COUNTERCLOCKWISE - an excerpt
COUNTERCLOCKWISE is a novel exposing the underbelly of Houston, Texas in 1942. Eight months after Pearl Harbor, Italian and German immigrants battle against fear, suspicion, and prejudice within an intrigue involving the U.S. government, the Nazi SS, and the Italian-American Mafia. Each character grapples with personal honor and individual limitations that test, twist, and strain loyalties to country, heritage, and family.
This excerpt is from the Prologue, in which the nemesis outlines Hitler's plan to bring war to the Gulf Coast.
Lancelot's Brother - an excerpt
Lancelot's Brother: A Champion's Chronicle is a recently published novella. Steeped in the eternal struggle between good and evil, a classic hero's battle against his own hidden demons and, of course, a romance dripping with sensuality, Lancelot's Brother wraps the tale within the reality of a modern young family. It paints an intimate dynamic between husband and wife, mother and child, and father and son.
A young boy's persistent nightmares launch his mother into a voyage of discovery about herself and her husband. They are bait for a trap designed as revenge on his father by an adversary from a long hidden past. The plot twists and turns through a world that satitates dreams both exhilerating and grotesque. While Lancelot's Brother leaves you with precisely what you need, it also makes you wonder if, perhaps, there is more to follow.
Short Stories
Medical History
This is for anyone who considers themselves, or is considered by others as accident-prone. History, with its minimalist structure, outlines a young man's humurous life in the ER.
The Professionals
Based on an "almost true story" that will make you smile or cringe, depending on your point of view. The tale follows the exploits of five would-be rescuers of a little damsel in distress from the evil clutches of her parents.
The Reindeer Hunter
Also based on near-factual events with which any American husband or father can identfy at holiday time. Reindeer follows the poor shmuck in all of us that endulges that time-tested tradition of Christmas decorations; and that one single part sent by the devil himself to try our patience.
Copyright 2006 by David Falloure
