Cleve Taylor
Bio
Published author of three books: Ricky Pardue US Marshal, A Collection of Cleve's Short Stories and Poems, and Johnny Duwell and the Silver Coins, all available in paperback and e-books on Amazon. Over 160 Vocal.media stories and poems.
Stories (164/0)
Getting the Teachers Attention
Getting the Teacher's Attention by Cleve Douglas and I were friends. As an adult I discovered that he was almost a year and a half older than me which as an adult means nothing, but as a six or seven year old is more pronounced. His parents basically red-shirted him by starting him in school at age seven instead of at age six as was expected. This, as they hoped and as had happened with his much older brother, gave him a slight edge in athletics as he would always be competing with younger, less mature boys. I doubt if he needed an edge, because he was a superb athlete making All State in football as a senior in high school and earning a football scholarship to LSU.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Education
Delivery - A Ricky Pardue Tale
Delivery - A Ricky Pardue Tale By Cleve After the gunfight in the saloon the undertaker put each of the five dead men in rough hewn coffins, and leaned the coffins upright outside his parlor with the lids open so that the curious could see the men who attacked Ricky Pardue. He left them there for two days, proud of his work, and advertising the quality of his service. When the first smell wafted past his nose he closed the coffins and sent them up to boot hill cemetery for burial. None had any local kin to attend the interment, but three of the saloon keeper's stalwart drinkers were on hand to toast his departure with whiskey taken from the bar right after the shooting.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Fiction
Comparing Fantasy Worlds
Comparing Fantasy Worlds So, what is the best fantasy world to spend your time in? I thought that answering that question might be difficult, but the more I thought about it the more I came to believe that a basic comparative analysis might point to the winner. So, here goes.
By Cleve Taylor 3 years ago in Futurism