THE FEEDSTORE CHRONICLES by Travis Erwin

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The Feedstore Chronicles

By Travis Erwin

Travis Erwin is a unique individual who loves meat, but don't hold that against him! I first met him through cyber-land via a Yahoo Chick Lit group of all places I think, years and years ago, because yes, he does write women’s fiction, but today I’m sharing his memoir called The Feedstore Chronicles. We’ve been pals for a long time, and his book is hilariously funny about him coming-of-age while working with a crazed boss in a feedstore. Don’t know what a feedstore is? I didn’t either, until I heard about Travis’ book and then the next day I was driving down a street here in AZ that I drive down practically every day and lo and behold, there’s a FREAKING FEEDSTORE a mile from our house! (It’s a place you can get food for animals like cattle and horses!)

So, here’s the back-of-the-book blurb on The Feedstore Chronicles, seriously some laugh-out-loud stories of when Travis was 16 and trying to figure out those things that 16-year-old boys are trying to well, figure out! … 

Welcome to Pearl's Feed and Seed Most coming-of-age stories are fraught with symbolism, hidden metaphors, and a heaping mound of other literary devices. Not this one. Not mine. You see, I came of age while working at a dusty Texas feedstore. A place where To Kill a Mockingbird involved a twelve-year-old and a BB gun. Of Mice and Men was a problem easily solved with rat poison. And David Copperfield was nothing more than a dude that made shit disappear. In the spring of 1989, I went to work at Pearl's Feed and Seed for a man named Doyle Suggs. On the surface Doyle and I had little in common: I was a rosy-cheeked boy of sixteen; he was a twice-divorced, thirty-year-old high school dropout. I had yet to go on my first date; he was trading sex for horse feed in the back room. Sure, Doyle was a lout, a liar, and a lecherous derelict. To this day, he remains the most morally bankrupt man I've ever met, yet my life wouldn't be half as blessed, had I missed out on his misguided education. The Feedstore Chronicles is a mostly true account of those days and when murderous ex-wives, well-hung bulldogs, and feed room fornication were all part of a normal day at Pearl's.

I’m guessing most of you have never heard of a ‘feedstore.’ So instead, tell me which STORE is your favorite store?

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