Thank You, Robin Tidwell and Rocking Horse Publishing
I would particularly like to thank Robin Tidwell at Rocking Horse Publishing for her encouragement, dedication, very hard work and continued faith in this work of fiction.Robin was the first person ever to read the completed, original manuscript of The Fires of Waterland, —while it was still in dusty draft with the temporary filename "Livvy Manlin". She encouraged the initial publishing of FOW and emboldened this author to see the possibilities and get on with it.... And now again! Robin's endless encouragement and dedication is highly appreciated. Every author should be so very, very lucky. Thank you Robin.
The Fires of Waterland
A small boy, abused and neglected, reaches a sanctuary: Floyd’s house. Floyd will know what to do. Floyd knows everything. But when Fletch is dragged away to the Waterland Home for Boys, no one can save him from its depravity. Finally, at long last, Fletch returns to Floyd’s—and meets the love of his life, Livvy Manlin. Livvy has a secret too . . .
You will be shocked and disturbed as Fletch tells his story of abuse and drinking, molestation and sex, growing up in a small post-war town, and fire. Always fire. Deadly fire...