Tim Frayser's Home Page

Howdy! Welcome to my home page.

You can look me up on Facebook.
My travel journals can be found at BurningClam.Com.
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I was a three-time chairman of Conestoga in Tulsa.
My Cherry Street cartoons appear regularly on Reddit.
I received my Black Belt in Filipino and Indonesian martial arts from Sifu Terry Gibson in 1995.
I volunteer at the annual Burning Man event in Nevada.
My travel podcast Roadpost can be found on Podomatic.

My published works include:

A lone CIA analyst discovers a young man with extraordinary abilities, and together they plunge into a world of international terrorism, South American drug lords --and a weapon that can change the course of history. Now in print and e-book format! Available on Amazon and directly from Yard Dog Press

A hand reached under his armpit and pulled him up to his feet. "Come on, you can do it!" yelled the man in black. The sound of an engine starting ahead of them spurred Ben forward. His legs were trembling as he hurried forward. A tremendous wave of relief came over Ben as his hand fell on the side of the yellow bus. He felt a hand patting him on the shoulder. "You're gonna be all right now," said the man in black. Ben looked forward to the bus driver, standing at the door.

"Come on!" yelled the driver. "You're the last. We gotta get out of here!" Ben wiped the rain out of his face as he turned around. "Thank you--" he started to say.

But the man in black was gone.

"The Curse of the Flying Skull" --Retired gunfighter Bat Masterson fights a vengeful spirit on the streets of a Colorado mining town-- Short story, published in e-magazine Crimson Streets.

The dark, quiet alleyway was a stark departure from the bright, bustling kitchen. The wind whistled down the narrow passage. He could smell the stables across the alley from the Oriental. Bat's eyes were adjusting to the darkness when a voice rang out.

"Do not move if you value your life."

Bat blinked at the darkness. "It is precisely your life I value, Mr. Woolman..."

"Memoirs of an Ex-Zombie"
My first novel! Cover by Dawne Dominique.(Currently out of print.)

Exerpt:

There was a patch of blue sky right over me, but then it got swallowed up and a bunch of faces rained down at me. I felt pain all over. I realized these people were biting me! I thought, what the hell? One guy latched onto my hand, another was pulling on my left arm, but I was fighting against them, kicking and punching and pushing them back. One guy, the guy with the badge, practically fell on me, his arm hit my neck and right on my windpipe and I couldn’t breathe and while I’m trying to breathe he started biting my ear – I could hear it crunch under his teeth, I felt the blood running down the side of my neck, and I brought my arm up and thumped down hard on him with my elbow. That knocked him off. I heard footsteps, more people coming, I felt more hands grabbing at me. I had to get out of there!

"I Should Have Stayed in Oz"
Trade paperback anthology available from Yard Dog Press or Amazon.Com
Cover by Brad Foster. Includes my poem "The Munchkin Boy"

Exerpt:

The Munchkin boy to the fields had gone
To gather grain for his fam'ly
The summer days had been hot and long
And the fields were yielding their crops badly...

"A Bubba in Time Saves None!"
Trade paperback anthology available from Yard Dog Press or Amazon.Com
Cover by Keith Berdak. Includes my short story "The World's Biggest Horny Toad"

Exerpt:

"Holy snappin' turtles!" Delmont whispered. "That's the biggest cow I've ever seen!"

Charlie Ray punched Delmont on the arm. "That ain't no cow! It's some kind of lizard." Just then the critter stopped grazing. He lifted his big head and sniffed the air: big, snorting sniffs that sounded like a bramah bull. It stopped, then turned to look straight at the two brothers. Delmont and Charlie Ray stood still as the critter took one slow step towards them.

"I don't think it liked bein' called a lizard, Charlie Ray," Delmont said...

"The Necronomicrap: A Guide to
Your Horoooscope"
Chapbook available from Yard Dog Press or Amazon.Com
Cover by Mike Cole. My first published work!

Exerpt:

Pisces: There will be some intense chemistry with someone you had previously only though of as the kind of friend you could borrow money from. It could blossom into something sticky. Repeat this month's affirmation: I expand myself and my cable service to the highest being.

That's me at Stonehenge, England (2007)

The Obligatory List of Internet Links

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Boing Boing Amnesty International Burners without Borders Planned Parenthood Weather Underground

Making Light Roadside America Fark.Com Daily Kos

Conestoga OKon The Conestoga International Film Festival

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