Southern Gentlemen

Set securely in the Southern psyche, the 13 stories blossom into quirky portraits of the male ego. These genre-bending tales find the sweet spot between literature and storytelling.A self-proclaimed foodie convinces himself he has women figured out, until he doesn't. Can a freshly orphaned teenager avoid becoming a ward of the state? A homeless veteran struggles for survival in his home country. Two folk artists use chainsaws to dual for the affections of a young runaway girl."Through his mastery of voice and dialog, Tony Burnett's characters become larger-than-life members of your dysfuctional family."As an award winning poet, songwriter and finalist for the MIGHTY RIVER STORY PRIZE, Burnett displays a Southern populist voice."His characters are eccentric and endearing. A cross between an episode of Weeds and a Cohen brother's film." - Meg Tuite, fiction editor at CONNOTATION PRESS and author of Domestic Apparition. Burnett's short fiction and poetry appears in over 40 national literary journals including Tidal Basin Review, Short Story America, Sixfold, Fringe, Connotation Press and Red Dirt Review. He lives in central Texas where he serves on the Board of Directors for the Writers' League of Texas. He writes feature articles on environmental politics, green building and organic agriculture. His hobbies include having philosophical conversations with vegetables, wandering aimlessly about and frolicing with his trophy bride, Robin.