WHEN THE TRUMPETS TAKE OVER
A modern (cozy) murder mystery


A symphony composer on a world-tour airship journey solves a murder mystery with the help of his estranged wife, a journalist who is working in outer space.
Available in Paperback HERE and on Kindle HERE.

My friend Michael is an airship enthusiast. He said if I drove 150 miles to visit I could record an interview with him. When I got there he refused, too shy. We talked and I took notes. It would have been a two minute interview. I typed up the notes and dropped them into Google's Notebook LM and the AI created a 10 minute "podcast." It did a good job. It is longer than the original would have been but the voices are easy to listen to. My tone of voice is rather serious and Michael sounds like Eeyore the donkey. All in all, I believe you will better enjoy this mechanically rendered version of the interview. I know I do. The airship referenced in the podcast is The Times of Carolina, the fictional modern airship in the novel When The Trumpets Take Over by Wilfred Emory.

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Airship Podcast



LIGHTNING AT NIKWASI: HOW SOUTH CAROLINA WAS SAVED IN 1730
A creative account of an historical enigma
Ready now and will publish in early 2026.


In 1730 South Carolina, a war was averted, a new nation begun, a colony launched into prosperity, and it all happened in an instant, in a remote Indian village called Nikwasi. What exactly happened and how remains a mystery. Although there were many eyewitnesses, their only agreement was on the central role played by a mysterious Scottish Baronet who arrived out of the blue on a ship called the Fox, dashed into the mountains, rushed back to the coast, and left again on the Fox. Wilfred Emory compiled the disparate record, added a little dramatization, and leaves readers to reach their own conclusions.