R.C. Davis - Tellin' Stories  

​​CALENDAR

The Parchment Lounge
5th Monday of the Month Reading

Nov. 30th
6:30pm

A virtual reading
of short stories by local writers.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84214733312?pwd=NkVHTk9YNmpoQkpLOFU4UmFleW9LZz09
Danielle Evans
and
Laura
van den Berg

will read from their short story collections
​
December 8, 2020 - 7:00pm

Virtual Reading on Zoom

Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XO9vGsTWSLGOwuiLFnzHlg 


Prairie Lights Books 
15 South Dubuque St.  Iowa City, IA
The Parchment Lounge
 
The Parchment Lounge
​
(free-write room) 
meets every Monday at Sanctuary Pub from 6:30-8:30pm

(this room meets virtually because of the Pandemic-follow the link)

https://www.thewritersrooms.org/the-rooms-1#parchment-lounge
The Rainbow Room

(LGBTQIA+ Safe space)

Meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday from 6:30-8:30pm.

(Meets virtually only-follow the link)

https://www.thewritersrooms.org/the-rooms-1#rainbow-room 
The Violet Realm
 
(Sci-fi/Fantasy)

Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays from 6-8pm.

(Meets virtually only-follow the link) 
​

https://www.thewritersrooms.org/the-rooms-1#violet-realm
The Golden Attic

(Poetry)

Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays from 6-8pm

(Meets virtually only-follow the link)

https://www.thewritersrooms.org/the-rooms-1#golden-attic
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

 
           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 thirteen 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 intracranial landscape .

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

Or you may also find me at AllAuthor or Good Reads.
​
​
​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
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                                                                                 and B&N Nook   
​                                                                                                          
   'Summer Corner'

        Flash Fiction

   The Four River Journal
    Summer Edition #8

      The Fourth River 
  A Journal Of Nature
And Place-Based  Writing
Published By The Chatham
​ University MFA Program
​


​  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
​MEMORIES CASCADE LIKE WATER DOWN MY DAY
E    e 
M     m
O   c     o
R       a     r
I    l     s       i
E      i     c       e
S   w    k     a      s
         a     e     d
C          t            e
A    d      e
S        o       r
C   m    w
A       y     n
D   d        
E      a 
          y     
L        
I    a     
K            
E    b     
           a     
W   b     b
A      r      b
T    o    o     l
E      f    o     i
R    c        k    n
           a            g
D    c      c                
O        o     o
W    f     g     p           
N        l     n     h           
       d     o     i    o         
M     i     a       t     n      
Y       s     t       i      i     
            t     i       o     c   
D          a    n      n                 
A           n      g       
Y            t         
                     By and by I ride the swells
     of an ocean of regret      Treading the aqueous depths
                                                      of profound images
                                                             Soon I grow
                                                                   tired 
                                                     Exhausted, I drown
                                                                             in my own
                                                                                   reflection

STORY​

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Authors & Poets​​

Writers Of The Depths

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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