Robert F. Lackey
Favorite Quote: "Either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing." - Benjamin Franklin
Robert Lackey is a native of Havre de Grace, Maryland, by way of Leonardtown, Maryland, and Mt. Airy, North Carolina, plus thirty-five other brief addresses in the U.S. and Europe. Robert has been a writer, soldier, photographer, and administrator, but always comes back to his writing. Stepping outside of technical writing in 2005, he focused his alternate passion on understanding life along the canal near Havre de Grace, and the uniqueness of Maryland history. That passion for history evolved into the historical novel “Pulaski’s Canal”, set in 1841 Havre de Grace, published in 2014. He then continued the story within the novel series: The Pulaski Saga.
The novels follow a representative family, from the mid to latter 19th century. The Pulaskis settle along the canal that passes daily between slave and free state, awakening them to the moral quandary of bondage versus humanity. From awakening to action, the husband and wife team face the real struggles of life in the 1800s while devoting more of themselves to helping runaway slaves escape north. As the years pass, their sons and daughter join them in the mission to do what they can, at a time when the country was tearing itself apart over slavery. The series exposes the reader to the actual national histories through the experiences of the Pulaskis. The author challenges the characters within that history by bold adventures, dangers in hate and war, and desperate searches for love, fundamental for a good read.
FUTURE PULASKI NOVELS:
Bloody Ground, Shallow Graves (1863-1865) - Spring 2020
Brutal Peace (1865-1870) - Fall 2020
Pulaski's Redemption (1870-72) - Spring 2021
Robert's award-winning flash-fiction "A Tub in Memphis" is an alternate history of the Martin Luther King assassination. His other published flash fiction includes "Abe Cook", "Temple Saloon", "One Word", and dark flash fiction "Lights Out", "Rainy Night", "Copy Errors" and "Sweethearts." Robert is a Past President and current member of the South Carolina Writers Association ( http://www.myscwa.org/ ) For a free emailed copy of any of his short fiction listed here, just send a request using the Author Contact page.
Follow Robert's current projects and regular updates among his friends on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RFLackey.author, and be sure to "like" the site. He also appreciates hearing from readers via the Contact Author page of this website. Below are a few photos of his favorite writing place.
Robert Lackey is a native of Havre de Grace, Maryland, by way of Leonardtown, Maryland, and Mt. Airy, North Carolina, plus thirty-five other brief addresses in the U.S. and Europe. Robert has been a writer, soldier, photographer, and administrator, but always comes back to his writing. Stepping outside of technical writing in 2005, he focused his alternate passion on understanding life along the canal near Havre de Grace, and the uniqueness of Maryland history. That passion for history evolved into the historical novel “Pulaski’s Canal”, set in 1841 Havre de Grace, published in 2014. He then continued the story within the novel series: The Pulaski Saga.
The novels follow a representative family, from the mid to latter 19th century. The Pulaskis settle along the canal that passes daily between slave and free state, awakening them to the moral quandary of bondage versus humanity. From awakening to action, the husband and wife team face the real struggles of life in the 1800s while devoting more of themselves to helping runaway slaves escape north. As the years pass, their sons and daughter join them in the mission to do what they can, at a time when the country was tearing itself apart over slavery. The series exposes the reader to the actual national histories through the experiences of the Pulaskis. The author challenges the characters within that history by bold adventures, dangers in hate and war, and desperate searches for love, fundamental for a good read.
FUTURE PULASKI NOVELS:
Bloody Ground, Shallow Graves (1863-1865) - Spring 2020
Brutal Peace (1865-1870) - Fall 2020
Pulaski's Redemption (1870-72) - Spring 2021
Robert's award-winning flash-fiction "A Tub in Memphis" is an alternate history of the Martin Luther King assassination. His other published flash fiction includes "Abe Cook", "Temple Saloon", "One Word", and dark flash fiction "Lights Out", "Rainy Night", "Copy Errors" and "Sweethearts." Robert is a Past President and current member of the South Carolina Writers Association ( http://www.myscwa.org/ ) For a free emailed copy of any of his short fiction listed here, just send a request using the Author Contact page.
Follow Robert's current projects and regular updates among his friends on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RFLackey.author, and be sure to "like" the site. He also appreciates hearing from readers via the Contact Author page of this website. Below are a few photos of his favorite writing place.
The Heron Oaks Word Factory, SC
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