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Taking Back the Bullet

By Jim Potter

Taking Back the Bullet
Now Available!
$19.95 Paperback, $4.99 Kindle
  • Publisher: Sandhenge Publications
  • Available in: Paperback and Kindle
  • ISBN: 9780979069703
  • Published: October 15, 2017
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This contemporary, character-driven novel is about people who are stigmatized. However, once they discover their true identities, each is empowered to begin the journey of life’s purpose.

The three main characters are police officer Tom Jennings, obese as a mutant Idaho potato in a jiggling gelatin suit; James Odessa-Smith with his schizoaffective disorder; and young Suanna Morningcloud, a person with albinism, half Nez Perce Indian and half Caucasian.

Meeting during a botched bank robbery in Prairie Grove, Kansas, they experience tragedy and trauma. Forever changed and connected, they are forced to ask, “Who am I and where do I belong?”

Taking Back the Bullet explores the themes of stigma, identity, and self-discovery. The multi-layered stories are an escape into reality.

Character Sculptures

J. Alex Potter, my talented wife, has created sculptures of the main characters in Taking Back the Bullet. We have included a video and some photos here.

Catalpa Morningcloud
Jonathan Odessa-Smith
Rabbit Chief Joseph
Tom Jennings, Prairie Grove K-9 police officer,
former Cottonwood County jailer
Jesse Jennings, Artist

Table of Contents

Read Chapter 1 to to preview the book.

  1. Book Ins
  2. Bookends
  3. Smoke Signals
  4. The Jayhawk
  5. Prank Gone Wrong
  6. Circles Upside Down
  7. Wild Horse Adoption Program
  8. Snow White
  9. Bullying
  10. Polyphemus
  11. Sirens
  12. Bullets
  13. The Natural You
  14. Good Cop, Bad Cop
  15. Chinese to Go
  16. The Ark
  17. Flint Hills Furies
  18. Battle Buddies
  19. Eight & Sand
  20. Rhizomes
  21. Bat-Shit Crazy
  22. Social Media
  23. The Ax
  24. The Greys
  25. Superheroes and Archvillains
  26. Rabbit Chief
  27. Postpartum Depression and PTSD
  28. Nothing But the Truth
  29. Forget-Me-Nots
  30. Moon-Children
  31. Brain Guppies
  32. Pass the Relish
  33. The Chief
  34. Phoenix
    Appendix: Photographs

 

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