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Nancy Hartney writes non-fiction and short stories. “Washed in Water: Tales from the South” is her debut collection of short stories July 2013.

Previously her short stories have appeared in Voices, a mid-west regional anthology, and Echoes of the Ozarks. Western fiction pieces appear in Cactus Country and Frontier Tales, print and e-zine editions.

Her non-fiction articles and photographs appear in The Chronicle of the Horse, Sidelines, and the Horsemen’s Roundup, where she writes on foxhunting, rodeo, horse events, and mule jumping. Her book reviews have appeared in the Ft. Worth (TX) Star Telegram, Fayetteville Free Weekly (AR); and, articles and photographs in American Iron, a motorcycle magazine. General interest pieces appear in the Nort
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New Novel on the Way: The Blue Bottle Tree

Logline: Revenge is still the best option in the Deep South

I’m working on another novel, The Blue Bottle Tree. The title springs from the once ubiquitous bottle trees that dotted the Southern landscape meant to warded off malicious haints, those folkloric ghosts which bring harm, sometimes cause death, to the living. Historically, the trees used all blue bottles; however, multi-colored bottles can

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