About the Book
Set in the dark and bloody ground of the Appalachian coalfields, the novel Fortune’s Yoke is a gritty, unapologetic examination of the human spirit, with all its frailties, imperfections, and magnificence.
Fortune’s Yoke explores the lives of characters coming from diverse backgrounds and stations in life. The common thread is that all lead lives set in motion toward a clearly carved-out destiny. In the mid 1970s, the coal market is booming. Life in the small coal town Whitehurst is vibrant, and prosperity and optimism reign. Coal trucks roam incessantly through the hills and mining jobs abound. But within this underground world of mining, plans are made and schemes hatched that will forever change the town.
This tumultuous story offers a thorough view of the life, culture, and politics of rough-and-tumble Appalachia of 40 years ago, showing all its grime, glory and infamy. Just how should one react when life’s road comes upon an unexpected fork?
The Same Old Stories: A Work of Fiction
Stories of Mankind, From
the Beginning of Time,
to Present Day to Future
Historical Fiction at Its Finest!
These are not just The Same Old Stories. Mankind has always been its own worst enemy, yet the human race somehow endures.
This fascinating collection of short stories follows the course of human experience, from prehistoric time in the dawn of civilization to present day and beyond, as told through the men and women coping with the sometimes humorous human condition.
The tales are set in far-reaching locales, ranging from the exotic to the familiar. From Timbuktu to St. Louis, and from midtown Manhattan to Marseilles, through it all, humanity is faced with choices to make in order to survive. Will we make the right ones?
The Frontiersman: A Novella
In 2027, privacy is dead in America, a country one notch below a police state. The USA has turned into a nation of spies and hidden surveillance, where one can no longer tell when he is being photographed, and his image is being flung anonymously into cyberspace.
Enter a young up-and-coming commodities analyst who abruptly walks out on everything. Wanted by police, he must live an underground life because it is a crime to be socially unconnected.
He joins a small cadre of misfits, each fighting against society in his own way. But despite their own aversion to society, they come to rely upon and love one another. In the end, they must find a way to escape the tightening noose of the law.
Just when it appears the group must scatter to survive, salvation comes from an unlikely source. The Frontiersman: A Novella is not depressing. Rather, it is a true love story with a feel-good ending. The path that gets you there is well worth traveling.
About the Author
S. P. Huddleston is a lawyer in a picturesque little county seat town in Kentucky that’s perched on the banks of the Ohio River.