Stanley Mcqueen: 33 books

By popular request, twenty-two short stories by Stanley Mcqueen - author of THE FOLKS OF MUDDY FORK. There's humor, pathos and downright fun in this medley of short stories. You will come to love these homespun tales of country folk living on the ridges of Muddy Fork, Kentucky.

Willie North is a successful, hardworking pig farmer, known all around Muddy Fork as a kind man and a good neighbor. However, due to his weight and looks, Willie couldn't attract a woman, no matter how hard he tried. He was the only single man in Muddy Fork, so in an act of desperation, he pays $1000...

Someone's robbing graves in Muddy Fork and stealing the corpses' jewelry. Little Mitch has a plan to expose the thieves. A Muddy Fork story

Linda Lou is being courted by "Sir William" a rich young man. When he walks her home from a church meeting one day, Pa claims that his father stole part of his moonshine whiskey years ago. If he wants to court Linda Lou, he will have to pay a high price for the privilege. A Muddy Fork Short Story

Big Toby has a heart as big as a saw log and a appetite as big as he is. He meets the niece of his boss who is visiting from Ohio. She has come to Muddy Fork, Kentucky to see how folks live. Big Toby got the privilege of showing her around the country side and the two fall head over heels in love....

Some people choose to be travelers, while others are forced, by neglect and mistreatment, to leave their lives behind, constantly traveling without a home to return to. This story is about a man who was abandoned by his parents, forcing him to ride the rails from town to town, finding work wherever...

They called him "Crazy Old Mark" but he was not what he seemed. Was he an angel sent from heaven or just a simple minded derelict? Only the eagle knew.

Two middle aged single men suddenly decide it's high time to find them a woman, but since they have never courted a woman they have no idea where to start. They decide that the neighboring county saloon might be the perfect place to strike up a courtship. They quickly realize that finding a woman...

Jake Turner had fallen in love with the prettiest girl he'd ever seen. The only problem was - she might still be in love with her old boyfriend. There was only one way to find out. Would he find true love, or end up with nothing? A Muddy Fork story

Walter might have been a simple-minded man, but he had the perfect innocence of a child. Why then would two mean-spirited young men decided to play the cruelest of practical jokes on him? A true Muddy Fork story.

Clovis Pruitt is in trouble again. This time he is in jail, awaiting a trial by jury where he is sure to be hanged for allegedly stealing a mule. Will Pa be able to save him? Will Clovis avoid the hangman's noose? Another Muddy Fork tale, designed to entertain and delight. A Muddy Fork Short Story.

Woodrow Bishop is a known crook, and swindler in Muddy Fork county ,and when Woodrow passes away his kinfolks are left with the task of having him a wake they find that Woodrow is still causing trouble even those he is dead. The old proverb that a man life is like a book that folks read while a man...

Charlie White had spent ten years of his life for a murder he never committed. His old friend is determined to prove his innocence. Can a simple splinter solve a decade's long mystery?

The family is out hoeing corn...arguing about religion as usual...when an unexpected storm drives them to the root cellar. Will disaster bring them together, or drive them apart? A Muddy Fork story