All posts by Jack Lyndon Thomas

Jack has published an illustrated book of poetry, Whirling Fire (1997), and memoir, Coyote Jack: Drawing Meaning from Life and Vietnam (2006), based upon his Vietnam experiences, which included earning The Bronze Star Medal for Heroism in Ground Combat, The Bronze Star Medal (First Oak Leaf Cluster) for Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations Against Hostile Forces, and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, while serving as an infantry officer/advisor to South Vietnamese militia. In October 1996 paid a return visit to operating area. He has ePublished his first novel, The Monsoon Killed the Tiger, a suspense/thriller , and is nearing completion on the first draft of Border Slot, in the same genre. In September 2013 Jack ePublished Lights on the Water/Depressions in the Sand: A Motorcycling Odyssey about his 105-day, 18,000-mile motorcycle journey and also ePublished Training Runs: The Regenerative Power of Motorcycling Back Roads, a collection of fifteen motorcycling journals that focus on learning to listen to his heart and soul. He has been published in motorcycle magazines such as Rider and BMWON. His motorcycling journeys have covered approximately 120,000 miles in over 30 years of riding. Additionally, the Houston Tribune published in its January 2001 issue essay about miscreant youths in ’50s suburban Houston, Texas, and in the fall of 2001, a prose poem and a short fiction piece appeared in Suddenly IV, an anthology of Texas writers. Jack also has been interviewed on both radio and television and has appeared as a paid performer reading selections from Whirling Fire. He has exhibited photography in juried art shows in Round Top and Salado, Texas, and was the July 1999 featured photographer/artist at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Houston. Jack is divorced, a retired CPA, and has two grown daughters and two grandchildren.

From The Monsoon Killed the Tiger

Kannon fired the remote, cycling a five-round burst. The metallic-sounding shutter clicks reminded him of the singular cracks of distant AK47 rounds. What the hell was Chấn referring to … this “unfinished business?” As far as Kannon was concerned, the business was finished long ago. The Monsoon Killed the Tiger 1d … <a href=Continue Reading ››

From Training Runs

The road has snared us, taking a wicked left without any warning. I too become airborne and both bikes shuffle to an abrupt halt from 35 mph. I have stopped concentrating on Steve since I am flying over the handlebars some 15 or 20 feet, landing softly on my side. My first thought is, “This … Continue Reading ››

Training Runs – The Regenerative Power of Motorcycling Back Roads

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