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On his way to work on a Monday morning, Wally Williams witnesses armed men attempting to break into his nephew, Dan’s, machine shop, and his day goes downhill from there. Dan and his faithful dog, Syd, plan to spend the day riding the fence line on the ranch unaware that ten heavily armed men bent on revenge will invade the property gunning for...

In this haunting memoir, Michael L. Patton shares stories of his challenging childhood. It is the story of his determination and struggle to overcome growing up with an alcoholic, abusive father.

The author paints a heartwarming and terrifying picture while sharing hard-earned lessons in life. He instinctively searches for guidance outside of the...

This collection includes selections from a lifetime of writing, ranging from early teens into his sixties. It includes poems about love, lyrical poems that are light-hearted and written during a youthful tinkering in a basement band, poems of loss inevitable in such a span of time, and a miscellaneous category to catch everything else. There are...

Death and the Devil’s Henchmen Description

“Death and the Devil’s Henchmen” is the fourth novel in the Dan Williams and Syd mystery series.

Suspicious-acting men appear claiming to be lawyers with an inheritance for Dan from relatives back east. The trouble is, Dan has no relatives on the east coast. Meanwhile, a local rancher turns up dead at his...

A dead congressman lives a double life, one of which leads to Dan’s past.

Dan and Wally, led by Syd, find a man hanging in a tree on a rural stretch of road. This story takes the team on a wild ride that eventually leads back to Dan’s door. Who is this guy? Why is he dead? And how the heck does it have anything to do with Dan, who swears he’s...

A troubled teenager leaves home in West Texas and takes to the road. He soon finds that he gets off on the thrill of confrontation and killing. Dan, Wally and Syd are on a trip to deliver some equipment to an observatory in Arizona. The paths of these two worlds cross, leading to a game of cat and mouse where the role of mouse changes hands....

Dan Williams hears that his neighbor has some heeler (cattle) dog pups available. His neighbor gladly gives him a worthless dog he doesn’t want. Syd quickly becomes his constant companion, and proves her worth.

Dan Williams has built an idyllic life in the remote hills near San Jose, CA. When a frantic call from a neighbor’s wife comes, Dan and his uncles are shocked to find their neighbor dead in his workshop. Suspicion falls on Dan when his bloody hammer turns up at the scene. Meanwhile, two mysterious strangers seem to be playing a game of cat and...