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I was born a sharecroppers son, a few miles outside Kennett, Missouri. I grew up on the farm and led a very sheltered life until I was drafted into the US Army in 1969. After serving my country as a medic, then a tank-crew member, clerk, intelligence specialist and military policeman, I went into law enforcement and spent twenty plus years as a patrolman, sergeant, detective, training officer and assistant chief of police. I held a license for six years as a private detective, served as a councilman and then was voted in as Village president. I'm married with six children and an increasing group of grandchildren. I now work in corporate security, having retired from the police department. I am the a! uthor of two books, Dreams In Blue: The Real Police and Rubal. Both can be found at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Straightforward and Creepy, January 23, 2007 By  Susan O'Neill (Andover, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    The title says most of it: Huffman's young protagonist narrates this tight, well-written story of a father who exposes his young son to violence. The suspense is not weakened by the fact that the splatter is offstage, because its true horror is in the characters' compulsions and rationalizations. "Confessions" could use a good editor to offer the odd comma--an all-too-common problem here on Amazon Shorts--but it's a solid read, straightforward and creepy. Susan O'Neill, author: Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Viet Nam Comment Comment (1) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 1.0 out of 5 stars Dull and predictable., December 9, 2007 By  Lowell L. "L.L." (South Florida) - See all my reviews Based on the 5-star reviews, I was very disappointed in the lack of originality, dimension and feeling to this story. Yes, the description of the moon while driving was sweet, but not enough to carry the story. I got the distinct impression of someone ripping out a quick take, with not much emotion. Comment Comments (2) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Evolution of Abuse., June 9, 2007 By  Linda G. Shelnutt "Author" (Hotchkiss, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)       Richard Neal Huffman has a knack for opening a story instantly into an ozone gateway, allowing the reader immediate access to his fictional world: >> ... watching a large full moon glide from the top of one tree to the next as we sped down the deserted road, its black asphalt cooling from the day's hot sunlight. << "Confessions of a Serial Killer's Son" read somewhat like the crisp-capture style of "The Molester" by James Lee Burke, with snips of visions flashing through a First Person Narrative, providing an excellent sample of an author's voice via an Amazon Short. Both Confessions and Molester had surprise endings typical to short stories, almost too realistic, going with a sprint where novels are sometimes too squeamish to slide for a long haul. The facing of darker realities becomes a cathexis instead of a castration of hope, when experienced within the holistic aura of a true author with the aim of achieving clear exposure rather than searing slime. In both those offerings, the feeling I had after reading the concluding lines was: If we can comprehend the realism in these painful snips of life, maybe we can somehow ferret out a means of living beyond their seeming necessity. Instead of reading like a diary, as implied by the title, this story seemed to open an unflinching, crystal bright window into the childhood prison of this man's son. The window was clean. The view held no barriers of smoke or smudge, not for artistic effect, not for easing the shared experience from the heart of this boy. Upon first finishing the story, and realizing this son's altered convergence from his father's lessons, a reader will have certainly been surprised beyond anything he might have anticipated. Again, Huffman has brought to a story only that which could be accomplished by a career policeman who has melded his professional history into a skill of report writing designed into master storytelling. Note that a storyteller sets just the right pacing, and uses just the right amount of interjected detail, flashing snips of life into scenes (as exposed in the quote above). Under every shirt pocket, under every badge, is a unique heart, filled by its path of conclusions and choices. My Mantra: "Every minute of every day is a choice and a second chance." Some never learn that. Sometimes I forget it, and despair descends for a time, until I notice that a new sun is rising and a true dawn is clearing. Here is an author who can go into a dark mind and pace the path, then return to his right choices, breathing a large sigh of relief that he's a father and grandfather of many blessed children. Maybe life is a labyrinth of sand-boxes and soap-boxes, Linda Shelnutt Comment Comments (2) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 3 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews