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Roy L. Pickering Jr. - Freelance Writer
Author of the novel Patches of Grey as well as the electronically published novella Feeding the Squirrels
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My debut novel Patches of Grey has been published by M.U.D. House Books and is available for sale at Amazon.com and Mahogany Books and foozago books. You can also purchase directly from the author (Paypal account required) by sending an email to
[email protected]
"Pickering's style is fluid and crisp.
There's a certain clarity to the prose that's considered and well judged - just enough to paint the picture and more than
enough to drive along the narrative."
- Khome (UnheardWords.com)
Synopsis: Tony Johnson is a studious young man planning to soon graduate from much more than high school. Although his
zip code places him in a Bronx tenement pre "rise of Obama", his sights are set far beyond the trappings of his humble upbringing.
Collegiate dreams and falling in love with a white classmate put him strongly at odds with his father. Although his brother
C.J.'s rebellious ways endanger his life on gang ruled streets, and the virginal innocence of their sister Tanya is clearly
approaching its demise, it is Tony who incurs the majority of Lionel Johnson's wrath for the sins of ambition, daring to be
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in the eyes of his eldest son harshly remind Lionel of what once could have been, and of what went wrong. His own childhood
in a segregated southern town established a bitter, prejudiced outlook that is the only legacy he has to pass down to his
children. When his job and role as primary breadwinner are lost, Lionel's authority quickly erodes and he drowns his disappointment
one drink at a time. This affords Tony, who lacks the seemingly servile patience of his mother, an opportunity to assert his
right to become the man he wants to be rather than allowing his fate to be set by chance and circumstance. But throughout
the course of Roy Pickering's engrossing debut novel, Tony comes to learn that the world is not as black and white as he and
his father's opposing mindsets would suggest.
EXCERPT FROM PATCHES OF GREY
CHAPTER ONE OF PATCHES OF GREY @ FREEBOOKEXCERPTS.COM
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Feeding the Squirrels tells the story of a self-absorbed philanderer who lives a life of leisure and usually manages to remain one step ahead of
consequences for his actions. He reveals himself to the reader by chronicling his rapid fire sex life woman by woman
in this fast paced novella published in a variety of electronic formats by SynergEbooks. The narrator is Michael, a prolific lover who defines himself by his various sexual conquests. Each
chapter in between the first and last is named after a woman who has been seduced by him, and thus helped to shape his identity.
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Every one of the erotic encounters can be read as a story unto itself, with Michael’s single minded pursuit of pleasure
being the common thread that unites them. Although his succession of affairs are singular experiences to a man who rarely
thinks of yesterday or tomorrow, they eventually manage to intertwine and leave him with a web of his own design to untangle.
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Excerpt from Feeding the Squirrels
Are you a fan of short stories?
PATCHES OF GREY AVAILABLE TO KINDLE OWNERS AT AMAZON
PATCHES OF GREY AVAILABE TO NOOK OWNERS AT BARNES & NOBLE
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About the Author: Roy
Pickering was born on the idyllic island of St. Thomas and currently resides in a quaint New Jersey town with his wife and
daughter. Feeding the Squirrels is his first published novella and Patches of Grey is his debut novel. He is currently hard at work on a second novel (Matters of Convenience)
as well as a series of children’s books being illustrated by his wife, the artist Erin Rogers Pickering. Archived
articles from his Sports Issues column appear at Suite101.com. His
prose about sports, politics, the writing life, and whatever else comes to mind can be found on an ongoing basis at the
blog "A Line A Day".
Anthologies that house Roy's fiction include Proverbs for
the People (Kensington Books), Role Call (Third World Press), The Game: Short Stories About the Life (Triple Crown Publications),
and Prose to be Read Aloud, Volume One.
An assortment of Roy's short stories are also featured at RoyPickering.net.
They can be found HERE
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