Author of St. Michael Poker & Drinking Club and Baxter's Friends
My new piece, "The Winds Out of the Southeast", will be published in EDIFY FICTION'S mega one year Anniversary issue out this more...
Here is a link to the on-line version of "Prognostication" in Rose Red Review. At first reading it may appear to be a bit of whimsy, but on further consideration I think you will see a deeper more...
I've been notified my most recent short story "Clyde" will appear in an upcoming issue of Soundings Review, Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. I will update when I know the publication more...
Clyde, literary review, Ned Randle, Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, short stories, Soundings Review
My second novel is moving along nicely. I have a good draft and now working slowly through the draft to tighten it up, make sure it is cohesive and so forth. The new book is a prequel of sorts to BAXTER'S FRIENDS. Although the book features Jerry Baxter and Hugh Ferguson as teenagers, they are not the main characters. The protagonist is another boyhood friend. I'm more...
Baxter's Friends, Hugh Ferguson, Jerry Baxter, Ned Randle, novel, prequel, teenagers
I will be joining more than 20 St. Louis area authors at a fundraiser to support the construction of The Book House, a locally owned, independent bookstore. This should be a great event with books available for purchase and signing, readings, food, drink, auction items and other special offers. Details are: November 15, 2013 8 p.m. Schlafly Bottle Works 7260 more...
independent book store, literature, Ned Randle, Schlafly Bottle Works, The Book House
I've been asked, since the release of my novel Baxter's Friends whether I am familiar with the novelist Jonathan Franzen and whether his writing influenced me. The answers are- yes, I am familiar with him and no, he has not influenced my writing, for several reasons I will set out hereinafter. I assume I am asked these questions because we both are originally from the more...
Baxter's Friends, dick-lit, Harry Crews, Jonathan Franzen, Ned Randle, Oprah Winfrey, St. Jude, St. Louis, The Corrections
Down Cemetery Road is the much-anticipated prequel to the unforgettable Baxter’s Friends. Ned Randle raises the curtain on the formative years of Billy Bright’s life, revealing a formula for his adult years that is at once both intoxicating and utterly sobering. Down Cemetery Road delves into the disillusionment of adolescence sadly often shot down by mid-life.
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