R.C. Davis - Tellin' Stories  

​​CALENDAR

So, the calendar is on hold for a while and I think you may know why.

If things should change in regards to the state of the nation and events start occurring, I will start posting readings and such.

But I don't see that happening for  some time.

I will continue to post the 'Free Monthly Story' and perhaps, some new poems.

Maybe I'll blog if I've a mind too.

I have many stories to finish and three of them are novels.

This also includes the story I have to write every month for this site.

So, hang in there!

Come back once in a while and take a look.

If you get too bored hunkering down, read my book,
'When Walls Fall Down'
​It's a good story!

Still available at Amazon.
May the road rise up.
​
Slainte!
R.C. Davis
E. Casey
A. Penn
R. Reese
S. Chadalavada
M.L. Williams
A. Kibbie​
J. Fredrickson
S. King
Harper Lee
Fred Gipson
E. Hemingway
E. Poe

 
           Just a few words...

Hallo Everyone!
​I am R.C. Davis (C.F. McDaeid), a full time writer of fiction (novelist) and more often than not—a poet. Over the last twelve years of my writer’s life I have written eight novels, forty one short stories, and at least 1000+ poems. The majority of my work can be categorized as Adventure Romance. What is Adventure Romance you ask? Let me simplify it for you—adventure with a romantic element. My goal: to entertain. I wish to extract every emotion possible as my reader moves through my story. I want to make my readers feel as I did when curled up with a good book,simply getting lost in the pictures that the words paint across my mind.

Of course I am not always successful, but as with most things, it is measured by percentage, and I am satisfied that my approval rating sits well above the fifty percent mark. Even though one of my stories has been on a best seller list… I will admit it wasn't one of the 'Big ones'.

All I really  want is to tell you a story and hope you walk away fulfilled.

I have recently published a novel. It is actually no. 4 of my 8. The one I decided to allow out into the world.

‘When Walls Fall Down’ is a story about love and loss. It’s about prejudice, greed, hatred, kindness, acceptance, compassion, sex and sexuality, and how my characters cope with the fragility of being human. But there is also suspense, terror, fear, and dismay, challenged by courage, bravery and a wee bit of self-sacrifice in the name of love, all set in a European background at a time when the ‘Iron Curtain’ had rusted away and the Berlin Wall was coming down. If you wish, you may find and purchase 'When Walls Fall Down'  by C.F. McDaeid at: 

​www.amazon.com/When-Walls-Fall-Down-Adventure/dp/1790573637/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1576427278&sr=8-1
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​Or go to the: 'Comments' page, for Good Reads information
​Okay, moving on. The purpose of this site is to update you on anything that was submitted for publication and accepted, to share a poem or two, or maybe just tell a story. Anything to interject some emotion, beauty, or reflection into your day. I will also blog on occasion, just a little something to let you inside my head; for a moment.
Below, you will find a list of my publications, both Prose and Poetry. On the right, I will banner my latest story (offered exclusively to my website "friends") and the latest works of my colleagues. Please check out their websites and ask about them at your favorite bookstores.
We all would be most appreciative.    
On the left, you will find my calendar of events. Poetry, and Prose    readings that will be taking place locally, including workshops, book signings, and basic writing events, all within the state of Iowa.
    That's all for now. Read, enjoy--and then read some more!
  Slainte!

R.C.

My Works-Published

            'Cane Pole Logic'              'The Light In                       'Hodgepodge 

                 Amber Waves Of Grain -                      The Window'                                 Style' 

              A short story anthology Vol. 3                  Wapsi Almanac #16                                    Poetry

           Shapato Publishing                  Route 3 Press                 Strangecage Press
              'I Fall'                                 'Cyclophiliac'                      'Under The Eaves'
                                                                                                                     &
                                                                                                             'Murdering
                 (poetry)                                                      (poetry)                                  Boxelder'                         
             (on-line)                                                                          
           Jellyfish Whispers Anthology                       Backlit Barbell Anthology                   A Poetry Anthology
         Kind of A Hurricane                    Kind of A Hurricane                Sackter House
         Press                                          Press                                       Publications
              'Tread Mark On                 'I Can See~Fine'                    'Snowfall On 
               Airborne Cloud'                                                               Dead Leaves'

