Shalako Press: 17 books

The tsunami was coming, and the entire village was in its path, but the elderly couple was too old and weak to flee like everyone else. Instead, they chose to take refuge in the only place they could think of. It was the same place they went every Sunday to worship. But the tiny church was also in...

In vignettes of a small town in Oregon, Anthologies Of The People In A Small Town acquaints the reader with the people and the secrets they carry, as it follows them through 13 years of joy, sorrow and the various ups and downs of the human experience. We find ourselves in a world where your past...

The man known as Black Bart had created for himself a situation that he could not live under. Isolating himself from society was his only choice, but he was determined to make the time worth living.Black Bart, The Search Is Over reveals so many amazing surprises by such a few people, that one...

Hailey is a little girl in a wheelchair who wishes she could run and jump like her friends. She is in a wheelchair because she was born too early. Her brain didn't have enough time to grow all of the way, so the part that told her legs how to walk didn't work. Sometimes Hailey thinks she...

Marshal Clay Best was sick of being a low-paid, over-worked lawman. He wanted a small spread somewhere where he could raise a few head of cattle. Instead, he found himself saddled with a pretty widow and trying to rescue a beautiful hostage. "Non-stop action in a Texas setting described...

This play was first acted by Hank Nuwer as an Anne Frank fellow at Buffalo State College. Special thanks to my publisher Major Mitchell and to hazing activist Gregory Danielson for allowing his photo of his own close call at a University of North Carolina initiation to be used. And special thanks...

“He killed them, Cotton! Killed ‘em both!”. “What are you talking about, Jim? Who killed who?” Cotton reached for the bloody tarp, but let go as Jim climbed over the seat and into the back of the wagon. “Slim…my stable hand! Dirty bastard killed them!” “Who did he kill?” “Karen,...

She bolted toward the center of the room only to freeze again. There was a second man she hadn’t seen standing in the shadows who slowly pulled a large knife from his belt as she backed toward the wall. “Fiesty little bitch, ain’t you?” He took a cautious step toward her as she slid along...

"It's empty," she said, staring into the open grave. "It certainly is. We've been waiting for you, because it's your funeral." "No!" she screamed, as he pointed the gun and pulled the trigger. Leonida Garcia has been beaten, robbed, widowed and seen enough trouble in her young life to last...

John Meadows has been forced off his Wyoming ranch, shot and left for dead by gunmen working for Harold Winston. Jake Summers of the Box T discovers Meadows just barely alive, and sets in motion an undercover plan to win back the Meadows Ranch. Things become complicated by the sudden return of Sarah...

Bill Mayfield has talked his younger brother, Rob, into selling the family farm after their mother died, with a promise they would leave Texas. He said they were going to New Orleans and enjoy the good life. He failed to mention that their trip involved a detour to a place called Cool Water, where...

The battle between Lenzo and Ozar continues with the forces of evil spreading like a disease. It must be stopped. Ozar and his Clan travel to Mt. Sera, a dormant volcano, to release the Dark Souls, known as The Daggers.But another dark power is looming in the shadows. Jezeba, the evil witch...

A flash of lightening and a clap of thunder, followed by a baby's cry, caused Lillian to patter down the hall in her bare feet. She started toward the crib as a gust of wind caused the curtains to flap wildly. Lightning lit the sky as she turned to close the open pane. On the opposite side of the...

Chris came to California to forget about the war. What he found was a pregnant woman and her nine-year-old son abandoned on a place called Poverty Flat. When he offered to find her missing husband, people started shooting at him. Mary Ellen Shafer was more trouble than he had bargained for, but he...