Further West: 12 Short Stories

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Perry Cozzen has compiled a collection of 12 shortstories for his book, "Further West". His west Texasdrawl spills over into his writing and transports youto a place in time, further west, so flat you can seethe back of your head standing on a tuna can, asPerry would say. The short stories in this book are fiction, well maybe half-truth, and are based on away of life where the people made the most out ofwhat they had and of what they could dream ofhaving. Perry can twist a tale of vivid imaginationand its prevalent in two particular stories, Lou andHal and Mother Nature. When you read this book,you will have met Perry.

Author Bio

Perry Cozzen is a native of Lamesa Texas and grew up on a cotton farm. He attended Texas Christian University in 1963 to 1966 before he enlisted in theAir Force. After his service, he lived in ColoradoSprings, Colorado and in Orinda, California beforereturning to Fort Worth, Texas and finished hisdegree at Texas Christian University in 1973. In 2012, he retired to Fort Davis, Texas, where he writes andtakes photographs. Perry has had several storiespublished, and this book is a collections of hiswritings, told in his west Texas language.