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9.10.21 – The Apricot Boy – A Novella

From dark windows in dim lit desert towns, women fell deeply in love and so followed the wandering boy, he for whom magical trees grew in his wake.

“The visual descriptions and breadth of it are stunning…reminds me of the Alchemist or Khalil Gibran, with better writing.” Derek Murphy (Best-Selling Author)

“The Apricot Boy,” by Beard Bates, is a contemporary myth, an imaginative novella outside of time and space, that weaves the tales of a child who was predestined to wander, to enchant, and strangely pay some unknown price for being himself. A fractured and surreal love story between a boy and the girl next door; a story from the heart of dreams, which itself dreams to discover a truth of the universal heart; shape-shifting surreal mythology in the form of a ball of yarns…this is “The Apricot Boy.”

Available in eBook and Print copy here

7.20.21 – Whitey On The Moon – Single

To commemorate all the billionaires who are currently blasting themselves into space–(while the rest of us pay the bills)–I’m releasing a cover of Gil Scott Heron’s (1970) “Whitey On The Moon.” Single and Music Video.

9.2.20 – Bermetha and The Whale – Published

“Gritty…Grimey…Syrup-soaked and Jelly-filled. A punctured and oozing tale of true love, abuse, gluttony and unbelievable revenge, BERMETHA AND THE WHALE is the word-for-word transcription of an audio recording from an incarcerated man in 1980’s Ohio. No price is too high to pay to be free from “The Whale,” the world’s most horrific individual.

A unique piece of American literary fiction. A short story in magical realism. A work by Beard Bates.”

Available in eBook and Print copy here

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