Category: Stories

A Short Story (My First Since Finishing My Book)

The picture above is of me and Winston, my unfixed 150-pound Newfoundland (TMI, sorry). It was taken in 1994, the same year in which the story you’re about to read takes place. This is the first significant writing project I took on after completing my book, Love Songs and Suicide: A Travel Memoir, Romance, and […]

French Quarter – New Orleans Travelogue Part 2

This is an excerpt from my book, Love Songs and Suicide: A Travel Memoir, Romance, and Tragic Musical Comedy. The first section is available for free. If you haven’t read a sample from my book yet, I’d recommend starting with chapter one. The book is also available on Amazon.   Chapter 2. French Quarter   […]

R. Ross Horton – Professional Killer with Words and Music

Thanks for visiting my online portfolio. My name is Robert. Sometimes I go by Ross, my middle name. I’m a contract killer who slays his victims with words (and music). In a good way, of course. Stories that Sell and Jingles that Stick (a Short Bio) Last year I published my first book—Love Songs and […]

Hangovers Upon Hangovers – New Orleans Travelogue Part 1

This is an excerpt from my first book Love Songs and Suicide: A Travel Memoir, Romance, and Tragic Musical Comedy. The book is also available on Amazon.   Chapter 1. Father and Son   My 69-year-old father and I were sitting outside on the Steamboat Natchez, a New Orleans cruise ship. “That jazz band is […]