ROBERT TOWNSEND
a series of life story posts
Research Suzdal, The Executioner’s Son
Suzdal, Northeast Russia, Early 1950s by Robert Townsend This article is a working document—background research assembled to keep the fiction honest. It draws on Russian-language sources, Memorial Society databases, German...
AI, the Creative Arts, and me
Artificial intelligence is at fiction’s front door. Like any innovation, it had advantages and disadvantages. You approach with care. The automobile gets you from here to there quickly and in...
Spirit Falls, Novel 1 in ‘The Long War’ series
Two children. One wilderness. A friendship that becomes their salvation. The Korean War rages far across the ocean, but in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula, six-year-old Marie-Jeanne Charbonneau walks into the...
Redemption
Soldier, Son, Father, Husband Yonder man, while his spirit was diseased, Himself had joy in his own evil plight, Though to us, who were sane, he brought distress. But now, since he has...
Wounded, Novel 2 in ‘The Long War’ series
The second novel in The Long War series A sweeping tale of exile, hope, and resilience, WOUNDED Book Two of The Long War saga. In the spring of 1960, tragedy...
The Fragility of Truth
In the shadow of a global stand-off, the official narrative of a nation often clashed with the memories of its people. Ideology dictated what was true, and the line between...
Friends
Anonymous Authors Friends, dear friends, Berlin friends Friends visited Patrice and I in France last week (June 18-22, 2025). I had met Alexandra, Jill, and Garrit in 1972 (thereabout) when...
Notes, North Wisconsin, 2025
Lower Pasture, Fall MERRILL Wisconsin In April (16-25, 2025), I booked a trip 'home' to Gleason, Wisconsin, as my older sister, Arlene, a resident of Pine Crest, was ill. It...
