Dreams Die Hard
by P X Duke
Price: $2.99 USD. 25370 words.
Published on November 26, 2012. Fiction.
Frank Ross is attempting to make good his escape from a cartel hit squad. He's got a reformed junkie riding bitch on the back of his motorcycle. When he ends up working at a strip club, the seedy edge of the city finally catches up, forcing Frank to dig deep within to triumph over drugs, greed, arson and murder.
Location: Canada
Member Since: Jan. 11, 2011
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P X Duke
Biography
Aviator. Motorcycle rider. Vagabond. Drifter. Trouble-maker. Jack of all trades and master of none. I've been riding and writing about the places I've been and the people I've seen for a few years now. Some of my writing is factual; some of it isn't. I'll leave it up to you to decide for yourself which lies are the truth.
I disappeared for six years. For most of that time I was in the high desert and the Baja. How did that happen, you might ask? Well...
I was fed up with my job, so I did what any sane person would do--I quit. I got rid of most of what I owned, sold my house, climbed aboard my motorcycle and headed south to sunshine, blue sky and adventure. When I finally stopped, I was in Mexico. When I came to, I was sporting a full beard. Don't ask how long I was there. I have no idea.
During one of my forays north into the high desert of southern California, I was offered a part-time job at an old-school bike shop. I took it. My jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none life experience allowed me to parlay that job into full time employment putting on motorcycle runs down the Baja and into mainland Mexico. I did computer networking and security, and got involved in advertising.
That job paid the bills for six years. While I was there, I packed in more adventure than any sane person could want or need. I've picked up and delivered motorcycles throughout the El Lay basin, planned and led bike runs up and down the length of California, glad-handed and schmoozed high-rolling customers and advised others when it was time to leave the shop.
I’ve ridden over a lot of North America at one time or another from Canada to Mexico, and from Atlantic to Pacific. By far my favorite ride is up and down the length of the Baja Peninsula, where the people are friendly, the sun always shines and it’s warm in the winter.
Of everything that I have experienced in my all-too-brief life, Africa is perhaps the greatest enigma: a beautiful continent, rich in people, nature and resources, yet poor in all of those things too.
Yes, I know. There are some missing years in there. But what the hell, a little mystery is good for the soul, wouldn’t you say?
I disappeared for six years. For most of that time I was in the high desert and the Baja. How did that happen, you might ask? Well...
I was fed up with my job, so I did what any sane person would do--I quit. I got rid of most of what I owned, sold my house, climbed aboard my motorcycle and headed south to sunshine, blue sky and adventure. When I finally stopped, I was in Mexico. When I came to, I was sporting a full beard. Don't ask how long I was there. I have no idea.
During one of my forays north into the high desert of southern California, I was offered a part-time job at an old-school bike shop. I took it. My jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none life experience allowed me to parlay that job into full time employment putting on motorcycle runs down the Baja and into mainland Mexico. I did computer networking and security, and got involved in advertising.
That job paid the bills for six years. While I was there, I packed in more adventure than any sane person could want or need. I've picked up and delivered motorcycles throughout the El Lay basin, planned and led bike runs up and down the length of California, glad-handed and schmoozed high-rolling customers and advised others when it was time to leave the shop.
I’ve ridden over a lot of North America at one time or another from Canada to Mexico, and from Atlantic to Pacific. By far my favorite ride is up and down the length of the Baja Peninsula, where the people are friendly, the sun always shines and it’s warm in the winter.
Of everything that I have experienced in my all-too-brief life, Africa is perhaps the greatest enigma: a beautiful continent, rich in people, nature and resources, yet poor in all of those things too.
Yes, I know. There are some missing years in there. But what the hell, a little mystery is good for the soul, wouldn’t you say?
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Books
Long Way Home
by P X Duke
Price: $2.99 USD. 26440 words. Published on November 17, 2012. Fiction.
When Harry’s ex-wife, Sasha, and their daughter accompany her oil-company boyfriend on a working vacation to Africa, the trio goes missing. They get out a call for help that will lead Harry on an air and ground chase across the Horn of Africa to rescue his family before kidnappers can move them to their den on the Indian Ocean.
Price: $2.99 USD. 26440 words. Published on November 17, 2012. Fiction.