                        (poetry)                                               (poetry)                                        (Short Story/fiction)

               Poised In Flight Anthology                      Life is a Rollercoaster
                                                         Anthology
          Kind Of A Hurricane                 Kind of A Hurricane         The Daily Palette (on-line)
                  Press                                        Press                                       Iowa Writes

      
    'Losing My Muse'              'When Walls Fall              'Deepwater
​                                                      Down'                    Metamorphosis'
           Flash Fiction                                   An Adventure in Romance                                Short Story

             Wild Musette                               New Novel !                        Writer's of the Depths
​         Journal #1701                          R.C. Davis  writing as:                    A Community Anthology
​                                                         C.F. McDaeid                       brought to you by: The 
  Wild Musette-Publisher Of                                                                   Writer's Rooms
​    Fine Books and Music                 Find @ Amazon.com                 Available Nov. 5 
                                                                                         @ B&N-Nook                                                                                                                   Soon to be in paperback!  
Pinnacle 25
 
What is offered in a life stolen?
It is more about what we need.
You are bonded by age six
Ensnared by a carefully constructed scaffold,
of a solidly welded family unit.
Your time wasted by those with judicious intent
 
This will save you from:
Choking
Falling down the stairs
Getting hit by a car
Attacked by an animal
Poison…
 
Play on the sidewalk, not in the street
In the back yard, not in the alley
Not in a parking lot
Not in a canyon
or a dark wood.
 
You are old by age twelve,
reined in by sixteen
Your freedom arrives years later
You now have seven years to make up for lost time
A quarter of a century, the summit
In real life, no room for perfection.

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​  The Hopeless Romantic
 
  I am sorry
 
  I don’t love you
  I don’t love your face
  I don’t love your body
  Or any part of it
 
  I don’t love cars
  I don’t love clothes
  I don’t love money
  Or anything of a material nature
 
  I don’t love my methods
  I don’t love my privilege
  I don’t love my accolades
  And surely, not my pride
 
  Yet, if you must know…
 
  I love the wind as it stirs the world
  I love the trees who shade and shed
  I love the dew laden grass upon the hill
  And the sea, the stars, the gentle rain
 
  I love the sun that lights my path 
  I love the moon on my lonely nights
  I love the pain that reminds me that I’m alive
  And the sadness that unveils my frailty
 
  I love the empathy I see in your deeds
  I love the kindness I see in your faces
  I love the warmth I feel in your hands
  And your unconditional acceptance, when I fall
 
  But most of all—I love LOVE
                                                   ~C.F. McDaeid

STORY​

 Free Monthly Story:

Dream A Dreadful Dream
part 2

Authors & Poets​​

​NEW
RELEASE!
Now at Amazon.com:

When Walls Fall Down
An Adventure In Romance
by
R.C. Davis writing as
​C.F. McDaeid
We the Interwoven
Vol. 2

​
Introducing seven new voices—three fellows and four honorable mentions, all with stories that explore the theme of living between two worlds.
​
Presented to you from the Iowa Writer's House. Edited by
​Andrea Wilson

http://www.iowawritershouse.org/workshops/we-the-interwoven-volume-2
Erin Casey

From The Purple Door District comes book 2:
​
​Wolf Pit
On a bookshelf near you!
https://www.erin
​casey.org/
 Alexandra Penn
brings you book #4 of
 
​The Letter Mage
​
​

​Let Alexandra take you on a journey into space (you won't want to come home!)

https://www.alexandrapenn.com/
M.L. Williams

​ brings us, his humor in this delightful collection of short stories
​
​Ol' Doc's Cornfield Chronicles
​Featuring:

​ Snowball-Pony from Hell
​
https://tinyurl.com/yc4fsm3j
From 
S. Chadalavada
​comes:
 
​How Blue Is My Sapphire
​
Find it in: 'Rorschachs Ink'
​
​@ Amazon.com
Richard J. Reese

Cry, Angry Hills
​​
Amazon.com
From Jack Fredrickson:

Black Cage
​
A Milo Riggs Mystery
https://jackfredrickson.com/
Amelia Kibbie

​presents:
​
Legendary
​
Find Amelia at Kobo