John C Payne, Author

Born in Chicago but relocated to Wisconsin before entering the Army. I earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from St Norbert College and a Masters Degree from the University of Michigan. Writing is now my hobby. I integrated many of my personal experiences into words, paragraphs and chapters of exciting readings. These experiences represent twenty-years of active military service, three civilian entrepreneurial endeavors, teaching college at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and of course, other dubious life expeditions. The eight books are Fiction. I encourage you to buy here
THE THREE AND OUT TRILOGYThe Saga of a San Francisco Apartment Manager
Murder in a San Antonio Psych Hospital
Murder in a San Antonio Psych Hospital REVISITED
Pushed to the Brink
The Chicago TerminusTHE STAGE TRILOGYStage Four
Stage Five: The Reincarnation
Stage Six: The Infidelity Murders
AND
In Defense of Patch Schubert
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This is the first Three and Out book series featuring Rod Richards as the main character. Do you want to live and work in San Francisco? Without paying rent? Of course you do. Hire on as an apartment manager and you will: deal with some unusual characters, have sleepless nights, referee verbal and physical tussels, become a seasoned handyman. But, you will meet new friends, tour the beautiful city sights and then leave when you decide the work/fun balance is no longer acceptable. So, sit back, relax and enjoy this novel!
This is the second book in the Three and Out book series featuring Rod Richards as the main character. I report this psyc hospital book is the first of two books with the same title. The next one follows. One may call to mind Jack Nicholson's portrayal as a patient in the Academy Award movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." It demonstrated that institutional processes tend to influence the human mind. There can be several outcomes. Rod Richards engages in several interesting love interests amid the chaos that arises on the hospital wards. Throw in a murder and all hell breaks loose. Enjoy the read.
This is book two of the same subject. Nine years later the financially ruined San Antonio Psych Hospital was taken out of bankruptcy. The new treatment facility opened with a flair. Local and state big-wigs were thrilled with the hyped media promotions of a "new beginning." A few of the old staff were re-hired and thrived in their new positions. Some former patients warehoused elswhere resufaced in this new setting. The community had changed drastically over the ensuing nine years. Dissident groups had boldly emerged from concealment unsettling an established community culture. Will the new hospital survive? Many take the position that "History tends to repeat itself!"
This is the last of the Three and Out book series featuring Rod Richards' exploits. He had a "run" of the psch hospital treatment business and needed a change. A former Army military buddy from Chicago approached him and offered to hire him at his private investigation business. They had served as investigators on active duty. Rod learned the ropes quickly and was hired to locate a high-profile interest case involving a city Vietnamese finacial guru gone wrong. The chase encompassed several states. They finally meet and all hell breaks loose. Is this the end of Rod Richards?
STAGE FOUR (Note the melanoma blotch on his forehead) Cancer treatment is at hand. The cure is promising great results, but with a deadly catch: the patient's DNA is altered from excessive bonding with their pets. Under severe atmospheric disruptions during the dark hours, the humans unknowingly morph into killing monsters with their pets. Think Stephen King/Michael Crichton from a scientific/medical perspective. Somebody has to stop them: but who? Do you coddle your pet to include kissing them? Might think twice after reading this story! The novel could be headed to filmdom with Netflix.
This novel addresses yet another STAGE of likelihood: Reincarnation. ISIS radical extremists have set up shop in San Francisco. Their mission: recruit young disenfranchised females. Success was achieved at the Ferry building when two rebellious ladies were snared. Terrible things happened to them. Somebody has to emerge (or be reincarnated) to stop these bad-ass revoluntionalists. But who?
The biblical marraige pact has remained consistent in its interpretation since the beginning of mankind. "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." Lust, cupidity or even insatiability tend to be the most chatacter traits in reaching outside of one's marital vows-consequences be damned! Offended marraige partners are sometimes willing to pay an exorbitant amount of money to rid themselves of the deep embarrassment and loss of dignity they've suffered through the selfish acts of their wedded spouses. This novel portrays every word expressed above. Hold on when reading this book!
This historical romance begins during the last battle of the Civil War at the Palmito Ranch in South Texas. Oddly, Lee had already surrendered to Grant thirty-three days earlier. The story continues with Patch Schubert's first take at romancing a whirlwind, female Mexican mercenary. They are tasked with capturing a Union soldier when all hell breaks out! Who escapes? Who gets killed? Who gets hung?

Setting up shop. I enjoy meeting folks at various venues. Every one is uniquely different. I've even included some of the more interesting characters in a few books: of course, having to change their age and sometimes their sex to maintain self-preservation.








