chapter
Chapter 1 • Little Irish
Hell’s Kitchen, New York 1955 He remembered it so clearly. He could still feel Joey Pica folding the hundred dollar bill into his pocket, feel Joey's manicured fingernails buttoning the flap down over top of it. The bill was so new it was warm in his pocket, so crisp he could hear it crinkle when he bent at the waist. Joey introduced him as the ‘Little Irish.’ They all laughed as if it didn’t matter. They told him he looked like a strong young man. Joey took him aside later that night, after…- 7.4 K • Completed
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Chapter 2 • Square Dance
Chivalry, New Mexico 1990 Danny Chevalrae fell in love while sitting on his front porch, watching the burning embers that were the end of a long August night. That evening it had been the only thing to do he was any good at. Even though all the porches in town offered decent views of empty streets, front porch sitting was a lost art among people Danny’s age in Chivalry. It was Friday, and most of the high school seniors were more interested in driving their pickups to houses outside town with well…- 7.4 K • Completed
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Coming of Rage
by Ray Van Horn Jr. From the publisher: Coming of Rage and six other short stories reflect the human spirit and learning how to rise up and meet adversity. To stand face-to-face with it, then overcome. These are tales of young and old, tragic and strong, broken but still standing. When a young man realizes all isn’t as he imagined it would be. When…
