C.S. Fuqua & Friends

The writers and artists featured here possess diverse and admirable talents and backgrounds. Their work is superb, appearing in book form, on CD (yeah, some are rockers!), in various "year's best" anthologies, and in magazines and journals around the world. If you have time for nothing else on this site, please explore the links to the works of these talented people, found on the Friends & More page.

C.S. 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, and 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 worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, English tutor, substitute teacher, furniture and flute craftsman, janitor, respiratory therapy technician, gas attendant (when such things existed), salesclerk, and more 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.

If you have a project for which you’d like to use music by C.S. Fuqua, the music can be licensed for commercial use through Pump Audio.

Out from Reverse -- Letters to the President

Out from Reverse -- Letters to the President is a new CD featuring songs by a group of diverse musicians 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. Streible, a published writer/lyricist/songwriter and English/psychology/anthropology major, approached various musicians to donate songs to the CD. 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 of Iraq, have been included on the CD. With her own debut CD Towards Tomorrow coming soon from Sour Lamp Records, Streible has assembled a diverse collection of styles that explore the frustration with and opposition to the war in Iraq and the desire to help and support those most adversely affected by that war, 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, watch the promotional video, and receive regular updates at the Out from Reverse MySpace Website.

Just a Human CD/DVD: The Japan-based band Neo Epoque has just released its new 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 band's monthly Internet radio program and get more information about the band's activities and other CDs.


The Native American Flute: Myth, History, Craft: Coming December 2007 -- The Native American Flute: Myth, History, Craft. Published by Awe-Struck Books, The Native American Flute: Myth, History, Craft strives to separate flute myth from flute fact to provide a better understanding of the Native American flute’s true place and function in history as well as 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. Read two reviews here.

Big Daddy's Gadgets: Big Daddy's Gadgets, published by Awe-Struck 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, including Fictionwise, or you can download the book directly from the publisher here or from Amazon.com.

The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood

EPPIE EPIC, the professional organization for published and contracted e-book and print authors, has awarded its highest honor, the 2008 EPPIE Award, to The Swing: Poems of Fatherhood as Best Collection of Poetry, 2007. From Uncial Press, 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 Alabama

Music Fell on Alabama, the trade paperback edition, a "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 preordered through the publisher, New South Books, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and other bookstores. Read a review here.

"Eyes of a Child": From Uncial Press, C.S. Fuqua's poignant short story, "Eyes of a Child," recounts the story of a farmer who imprisons an angel to "heal" his severely handicappeddaughter, only to have his demands -- and prayers -- answered in ways he's never dreamed."In 'Eyes Of A Child' by C.S. Fuqua, 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 Patsy, but in a way that [is] both tragic and joyful." -- Jim Reichart, Tangent Short Fiction Review, December 1999

For something musically different, please visit Fuqua's WindPoem AcidPlanet.com website.