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Kirby Michael Wright

George and Kirby are unhappy dorm dwellers at CU-Boulder's Baker Hall. Both have received poor midterm grades, and both are sick of the weather after being hit by a series of snowstorms. George suggests a road trip in his Pontiac Catalina. Kirby likes the idea, and the duo sets out for parts unknown in the west. They encounter challenges in rough and tumble Grand Junction and greasy spoons that harken back to the Wild West, on their way to Las Vegas. From there, the journey becomes a cross...

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Kirby Michael Wright

What happens when two college students decide to leave behind the routine of campus life and hit the open road with little money, few plans, and a hunger for adventure? Riding Shotgun takes readers on a wild, unpredictable journey across America alongside Kirby and his larger-than-life friend George "Wildman" Holiday. Leaving behind Boulder and the pressures of college, the two friends set out in an aging Catalina, traveling through snow-covered mountains, desert highways, Southern college...

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Kirby Wright

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OREGON

Tony and Evo escape from Malpaso Ranch with Judith and her daughter Sarah. Evo spots a hobbling golden retriever on the side of the road—it's Cosmo!They all make the Cali-Oregon border and continue on into Medford. Their goal is to make it up to Crater Lake before nightfall. They are turned back from a direct path to the lake by a Medford park ranger who claims they will 'meet their Maker' if they continue. Forced to head into K Falls, Tony is warned by a drifter at the K Falls ref...

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Kirby Wright

Growing up in Honolulu isn't all it's cracked up to be for Jeffrey Gill. After he gets into prestigious Punahou School, his rite of passage includes losing the babe of his dreams to a creep, surviving Killahaole Day, and getting pushed around by the school bully. In the world of academics, Jeff knows he's hardly Stanford material. Uncle Sharkey teaches Jeff the sweet science and he beefs his arch enemy at Waialae Golf Course. He salvages his senior year by getting into a mainland college a...

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Kirby Wright

A boy is suspended from Punahou School for cutting clazz and must face the wrath of his father. He runs away from home to avoid a beating and is taken in by a family in Waimanalo.

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Kirby Wright

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California

Paris Hilton and Lady Gaga are dead. So is the President. Psytrance parties rage as Palm Springs burns. Police and fire departments are gone. Marital Law is imposed to deal with the riots but the military is overwhelmed when Mexicans storm the border to reclaim California. Warlords battle private security forces for control of coastal towns.Power, gas, and water are luxuries. Hummers and Motor Coaches are obsolete. The internet and cells are inoperative. Wifi is history. Stores hav...

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Kirby Wright

This is the Memorial Booklet handed out at the Memorial Service for Harold S. Wright on September 4th, 2010 at Diamond Head Memorial Park.It includes the original poem "The Hurdler" as well as family photos.

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Kirby Wright

These dreamscapes explore the places of in-betweens, the gray zone between life and death, living and dying. Would father make love again to his wife's best friend, even though she's become a zombie? Why is Gramma chasing the narrator out of the rest home? Has father learned a lesson in empathy when forced to breathe out of a keyhole? Does a reclining babe in lingerie really morph into a picture?These dark stories rely on humor and eros to electrify the quirky characters.

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Kirby Wright

Paris Hilton and Lady Gaga are dead. So is the President. Psytrance parties rage as Palm Springs burns. Police and fire departments are gone. Martial law is imposed to deal with the riots but the military is overwhelmed when Mexicans storm the border to take Imperial Beach. Warlords battle private security forces for control of coastal towns. Power, gas, and water are luxuries. Hummers and motor coaches are obsolete. The internet and cells are inoperative. Wi-Fi is history. Stores have bee...

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Kirby Wright

Father takes off for Colorado to help get his 17-year-old son situated at CU in Boulder. The experience is agony for the son because he must deal with his father's stewing hatred of him. The interior world of father and son are explored along with the dimensions of their dysfunctional family, including a sister hearing voices and an older brother raging with sibling rivalry.

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Kirby Wright

This collection of flash and poetry explores the secret interior worlds of characters dealing with intense emotional landscapes. Some of the pieces flash back in time to reveal the underpinnings of feelings of inadequacy, such as the narrator in "Butterfly Season," who recalls a lost love in high school and beatings as a boy. The flashes drive this book foward with intense relationship moments as couples either battle the odds to stay together or throw in the towel. There's even a flash ba...

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Kirby Wright

See the little girl clutching the Teddy Bear?Take an excursion into her childhood to see how she was affected when her parents divorced.