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About RLB Hartmann

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:Floyd and the Traveling Yard Sale:Stories of the Blue Ridge Border is NO LONGER available as an eBook. The print version, however, is still available.

My first short story, "Tyler," was published in FAR WEST, Vol. 1, No. 2.

Other short works made ripples and a few notable appearances in literary magazines, newspapers, contests, and online.

Jack Schaberg of Mindful Entertainment gave me the opportunity to collaborate on his full-length comedy, We Know Care, his second feature, The End of Art, a dramedy, and his latest feature, The Key, is nearing completion. I'm honored to have been given writer credits on Care and Art, and associate producer and writer, on The Key.

In 2010 I became a member of the Western Writers of America. I Rode with Cullen Baker received a positive (unbiased and unpaid) review in their print magazine RoundUp.

 

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I Rode with Cullen Baker

By RLB Hartmann
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During the War Between the States, a young Southern girl becomes romantically entangled with a notorious outlaw hiding out in the Sulphur River Country of East Texas. When 16-year-old Jessica loses her home and family, she's vulnerable to the charms of the reckless young man who rescues her. Believing that he will settle down after the war, Jess plans their future together. Cully's secret destroys those dreams, so she journeys to San Francisco to accept an inheritance arranged by her father. Here, Ed offers respectability through marriage, but an unexpected letter rekindles Jess's hope that she and Cully will share a life as thrilling as those days spent in outwitting their enemies.
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Floyd and the Traveling Yard Sale

By RLB Hartmann
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The Floyd stories depict life in some parts of the rural South as it was only a few years ago, and -- at least in my neck of the woods -- can never be again. Floyd's unique solutions to life's problems inspire 13-year-old Josie to relate the misadventures of her friend as he deals with bureaucrats, "dibbies", a mini-pig -- and more. Set largely in the mountain region between Tennessee and North Carolina, these 16 stories offer encounters with Charlie the Circus Cat, a one-of-a-kind yard sale, Josie's (and Floyd's) triumph at the Rock Creek graduation, his watch possum, and the April picnic you won't soon forget. Ex-moonshiner and entrepeneur, Floyd can (as Mawie once put it) "make a cat laugh." Rich in imagery and best read aloud, FLOYD AND THE TRAVELING YARD SALE is a perfect gift for the storytellers and readers in your life.
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