When Harry’s ex-wife, Sasha, and their daughter accompany her oil-company boyfriend on a working vacation to Africa, the trio goes missing. They get out a call for help that will lead Harry on an air and ground chase across the Horn of Africa to rescue his family before kidnappers can move them to their den on the Indian Ocean.
Dead Reckoning
by P X Duke
Price: $2.99 USD. 24150 words. Published on June 25, 2012. Fiction.
During Harry’s well-deserved R&R on mainland Mexico, he picks up something he doesn’t own that will force him to flee across the Sea of Cortez to the Baja. While Harry hides out on an isolated beach, two gringas show up to complicate Harry’s life, attempting to implicate him in their own scheme that will result in a mad dash up the Baja to escape the consequences of their actions.
Price: $2.99 USD. 24150 words. Published on June 25, 2012. Fiction.
During Harry’s well-deserved R&R on mainland Mexico, he picks up something he doesn’t own that will force him to flee across the Sea of Cortez to the Baja. While Harry hides out on an isolated beach, two gringas show up to complicate Harry’s life, attempting to implicate him in their own scheme that will result in a mad dash up the Baja to escape the consequences of their actions.
Dead Man's Hand
by P X Duke
Price: Free! 2240 words. Published on October 2, 2011. Fiction.
One man's intricate ring becomes another's folly in this short strange tale of a dead man who was unable to rest in peace.
Price: Free! 2240 words. Published on October 2, 2011. Fiction.
One man's intricate ring becomes another's folly in this short strange tale of a dead man who was unable to rest in peace.
Midnight at the Oasis
by P X Duke
Price: $0.99 USD. 5910 words. Published on January 30, 2011. Fiction.
Frank Ross is headed down Mexico way, but first he must escape the high desert and the clutches of a sweet-talking, nimble little thing that has spun her web and led him down the road to good intentions gone bad. Following a trial by fire, Frank manages to get back on the road, but not before narrowly escaping a damsel in much distress when he refuses to take her along for the ride. Adult Content.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5910 words. Published on January 30, 2011. Fiction.
Frank Ross is headed down Mexico way, but first he must escape the high desert and the clutches of a sweet-talking, nimble little thing that has spun her web and led him down the road to good intentions gone bad. Following a trial by fire, Frank manages to get back on the road, but not before narrowly escaping a damsel in much distress when he refuses to take her along for the ride. Adult Content.
First Time & other stories
by P X Duke
Price: Free! 6790 words. Published on January 16, 2011. Fiction.
Frank is on the road, hitting all the high spots (or the low spots, depending on your point of view). These short stories find him at a peeler bar off the 15 in Montana; encountering a hitch-hiker off the 10 in New Mexico; being sweet-talked by his landlady; romancing a truck-driving sweetheart in a sleeper at a California truck stop; flirting with a waitress in a restaurant in the high desert.
Price: Free! 6790 words. Published on January 16, 2011. Fiction.
Frank is on the road, hitting all the high spots (or the low spots, depending on your point of view). These short stories find him at a peeler bar off the 15 in Montana; encountering a hitch-hiker off the 10 in New Mexico; being sweet-talked by his landlady; romancing a truck-driving sweetheart in a sleeper at a California truck stop; flirting with a waitress in a restaurant in the high desert.
Dreams Die Fast
by P X Duke
Price: $0.99 USD. 12540 words. Published on January 11, 2011. Fiction.
Frank is headed home after spending a long winter on the Baja. When his motorcycle breaks down, he gets trapped in a small, isolated town on the west side of the Salton Sea. A woman takes pity on Frank and invites him over for a home-cooked meal. Before he knows it, Frank is knee-deep in cartel drugs with a woman itching to pull the trigger on the gun she is pointing at his back.
Price: $0.99 USD. 12540 words. Published on January 11, 2011. Fiction.
Frank is headed home after spending a long winter on the Baja. When his motorcycle breaks down, he gets trapped in a small, isolated town on the west side of the Salton Sea. A woman takes pity on Frank and invites him over for a home-cooked meal. Before he knows it, Frank is knee-deep in cartel drugs with a woman itching to pull the trigger on the gun she is pointing at his back.