Palomino Days
by Mart Shaughnessy
Price: $3.99 USD. 97710 words.
Published by Western Trail Blazer on July 12, 2011. Fiction.
Rod Gantry is a modern horseman skilled in tracking and firearms. The death of his beloved Sara has him contemplating ending his loneliness until a rogue, five-toed cougar returns. Rod finds a new purpose and sets out to track the mountain lion. He follows the big cat into a cave, only to emerge in the 19th century where an old Apache gives him a mission to correct a mistake in history.
Member Since: July 12, 2011
Mart Shaughnessy
Biography
Raised when cowboys were "king" on TV and in the movies, Mart Shaughnessy got into horses late in life, but showed his appaloosas to four World Championships. Reining horses were his first love, and he was privileged to show some great ones. Trail riding was a very close second.
Mart has a Masters Degree in education and spent twenty years teaching and coaching football, then went into the family business until retirement. His first published work was a short story, Frontier Justice, which won the genre fiction category of the 2009 Writers Digest 78th Annual Writing Contest.
He and his wife, Patty, live on fifteen acres in Gavilan Hills, California, with six horses and two dogs. Their twin sons and their families love to visit "The Ranch".
Mart has a Masters Degree in education and spent twenty years teaching and coaching football, then went into the family business until retirement. His first published work was a short story, Frontier Justice, which won the genre fiction category of the 2009 Writers Digest 78th Annual Writing Contest.
He and his wife, Patty, live on fifteen acres in Gavilan Hills, California, with six horses and two dogs. Their twin sons and their families love to visit "The Ranch".