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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Dead Rednecks!

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I am very happy to say that the first installment of my new mystery short story series, Dead Rednecks!, is now available from Publishing by...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

"A wholly engaging read and an important work of literature"

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I received an incredible review for my Spur-winning novel Bound for the Promise-Land - and a great one of the new Wolf Creek mystery wester...
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Telling Good Stories

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Today I spend a few minutes at Tom Rizzo's excellent site "Telling Good Stories," answering his (very good) questions. Tom, wh...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Standing Stone American Indian Cultural Center

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This time around I want to tell you about something that's very close to my  heart. Last year I was greatly honored to be asked to serve...
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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Western Fictioneers Focus on the Blackwell Saga

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Cruise over to the newly revamped Western Fictioneers blogsite  -content is being updated daily, with all kinds of cool regular features: Wi...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

First Blackwell Story of 2013- The Blackwell Gang

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The latest Blackwell short is out- first of the new year! Get it HERE "Duke Blackwell, California outlaw, is trying to go stra...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Clarence and Dudley, Christmas Angels First Class

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If you're like me, the Christmas season doesn't seem complete without a viewing of the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Li...
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Troy D. Smith
Troy D. Smith was born in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee in 1968. He writes in a variety of genres, achieving his earliest successes with westerns -his first published short story appeared in 1995 in Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, and he won the Spur Award in 2001 for the novel Bound for the Promise-Land and in 2017 for the short story "Odell's Bones" (being a finalist on two other occasions.) He received his PhD in history from the University of Illinois, and is currently a history professor at Tennessee Tech.
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