My Confidential Houston Stories

About the Book

This collection of short stories spans most of the 20th Century in and around southwest Houston. It features many humorous attitudes and characteristics of the people, places and changing times.

About the Author

The author, after his service in the military during WWII, graduated with a BS degree from the U of Texas in Austin, and later an MS degree in Geology with a minor in Physics from the U of Houston. He was selected as a member of the SGE, the national geology honors fraternity. Some of his papers on exploration have been published in articles by The Oil & Gas Journal, other Exploration periodicals, the Journal of Sedimentary Petrology and Paleontology, and two separate Memoirs of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He has lectured extensively at AAPG conventions, Houston Geological Society, and meetings of the Houston Mesozoic Geologists Group, He was selected to present one of his papers during the World Geological Congress in Washington DC, 1989. His Masters Thesis in 1952 was the first one published from the U of Houston by any outside publishing company. Following his employment with the Quebec Minister of’ Mines he worked in the corporate world for 33 years rising to the position of VP in charge of domestic exploration for hydrocarbons of a large American corporation, heading a staff of roughly 100. Retired in 1985, he formed a family corporation and still runs it. He began writing fiction in 1988 and has published three volumes of short stories. This is his first novel. Previous published fiction: HOT NIGHTS IN HOUSTON, Author House, 1998, ISBN #1-58500-118-X. THE MEMOIRS OF SPIDER JACK YATES AND OTHER STRANGE TALES, Author House, 2000, ISBN #1-58500-865-6. MY CONFIDENTIAL HOUSTON STORIES, XLIBRIS, 2002, ISBN #1-4010-6769-7 & 9. For additional information you may write to C. A. Chimene at PO Box 35992, Houston, Texas 77235, visit my web page at www.chimene.com, or e-mail to chimene@juno.com.