Cards and Corpses

NovelRecommended Ages: 17+Life in the big city isn't just pretty, it's getting downright dangerous for retired bounty hunter Gunner Long. And complicated to boot.As a favor to a friend, he has taken on two employees, a move he figured would allow him to solve more cases. But there are only so many cases needing a private investigator's attention and in the midst of a dry spell, Gunny finds himself sub-contracted by a spiteful dwarf.A supposedly simple look into a rich businessman's gambling debts and infatuations rapidly spins out of control as the bodies start to pile up. With seeming everybody trying to hassle, pummel, and shoot him, Gunny is pushed to the limits while trying to figure out just who in the vast rogues gallery around him is the guilty party. Byron Gordon grew up in the rural Eastern Shore of Maryland, USA. One of six children, he soon discovered his love of reading, ranging from the clever humor of P.G. Wodehouse to the epic fantasy of Tolkien to the fast paced science fiction of Timothy Zahn. Fed on this widely varied diet, his imagination blossomed and he began to write, desiring to create worlds and adventures of his own.After realizing the bleak financial prospects of an aspiring writer trying to break into the fiction realm, Byron enlisted in the United States Coast Guard. He spent an extra week in Coast Guard Boot Camp (Cape May, NJ) for writing during the breaks between classes. After Boot Camp he traveled to California for training in radio communications. Following the completion of his training, he spent three years on a Coast Guard Cutter, interdicting and repatriating illegal migrants. He currently is still on active duty and plans search and rescue efforts on the east coast of the USA.Despite the intense, and often hectic, schedule that military life entails, Byron has continued to write in his free time. While writing a complete novel still proves elusive, he has composed multiple short stories and a small amount of poetry. In the spring of 2011, he started publishing his writings electronically and now has a fair number of short stories and poetry available online in a variety of formats.