D.J. PHINNEY

D. J. PHINNEY

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Welcome. I’m glad you’re here. If you like books with a sense of history, if you are looking for reads that illuminate the obscure, provoke thought, and provide characters to love and those you can love to hate, you are in the right place. Check out my short stories, my blog, and my newest book, The Anaheim Beauties Valencia Queen.

What happens when…
A boy falls for a beautiful girl
The girl falls for Hollywood…
And the Klan wants to own them both?

The Anaheim Beauties Valencia Queen by Dennis Phinney

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Welcome to My Blog

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Thank you so much for stopping by my website. I hope you will find something here to interest you.

So let me introduce myself. I am a novelist, a civil and mechanical engineer, a Vietnam-era Air Force veteran, a Catholic by faith. Politically I am a centrist who subscribes to neither party, although I like Ike and really-really like Harry Truman. I also like baseball, grandkids, golden retrievers, public works, trains, California native plant gardening, stories that make me think, people who try to tell the truth, and people who work hard and struggle. I don’t like deception, narcissism, greed, bullies, or people too lazy to look at both sides of an issue.

I like to write about what I know, but there is so much that we don’t know, or that I don’t know. And that’s why I write fiction.

If nonfiction serves up answers, fiction provides questions.

My debut novel, The Anaheim Beauties Valencia Queen tells the story of a young man whose longings for a father figure’s validation allow the Anaheim Ku Klux Klan to seduce him. His girlfriend Helen, having her own father issues, is similarly seduced by Hollywood. Neither Hollywood nor the Ku Klux Klan are known for their soft landings. I’d tell you more, but I don’t want to spoil the ending.

If nonfiction serves up answers, fiction provides questions. A lot of what I write is meant to engender good questions. I hope you will find something in my writing – both my fiction and my blogs – to enjoy and to make you think. And thanks again for stopping by.

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Rosemary Popovers

Buena Vista Pool Hall, Arboretum, and Wild Animal Preserve Recipe 4 – Spring 2020 Rosemary Popovers

Black Sage Venison with Wild Rice

Buena Vista Pool Hall, Arboretum and Wild Animal Preserve Recipe 3 – Winter 2020 Black Sage Venison with Wild Rice

Buena Vista Pool Hall, Arboretum, and Wild Animal Preserve Recipe 2 – Autumn 2019 Beer-Poached Wild Salmon and Wild Rice

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