SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN 13 testosterone flavored tales by Tony Burnett Set securely in the Southern psyche, the 13 stories blossom into quirky portraits of the male ego. These genre - bending tales find the sweet spot between literature and storytelling. A self-proclaimed foodie convinces himself he has women figured out, until he doesn't. Can a freshly orphaned teenager avoid becoming a ward of the state? A homeless veteran struggles for survival in his home country. Two folk artists use chainsaws to dual for the affections of a young runaway girl. "Through his mastery of voice and dialog, Burnett's characters become larger-than-life members of your dysfunctional family." Kallisto Gaia Press
SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN 13 testosterone flavored tales by Tony Burnett Set securely in the Southern psyche, the 13 stories blossom into quirky portraits of the male ego. These genre - bending tales find the sweet spot between literature and storytelling. A self-proclaimed foodie convinces himself he has women figured out, until he doesn't. Can a freshly orphaned teenager avoid becoming a ward of the state? A homeless veteran struggles for survival in his home country. Two folk artists use chainsaws to dual for the affections of a young runaway girl. "Through his mastery of voice and dialog, Burnett's characters become larger-than-life members of your dysfunctional family." Kallisto Gaia Press
Educated at North Texas State University (now UNT) in the 1970s, Tony Burnett is an award winning poet and songwriter. His poetry and short fiction have been extensively published in national literary magazines and anthologies including, most recently, Sixfold, Connotation Press, Short Story America, Frontier Tales, Texas Poetry Calendar, Poetry @ Round Top anthology, Tidal Basin Review, Red Dirt Review and Toucan Literary Magazine. He is Editor in Chief of Scribe, the on-line blog of the Writers' League of Texas with over 6000 subscribers and the currently serves as Board President for the Writers' League of Texas. He makes his home in rural central Texas near Temple with his trophy wife, Robin.
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