Tony Burton

Tony Burton is a freelance writer who lives in northwest Georgia with his lovely wife, Lara, and their dog, Buddy. He is the editor of the Crime and Suspense e-zine and owns Wolfmont Publishing, a small-press publishing and creative company. His writing background includes over four years as a newspaper columnist, over ten years as a technical writer and curriculum developer, many years as a closet poet and short-story author and finally, two published novellas. When he isn't writing, he is working alongside his wife at creating their new home on 16 acres of mountain land.

Writing Visual Dialect in Fiction by Tony Burton (nonfiction)
      Standardized spelling is the magic trick that lets readers and authors know they share a vocabulary. But let's face it - different people pronounce words differently, and a fieldworker from Cornwall is unlikely to use American collegiate English. What can authors do to make words on the page sound the way they do in the air, without alienating readers? Tony Burton, author of "Bluetick," opens up his writer's toolbox.

Bluetick by Tony Burton (horror)
      A young black farmhand is desperate for money - and willing to weather a white farmer's disdain and hard labor for it. But as the reward is pushed further and further in to the future, he begins to have his suspicions about the person-sized mounds that surround the farm. A story of southern racism and supernatural vengeance.

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