"FALSE DANDELIONS": Story Clip

From Southern noir "FALSE DANDELIONS", a young disabled war veteran LAMAR enters a bank to apply for a loan...

Bank patrons begin to stare.
Maneuvering his aluminum crutches, Lamar heads toward the Loan Manager's desk.
A vase of fresh-cut, yellow dandelions and a gold-lettered name plate spelling JENNIFER DAY ornament the desk.
Sitting behind the glossy oak desk, donning a sunny Southern smile, Jennifer gestures Lamar to take a seat.
Only a year or two older than Lamar, youthful-looking Jennifer tries her best to be professional as possible and not stare.
Lamar leans his crutches against the cushion chair next to the desk then sits.
Jennifer politely asks "What can I do for you today?"

We quickly learn that Lamar's left leg wasn't the only part of his body damaged in the war as the young man struggles to speak...

'FALSE DANDELIONS' is a contemporary Southern crime fiction novel available now on Amazon. 

Posted on July 21, 2012 by rcstories1

Book ISBN: 978-1478273721......... Set in rural Virginia, ‘FALSE DANDELIONS’ is a contemporary Southern crime fiction novel filled with romance, small town secrets, broken dreams and murder as locals from Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg, including a young disabled Iraq war veteran, stop a misguided band of Washington, DC criminals from setting up shop in their quiet town. When Lamar returned home from Iraq they gave him a hero’s welcome but he actually never felt like a true hero until he pulled off his greatest mission ever. A mission that will make this disabled vet a local legend, and a mission that will literally blow you away. Jesse is a rising star but when his mother’s body was found in the murky waters of the Rappahannock, he trades his prized guitar for a shotgun. Ever since Turtle was little, he was always somebody’s errand boy. Now, twenty years later, he decides to break the mold and that is just the beginning of many mistakes Turtle will make. Randolph Randy Camp’s ‘FALSE DANDELIONS’ is about the lives and dreams of underdogs. When you’re stuck in a nowhere place, physically or mentally, you dream of leaving. When you’ve been a nobody and strive to become somebody, sometimes you succeed, sometimes you don’t. Once again, this prolific award-winning writer paints a straight forward picture of contemporary Southern life and reminds us that, regardless of your income or race, there’s a touch of Jesse in all of us and there’s a little Turtle in all of us. If you like Southern noir fiction then Randolph Randy Camp's 'FALSE DANDELIONS' is an absolute must-read!
‘FALSE DANDELIONS’ is available in paperback and eBook (Kindle) on Amazon.
Writers Guild of America, East Reg# R25183, October 2008
US Copyright Office Reg# PAu 3-414-222, October 2008

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One summer. Seven hearts. 29 Dimes. It wasn’t your typical LA summer. No one could’ve predicted what happened that day in Silver Lake. It was a summer of passion, confusion, and growth.
                                                     One hot, crazy summer.
                                                      Seven hungry hearts.
                                                     29 Dimes.
Award-winning, prolific writer Randolph Randy Camp creates a moving, tender love story amid a wild, crazy summer as Teki, Ronnie, Pepe, Brittany, Kalib, Tip, and Valerie each will have an experience that will forever shape and change their young lives.
Valerie has the kind of natural beauty that belongs on magazine covers. All the guys in Silver Lake dream about her. One guy will get lucky this summer and win her heart.
A gifted storyteller, Randolph Randy Camp offers the reader a realistic glimpse of the Los Angeles community of Silver Lake. If you still believe that love can happen to the most unlikely people and love still can be found in the most unusual place, then Randolph Randy Camp’s ’29 Dimes: A Love Story’ is certainly a must-read for you. 
                                       One Summer. Seven Hearts. 29 Dimes.