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Randy Thornhorn

Born

in The United States

August 27, 1955

Died

May 06, 2016

Website

http://www.thornhorn.com

Genre

Fiction, Southern Literature, Magical Realism

Influences

B. Traven, Ray Bradbury, Flannery O'Connor, Charles Portis, Ken Kesey ...more

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Randy Thornhorn is the teller of many tales, including this one. His most recent work is the acclaimed Southern music novel The Kestrel Waters, the epic sequel to his novel Wicked Temper. Author of the longest fiction ever published in The Oxford American Magazine, most of Mr. Thornhorn's stories occur in a displaced world, a fable-infested Southern region some would surely deem unsafe. He visits often, sometimes stays the night. Other nights he might be found on a wooded hilltop somewhere east of Montgomery in the land of Alabama.

He seldom sees angels fly his skies. But magpies are another story. ...more

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Randy Thornhorn's Blog

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Dear Courage …

You and I both know that after

all the things you truly believed

when you said them to me, in your heart

you will never ever again be able to trust

or believe anything you say, vow, or

promise to anybody else.

Never. Not ever again.

But there is a fix for that.

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Randy Thornhorn’s books

Average rating: 4.02 · 599 ratings · 153 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wicked Temper 3.78 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kestrel Waters 4.28 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Be The Christis, The Kid Beheaded really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turpitude 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Axman's Shift: A Love Story 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wicked Temper Creation 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Howls Of A Hellhound Electric 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Johabeth's Holler 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rain Goblin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orphan Home 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Can there be any question that the human is the least harmonious beast in the forest and the creature most toxic to the nest?”
― Randy Thornhorn

tags: conservation, global-warming, harmony, inspirational, nature, nature-of-man, nature-s-beauty, nuclear-bomb, nuclear-proliferation, nuclear-threat, nuclear-war, nuclear-weapons, peace-on-earth, war, warfare

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“If you got the devil to pay, he'll want extra red-eye on his biscuit. He always do.”
― Randy Thornhorn, The Kestrel Waters : A Tale of Love and Devil

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“Matthew Birdnell better walk soft or my Preacher-Daddy's gonna break them long legs of his and use em to beat some Jesus into him.”
― Randy Thornhorn, Wicked Temper

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