KILLIN' TIME is a collection of 38 short stories from various walks of life including stories about the past, current times, the old west, the military, and stories that are both sad and humorious...and, you might even see yourself in one or two of them.

Passion, abduction, rape and murder, all of which took place on Primrose Drive in the Ashley Park addition, a new development in New Bedford, Massachusetts, during a time when anticipation and excitement ran high, and when a few young couples' inspired zeal overrode many rational human concerns. Amidst the chaos, the young women who attempted to solve the mystery ended up having their families torn apart, becoming involved in clashes and brutality that changed their lives forever.

His younger brothers and sisters were in shock. BEN ROBERTSON, fifteen, son of a South Texas share-cropper and with dreams of being a cowboy, started walking toward town. He climbed in a boxcar and rode three days and nights to Channing, Texas where his older brother, FRED ROBERTSON, was working on a ranch. Fred got him a job and Ben spent the rest of his life, mostly horseback. Four years later, his younger brother, ALTON ROBERTSON, also fifteen, walked that same dusty road with the smaller kids running along behind, pulling on his sleeve and begging him to come back. But, he climbed into a...

The initial idea of the compilation of this book was to give he reading public, as well as rodeo fans, an authentic record of ter private life of the rodeo cowboy. It all started with Jerry LaValley of Claremore, Oklahoma who was named as the IRPA (Internationl Professional Rodeo Association) Rookie of the Year in 1984 and finished the year as runner-up in the bull riding national standings, despite a 2 1/2 month injury layoff. Then, after joining Bill Putnam's Bull Pen and Bull Riders Hall of Fame sites on Facebook, and seeing rodeo pictures of not only Jerry, but also of Bill and many other...

The start of this book corresponded with the increasing interest in rodeo as a media attraction. People were ready to hear from cowboys and cowgirls twenty to forty years after they'd competed in arenas around the country and RODEO STORIES II capitalizes on that popularity. Their effort is clearly seen because of the authority from which they stake their claim to tell their unique stories. They were there. There were young sunburned faces against old wooden chutes. There was laughter out back of the arena when the competition was over. There was excitement, fun, and humor, and there was...