Member Since: May 17, 2011

Parke Sellard


Biography

Dr. Parke Sellard comes from a family of musicians and teachers. He grew up during the Depression in a small town in the Southwest. He enlisted in the Army at age 17 and was a foot soldier in World War II. He graduated from a college in the South and was trained as an optometric physician in Southern California and Houston, Texas.

He has four degrees, including a MA in psychology, and he went to both optometry and medical school. He is also a licensed pilot and figure skates. He currently lives in the Monzano Mountains east of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Retired from practice, he now writes novels. His books include: Susan’s Violin, The Boswell Gene, The Glass Fish, Three Score and Ten, Twilight Journey, The Solid Brick House and WOZ.

He is currently writing a story called, “Love Me, Love Me Not,” about a woman who was "done wrong" by a fellow when she was young and is out to get even by making men pay for every attention she gives them. She eventually has to choose between a rich man and a man she loves.

Where to find Parke Sellard online

Website: http://www.pageonelit.com/interviews/PSellard.html

Where to buy in print

http://amazon.com

Books

The Women Only Zone    by Parke Sellard
Price: $5.99 USD. 81590 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on November 4, 2011. Fiction.
The year is 2050 and the president of the United States has died in nuclear war. The second amendment has been suspended, men have been deprived of all rights under the Constitution and all literary works by men and all images and statues of men have been destroyed. All words with a male noun or pronoun are forbidden and the name of the country has been changed to Women Only Zone.
Twilight Journey    by Parke Sellard
Price: $5.99 USD. 44630 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on July 1, 2011. Fiction.
David saw Mary Ann in a dream before they had ever met. She told him that she came to find him though she didn’t know who he was. They immediately fell in love, but wondered if their romance had been preordained and if they were the reincarnation of a Civil War couple in old Savannah.
The Boswell Gene    by Parke Sellard
Price: $5.99 USD. 107780 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on June 10, 2011. Fiction.
Harry Bosworth lives his life normally into his senior years, but suddenly a father-to-son mutant gene causes him to begin growing physically younger each year. About the time his wife dies, Harry and his dentist realize that he is getting younger. To avoid becoming the prize specimen of some scientist, Harry decides to tell no one else about this phenomenon.
The Solid Brick House    by Parke Sellard
Price: $5.99 USD. 45290 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on May 26, 2011. Fiction.
Dr. John Schiller returns to the small mining town in New Mexico where he grew up to sell the old family home that he dislikes and fears. His friend persuades him to stay in the home and confront the ghosts of his past. What his friend doesn’t realize is that those ghosts are literal!
Susan's Violin    by Parke Sellard
Price: $5.99 USD. 51180 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on May 17, 2011. Fiction.
Edward, a young English professor, was obsessed with the violin he had inherited from his Aunt Susan. When he faces Susan’s portrait and plays the music she left him, her secret romance and other family secrets play out before him. His girlfriend, Cynthia, dislikes Edward’s attention to Susan’s violin, and coaxes him into the bedroom at every opportunity.

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