Curt Orloff – författare

Thunder in the Wind is a historical novel concerning the assimilation reservation American Indians underwent at the turn of the twentieth century. The first part of the work describes how the Assiniboine, and one family in particular, deal with the onslaught of a society that not only was technologically superior, but also thought itself so morally superior it treats the tribe as if it was a hopeless dependent. The second part follows the exploits of the main character as he tries to unite the Plains, Great Basin, and Southwestern tribes in revolt, not to defeat the whites, but to scare them so badly they would restore to the Indians the selfhood they had stolen. Miskaw deals with the same trials Tecumseh experienced early in the previous century while uniting the tribes east of the Mississippi and, in dealing with them learns several truths about himself and the human condition. If not for hubris, the outcome of his endeavor may have been dramatically different.

Set in New Orleans and offshore during the oil boom of the late seventies and early eighties, Keys to the "V" Door is a coming of age adventure story of privileged youth who, instead of getting to enjoy a maturity of social advantages, finds he has to redress a wrong he committed as he tries to prove his father didn''t cheat the IRS. During his odyssey, Randall Cunningham recovers from the destitution he is reduced to when his father is arrested to track down an invoice he is sure would prove his innocence. While doing so he accesses inner strengths conformism once hid, redresses a wrong he committed, finds love, finds respect for women and helps establish a rape crisis center, fights the mafia, learns to appreciate those who he once just dismissed, and learns to take pride in the inadvertent professions of roustabout and roughneck he had to acquire in his pursuit of the paperwork. A yuppie becomes a hand, and is proud of it.