Charles Phillips
The Sharpshooter 1862-1864 by Charles Phillips recently won Third Place in Reader Views Literary Awards--2012 in the category of historical fiction.
Charles Phillips is a native Texan and a public health professional living, writing, and teaching in the post oak savannah region of Texas. Some of his ancestors fought for The Confederacy; others fought for The Union.His short fiction has appeared in Flashshot, flashquake, HeavyGlow, Long Story Short, the Angler, Static Movement, Smokebox, Toasted Cheese, and the Vestal Review. His Old West historical fiction has appeared in The Copperfield Review, Short Barrel Fiction, The Western Online, and Rope and Wire. His stories in Rope and Wire can be found in its Featured Authors’ section. His short fiction has been nominated for StorySouth’s Million Writer Award, the Pushcart Prize, and for inclusion in the Best of the Web. His one-act play, 50 Minutes, was chosen as a finalist in Fifty 7 Production’s off-Broadway One-Act Play Festival, 2011. He earned his doctorate at the University of Texas and a degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
“THE FIGHTING IN THE PEACH ORCHARD AT GETTYSBURGPROLOGUE"The same young men who crowded each other as they faced the recruiters' tables now crowded each other as they died.”