My name is T.F. Torrey. I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I love simplicity, philosophy, free software, open standards, public speaking, reading great books, and writing my own. I detest hypocrisy, dishonesty, 99% of television, and willful ignorance. These interests combine in various books, online projects, and other things. My passion is to write things worth reading, but that isn’t enough; I also need people to read them. So half my time is spent finding new ways to bring my work to the attention of potential readers. It all comes together with this website, my gateway to the world. Look around, let me know what you think, and I’ll do my best not to waste your time. And as always, thanks for reading. It’s the greatest compliment anyone can give a writer.
My Books
I like to think that my books are most similar to those of Donald Westlake, which is to say that they are high quality writing about whatever interests me at the moment: sometimes just a damn good story, sometimes mystery, sometimes horror, sometimes a deep introspection about the human condition, and sometimes all these things at once. My books are published and republished through the venue most advantageous to me and my readers, whether that is a large press, small press, or something else. Ultimately they end up available in many formats in many places. These pages are the definitive guide to my books, their editions, and where to find them.
- The Desert King
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Tonto National Forest is a vast wilderness preserve northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. Imagine being lost there. Imagine being hunted there. That’s The Desert King.
- Winter Kills
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A terrible crime rips Victor Storm from his early retirement of simplicity and philosophy and pits him against a desperate criminal and an inept bureaucracy on a quest for justice.
- First Lies E-Book now FREE!
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Stories of spirits and souls, demons and devils, cemeteries and ghosts, unexplained phenomena and random violence, imagined and tortured as only a beginning writer can.
My Online Projects
Some of my projects are, for the moment anyway, directed more at building online content rather than physical books.
- My Weblog
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My thoughts and observations about writing, reading, publishing, and whatever I want can be found in my weblog.
- My Lifestream
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Most of my Internet activity, collected and shared in one place, with a feed.
- Reviews
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Sometimes (less frequently than I like) I write reviews of books, and I try to keep an organized list of them.
- My Ficlets
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Exercises in flash fiction first posted at the now-defunct ficlets.com, plus some of my favorite stories from other authors.
My Stores
I truly wish it was enough to merely write things worth reading, but I find myself getting hungry sometimes. So, though I find the process crass and distasteful, I still have to hawk my wares and urge people to buy them. If you’re feeling intrigued or generous, check out these links.
- Direct
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Perhaps the best option for getting my books is to purchase them direct from the author using the page on this site. You can get them signed and personalized any way you like, and it’s a great way to support things worth reading and independent media.
More Information
- About This Site
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Information about this site, its author, privacy, and other technicalities is collected under this page.
- About T.F. Torrey
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The rare reader who wants to know more about me may find something of interest on my biography page.
- Speaking
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I have become an avid practitioner of public speaking, and I have honed my skills through independent study, college classes, and membership in Toastmasters. It is my pleasure to speak to any group about not just my work, but about any of my interests, particularly free software, open standards, and living simply.
Coming Next
The writing of these books is being finalized, and publication arrangements are being considered. If you are a publisher looking for a solid story, or if you know one you’d like to introduce, this is the right time.
- The Broken Jack
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Readers of The Desert King wonder what the hell happened to Jack. This book will answer that question.
- Taxi Adventure
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A forgotten briefcase brings a long day of trouble to the offbeat cars and oddball drivers of Taxi Adventure, a taxi tourism company in downtown Phoenix. Race Rivera and his girlfriend Tiara Banks rush to find and return it before the owner runs out of patience–or her father finds out.
- The Dancing Queen
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Six years after The Desert King, Jack has his biggest adventure yet, maybe ever.
On The Back Burner
These will be the next priority projects, unless someone changes my mind.
- Second Sight
- An anthology of ficlets, short stories, and dark imagination.
- Spring Rains
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After the drama of Winter Kills, Victor finds himself back in class, and looking for trouble.
On The Shelf
These projects have some ingredients in the can, and some meat on the bone, but they are not currently being worked on. Although, given the right display of interest, I could be nudged.
- Summer Storms
- The original Victor Storm story is becoming the third novel in the Crusader series. Slowly.
- Paper Cuts
- A killer seems to have stepped from the pages of a young writer’s short story onto the darkened walkways of a cold college campus in upstate New York, and the only people able to catch him are the author and his friends–except that they’re also the prime suspects.
- The Tonto Ten
- Following his adventures in The Desert King, Jack can’t resist the desert, and gets all he can handle.
