A FIRST AMAZON CUSTOMER REVIEW

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A real Christmas!

Fabulous! New western short stories by Mr. Fonvielle that are every bit as fun, haunting and beautiful as the “Fourteen Western Stories” he published previously. These are all Christmas themed, one taking place in modern times, the rest in our strange, strange American past. As always with this writer, there are strong and colorful women here, small, surprising acts of courage and heroism from the most unlikely of rough characters, and a powerful warmth and beauty that breaks through even the bleakest of terrain. Some very real Christmas in these pages!

See the review and get book details here — Christmas In the West.

CHRISTMAS STORIES

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A collection of Christmas tales like no others — tales of the Old West and the New West, tales of faith and tales of doubt, of adventure and romance. Some are bawdy — there’s a fair amount of adult content here — some are sentimental . . . all deal with the miracle that is Christmas, and the timeless heritage of the American frontier.

I should add that they’re not Christmas stories for Christians, they’re Christmas stories for sinners, for desperados, for lost and bewildered souls like myself.  They show that the spirit of Christmas can find its way into the real world by the unlikeliest of trails, and turn up just when least expected.

As Amy Kendall, a nine year-old girl in my story “Noel”, says, “Christmas comes to both the wretched and the blessed” — and whichever you are I hope you’ll find a little Christmas for yourself in these tales.

Available now on Amazon at the special introductory price of $1.49 — for the Kindle or for the free Kindle Reading Apps you can download here, that work on almost computers and portable devices.

Click here to check it out — Christmas In the West

And a merry Western Christmas to you all!

ARGUS SHOWMASTER

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The first 8mm projector I ever owned. My parents bought it for me around 1964 at a Super Giant in the Washington, D. C. area. This was a branch of a local grocery chain that also sold consumer products.

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It was a well designed, solidly built and totally reliable machine. I can still recall the sensual pleasure of taking off the case housing, fitting on the reels and threading the film.  I used it to screen the 8mm movies I made throughout my high school years, as well as the 8mm prints of silent films I bought during that time from Blackhawk.

It was for me a magic lantern indeed.