A Border Story
by Ron Hess
Price: $4.95 USD. 80820 words.
Published by The Fiction Works on May 27, 2011. Fiction.
Bill Walker leads a quiet life on his ranch along the Arizona-Mexican border. Part of his morning routine is to walk the perimeter of his property. He usually finds footprints, proof that illegal immigrants have passed through. This morning he finds an exhausted woman cowering in the brush—and pointing a .45 in his direction. And so starts an amazing next chapter in Bill Walker's life.
Member Since: April 26, 2010
Ron Hess
Biography
Ron Hess has lived in Alaska over twenty-five years and has been "out there."
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Murder at Fire Bay
by Ron Hess
Price: $4.95 USD. 74940 words. Published by The Fiction Works on May 27, 2011. Fiction.
Leo Bronski, a postmaster at Howe’s Bluff in Western Alaska, is a Vietnam vet who has fought alcoholism for years. His boss asks him to take over the post office at Fire Bay, because that facility’s supervisor had died in a suspicious boating accident, and its postmaster is presiding over a drunk tank. Leo’s boss adds that the Medical Examiner believes the supervisor had been murdered.
Price: $4.95 USD. 74940 words. Published by The Fiction Works on May 27, 2011. Fiction.
Leo Bronski, a postmaster at Howe’s Bluff in Western Alaska, is a Vietnam vet who has fought alcoholism for years. His boss asks him to take over the post office at Fire Bay, because that facility’s supervisor had died in a suspicious boating accident, and its postmaster is presiding over a drunk tank. Leo’s boss adds that the Medical Examiner believes the supervisor had been murdered.
A Matter of Survival
by Ron Hess
Price: $4.95 USD. 68770 words. Published by The Fiction Works on June 15, 2010. Fiction.
A mild-mannered Alaskan hunting guide finds himself in a fight against bears--and against humans, the most skillful predators of all. Sam Eastman takes on a job guiding some unique clients on a six-week wilderness vacation on one of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. He soon finds his clients have a secret and he finds himself fighting for survival.
Price: $4.95 USD. 68770 words. Published by The Fiction Works on June 15, 2010. Fiction.
A mild-mannered Alaskan hunting guide finds himself in a fight against bears--and against humans, the most skillful predators of all. Sam Eastman takes on a job guiding some unique clients on a six-week wilderness vacation on one of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. He soon finds his clients have a secret and he finds himself fighting for survival.
A Hard Case
by Ron Hess
Price: $4.95 USD. 82980 words. Published by The Fiction Works on May 24, 2010. Fiction.
Leo Bronski, an alcoholic Vietnam vet, is on shaky ground with his employer, the U. S. Postal Service in Anchorage. His boss transfers him to a "dry" Western Alaska village to serve as temporary postmaster for a month. After Bronski arrives he is told to find out if the previous postmaster had actually committed suicide--or was murdered
Price: $4.95 USD. 82980 words. Published by The Fiction Works on May 24, 2010. Fiction.
Leo Bronski, an alcoholic Vietnam vet, is on shaky ground with his employer, the U. S. Postal Service in Anchorage. His boss transfers him to a "dry" Western Alaska village to serve as temporary postmaster for a month. After Bronski arrives he is told to find out if the previous postmaster had actually committed suicide--or was murdered