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The writers, musicians, and artists featured on this website come from varied backgrounds, experiences, politics, religions, influences, training, studies, and interests. They're a diverse lot with a lot to offer. Their work appears in a variety of forms, from books and CDs to crafts and instruments. Some writers have been featured in "year's best" anthologies, magazines, and journals around the world, while others have been featured in podcasts and on radio and television. Please explore the links to the works of these talented people, found on the Friends &... page. Maybe you'll run across a work that you'd like to read or listen to. We hope so.

Christopher Steven Fuqua's work has appeared widely in publications such as Main Street Rag, Iodine, Brutarian, Slipstream, Poet, Pearl, Bogg, Sulphur River Literary Review, Chiron Review, DAW Books' The Year's Best Horror Stories, Cemetery Dance, Christian Science Monitor, Honolulu Magazine, Naval History, The Writer, Best of the Net 2006, and many others, most listed on this site's fiction and nonfiction pages. His published books include Big Daddy's Gadgets, Notes to My Becca, Divorced Dads, Music Fell on Alabama, and the four-novel audio series Deadlines. A University of West Florida graduate, he has passed himself off as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, English tutor, substitute teacher, furniture and flute craftsman, janitor, respiratory therapy technician, gas station attendant (when such things existed), salesclerk, and many more roles not worth mentioning. He is now a full-time freelance writer, which is to say he's in constant debt. Entries about his literary work appear in Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 23rd Edition and Who's Who in Entertainment, 3rd Edition.


It has become apparent that, even to many of the most skeptical, the planet is in trouble, that time is running out for positive action to save the environment and the myriad species it supports. Still, the message has a long way to go to be understood, accepted, and acted upon positively by a majority, which is where organizations such as Musicians United to Save the Earth (MUSE) come in, using music, film, and literature as vehicles to promote understanding and change. Please visit www.coolourplanet.com to hear music from artists around the planet, music to celebrate the environment and inspire positive change, including two songs by C.S. Fuqua, the new age instrumental "Rain," and the song "Again," which explores the apocalyptic consequences of humanity's present path.


Out from Reverse: Letters to the PresidentOut from Reverse -- Letters to the President features songs by a group of diverse musicians and styles who have donated their music to benefit those most directly and adversely affected by the invasion and occupation of Iraq. All proceeds from CD sales go to the Armed Forces Foundation and Operation Iraqi Children. The CD is the brainchild of Kimberly Streible who heads the La Grange, Kentucky-based band A Death in Summer. C.S. Fuqua's songs, "Devil Disguised" and "We Used to Sing (My Country 'Tis of Thee)," both written in response to the invasion and occupation ofIraq, have been included on the CD and are also featured on Neil Young's Living With War website. With her own debut CD Towards Tomorrow coming soon from Sour Lamp Records, Kimberly has assembled a diverse collection of styles on Out from Reverse that explore the frustration with and opposition to the war in Iraq and the desire to help and support those most adversely affected, including U.S. military service personnel, their families, and the children of Iraq. The CD can be purchased at CD Baby or downloaded at ITunes. Learn more about the project and watch the promotional video at the Out from Reverse MySpace website.


 New age, folk, rock, and multi-genre music by C.S. Fuqua is now available for licensing for commercial use. If you have a project for which you'd like music that's not the conventional radio fare, please explore Fuqua's available songs and instrumentals at Pump Audio.

Just a Human Japan-based band Neo Epoque has released the CD/DVD package, Just a Human, an eclectic mix of musical styles, video, and animation, featuring the band Neo Epoque and works by some of their musical and artistic friends, including a new-grass song by C.S. Fuqua entitled "Killing the Buddha." View a 2-minute trailer for the package on YouTube. For information on ordering, visit the band's website where you can listen to the monthly Internet radio program and get more information about the band's activities and other CDs.


The Native American FluteThe Native American Flute: Myth, History, Craft, published by Awe-Struck Books, separates flute myth from flute fact to provide a better understanding of the Native American flute’s true place and function in history and in today’s culture, exploring aspects that have become obscured by the false contention that the instrument is and has always been nothing more than a tool with which a man could seduce a woman. The book details the development and use of the native flute by both women and men, as well as the myths that have grown up around its use. The book’s final section provides readers with detailed instruction on crafting both the ancient, end-blown native flute and the modern native flute. You can buy the book here. Read two reviews here.


Big Daddy's GadgetsBig Daddy's Gadgets, published by Awestruck Books, is a satirical, socio-political romp that one reviewer calls "heartwarming and full of adventure," a book "that will make you laugh as you follow along with Big Daddy and his time machine experiments." The book can be purchased at numerous Internet booksellers, includingFluteFlights here,


EPPIE award for best poetry collection 2008The Swing: Poems of FatherhoodEPIC, the professional organization for authors of print and electronic books, has awarded its highest honor, the EPPIE Award, to The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood as Best Collection of Poetry, 2008. From Uncial Press and available from Amazon.com, C.S. Fuqua's The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood explores the rewards and challenges of fatherhood. "C. S. Fuqua gives us a snapshot of a father doing his best at parenting in his delightful collection of poems, The Swing - Poems of Fatherhood... Although we have sons, these poems elicited thoughts and feelings from many experiences. A must for any (parent)." -- Willie Elliott for Myshelf.com, May 2007


Music Fell on AlabamaMusic Fell on Alabama, the trade paperback edition of the "folk history" of the diverse musical influence of the Muscle Shoals, Alabama, recording industry, is now available through most bookstores. Recounting the rich history of "The Hit Capital of the World," Music Fell on Alabama profiles such Alabama stars as W.C. Handy, Jimmy Buffet, the "Swampers," Fame Studio's Rick Hall, Hank Williams, Alabama, and others. The Crane Hill Publishers' hardback edition is now out of print, available only through used and collectible book dealers for a premium price. The new, updated edition can be ordered through the publisher, New South Books, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and other bookstores. Read a review here.


Eyes of a ChildFrom Uncial Press and available from Amazon.com, C.S. Fuqua's poignant short story, "Eyes of a Child," recounts a farmer's imprisonment of an angel in a desperate attempt to "heal" his severely handicapped daughter, but his demands -- and prayers -- are answered in ways he never dreamed. "In 'Eyes Of A Child' ... Hollis prays for a miracle to transform his physically and mentally handicapped daughter. But when an angel comes, Hollis captures her... and pleads with her to do something. Hollis is dying, the child's mother is dead, and he knows how cruelly the world will treat his daughter once he is gone...In the end, [the angel] does help Hollis and [his daughter], but in a way that [is] both tragic and joyful." -- Jim Reichart, Tangent Short Fiction Review, December 1999


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