"Tony's Bike" Excerpt

Summer vacation is over. It's the first day of school. We see backpacked kids of all shapes and sizes crossing their well-manicured lawns and strolling the sidewalks leading towards the sheltered bus stop at the edge of Stonebridge's entrance. In the background, we see a 'HOUSE FOR SALE' sign posted in the Curtis' front yard. Stepping out the door, Sheila takes a glance at the Curtis' house then sighs disappointedly while crossing the lawn. On the sidewalk, we see MS-stricken Tony awkwardly pedaling his glistening metallic blue low rider bike with the sparkling gold-spoke training wheels and stylish low-dipped banana seat. Tony's mother is close behind ,carrying Tony's backpack in her hand.  Ms. Miller waves 'hello' to Sheila. Sheila's gloomy face blossoms into a cheerful sunflower as she observes Tony's crippled legs slowly keep the flashy low rider bike moving along.
                                                                   TONY
                                                            (slurred: to Sheila)
                                                YYyyeah ,II'm bbbbaaddd.



Amused, both Sheila and Ms.Miller dispense Light Chuckles...

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.
‘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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