Further West ― 12 Short Stories

Perry Cozzen has compiled a collection of 12 short stories for his book, "Further West". His west Texas drawl spills over into his writing and transports you to a place in time, further west, so “flat you can see the back of your head standing on a tuna can”, as Perry would say. The short stories in this book are fiction, well maybe half-truth, and are based on a way of life where the people made the most out of what they had and of what they could dream of having. Perry can twist a tale of vivid imagination and it’s prevalent in two particular stories, “Lou and Hal” and “Mother Nature”. When you read this book, you will have met Perry.

Perry Cozzen is a native of Lamesa Texas and grew up on a cotton farm. He attended Texas Christian University in 1963 to 1966 before he enlisted in the Air Force. After his service, he lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado and in Orinda, California before returning to Fort Worth, Texas and finished his degree at Texas Christian University in 1973. In 2012, he retired to Fort Davis, Texas, where he writes and takes photographs. Perry has had several stories published, and this book is a collections of his writings, told in his west Texas language.