Heads Win, Tails Lose

Erskine Carter

Set in 1969, a classic "road-trip" story with elements of rites of passage for two young men who travel to exotic places in an adventure that sees them dealing drugs and running foul of the Law. Two displaced souls, their bond is central to the book but perhaps their experiences affect them in different ways. Shades of Kerouac, Salinger, Burgess and even Dickens.

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The Embracing Woods

Richard Lee Fulgham

Nature Writing. A Collection of Short Stories about growing up in a small 1950's town snuggled up to Georgia's Pine Mountain, part of the Great Pine Forest. Nature remains the one constant as the Author journeys towards the perplexities of the modern world.

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ISBN 1 920913 11 4

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All-time favourite quotation (Author unknown):

"In the Sixties people took acid to make the World weird.

Now the World is weird and people are taking

Prozac to make it normal."

In the Sixties Peace meant Love.

Now it means Politically Correct.

The Seventies was the last thinking generation.

Aged hippies are not under-achievers.

They're still trying to find themselves.

People in New Zealand knew Elvis had left the building before he did.

People in Australia are still trying to figure out what happened between 1950 and 1980.

Rabbit stew is rabbit stew no matter what fancy name you give it.

Gob-stoppers and cobbers... sweetest-tasting mates.

Bongo bags, bermuda shorts and frilly tops.

Sling-backs and head kerchiefs.

Fedoras are back in style.

There's a reason Stompin' at Maroubra became such a craze... mosquitos.

The Tiv on a Saturday night...

Holdin' you in my Holden...

Someone shouting, Snake!... could empty an Outdoor Picture Show in five seconds flat.

The best seats at the pictures were in Peanut Alley... so you could catch all the jaffas rolling down the aisle.

Fleas 'n Itches... no place to wear the old Bag of Fruit...