PAWN – A Novel About Reality

From the author:

I wrote this book because I could not write the one I wanted to.  I had a friend, Tiny, who lived in Vancouver, BC Canada, that had a lifetime of experiences with the paranormal.  They were frightening and intense.  When I met her and she began to relate to me her life story I recognized it would make a terrific book.  I asked if I could write it and she said yes.  She gave me a lot of information via email and postal mail.  Then I flew to Vancouver and met her.  That trip had a great impact upon me.

Tiny not only told me her tales but showed me some of the places events took place.  More than her story, however, I learned about the person, the woman, I wanted to write about.  She was fun, kind, open-minded and open-hearted.  Our friendship strengthened and I looked forward to working with her on the book.  I was full of excitement when I flew back to Texas.

Within a few days I had put together the bare outline of her story.  I wrote a short version and sent it to a few magazines.  FATE magazine accepted my piece.  I was ecstatic.  But I had to get an affidavit from Tiny to verify I was telling her story and not just making it up.  That was more than a problem.  It was a disaster.

After I told her what I needed and explained what it was for she put me off a while and then told me to forget the whole idea.  She became defensive.  It was not the Tiny I had met in Vancouver.  Something wasn’t right but there was nothing I could do but drop the book.  Some might think she was making it all up and suddenly became frightened what she said might actually be published.  I am convinced otherwise.  From early on I understood that her experiences were not just in her past, but in her present.  I’m sure her reasons for dropping the story are far more ominous and disturbing than simply being caught in a lie.

Only a few days after her telling me to quit the project she just stopped writing.  I heard nothing for a year and then a few brief emails telling me she’d been badly ill.  After that, nothing at all.

Loosing the book opportunity was depressing.  Loosing my friend was heart-breaking.  After a while I considered what I could do with the information she gave me.  I decided to write a novel somewhat based on her story.  That novel is PAWN.  It’s not exact but it does relate the life she lived.

This book is dedicated to her memory.

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