The Mother Goose Gang
by Jack Turley
Price: $4.95 USD. 90200 words.
Published by The Fiction Works on May 13, 2010. Fiction.
An aging hitman invests his retirement money in a miniature golf course, inheriting three dysfunctional employees. Even the condo he buys isn't normal with an over-sexed neighbor who discovers his identity and has a price for silence. He's considering coming out of retirement.
Member Since: April 26, 2010
Jack Turley
Biography
Jack Turley has written scores of episodes and movies for television and once served as a staff writer for General Hospital, the second-longest-running daytime soap on the air. One of his TV movies, Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion, was nominated for an Emmy and won a “Wrangler” award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Another project, which Jack describes as his most difficult endeavor, was: Alzheimer’s, Will I be Next?--a vivid memoir of his mother’s descent into the darkness of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Where to find Jack Turley online
Website: http://www.fictionworks.com
Where to buy in print
Books
"HER" and Other Extremes
by Jack Turley
Price: $4.95 USD. 56450 words. Published by The Fiction Works on May 4, 2010. Nonfiction.
The reflexes have softened and diffused. The eyes no longer have it, at least not without reading glasses. That lean, taut, youthful body I misused so well has retired to Memory Lane. Look, I'm still a man, I still have these vital, lusty feelings. I want to reach out and touch and take and have. But when I reach out, there's nobody there.
Price: $4.95 USD. 56450 words. Published by The Fiction Works on May 4, 2010. Nonfiction.
The reflexes have softened and diffused. The eyes no longer have it, at least not without reading glasses. That lean, taut, youthful body I misused so well has retired to Memory Lane. Look, I'm still a man, I still have these vital, lusty feelings. I want to reach out and touch and take and have. But when I reach out, there's nobody there.
Alzheimer's: Will I Be Next?
by Jack Turley
Price: $4.95 USD. 70830 words. Published by The Fiction Works on May 4, 2010. Nonfiction.
"All Alzheimer's families: a must read. This book provides insight into the ways in which families can deal with this extremely difficult disease. A tender and revealing account of how a son can grapple with the challenges of a mother with Alzheimers, not all happy times but then life is not that way. A must read! — Sammy Clinton, Amazon Reviews
Price: $4.95 USD. 70830 words. Published by The Fiction Works on May 4, 2010. Nonfiction.
"All Alzheimer's families: a must read. This book provides insight into the ways in which families can deal with this extremely difficult disease. A tender and revealing account of how a son can grapple with the challenges of a mother with Alzheimers, not all happy times but then life is not that way. A must read! — Sammy Clinton, Amazon Reviews