Thompsonville Heritage: A Mystic Legacy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781727761535)

Otis Windham Jr. is a native of Laurel, Mississippi and the author of "Thompsonville Collection: Mystic Song of the Deep South." His inaugural literary work is a collection of unusual short stories revolving around the lives and experiences of people in the fictional town of Thompsonville, Mississippi. It is available as an ebook on Amazon in Kindle format and also in paperback. Otis is a Viet Nam era U.S. Navy veteran and an active Senior member of the African American Golfing community. He has served as an Advisory Board member for African American Golfer's Digest magazine since 2009. He was a Project Manager for Xerox Corporation and also worked as Media Services Manager for Golf Channel in Orlando until his retirement in 2009. He was Tournament Organizer and Coordinator for the annual Neckbone Classic Golf tournament ( a social and mentoring group for African Americans) from 1998 through 2009. He is Vice President of the Orlando Renaissance Writer's Guild whose mission is to ignite and propel the craft of writing. He also currently serves as Program Director for Heart2Heart Community Outreach in Orlando. It's mission is to elevate and support those in need in the urban community. He is alumni of Jackson State University, University Southern Mississippi and a graduate of Chapman University. His interest in writing began as a Fresman in college during the mid 1960s. His first short story is "Prelude" the first story in Thompsonville Collection and was written in 1994. Thompsonville Collection is his first published work. His interest is fiction writing and his favorite authors are Steven King and Walter Mosely. He is the proud father of three sons and one daughter and the doting grandfather of three grandsons and one granddaughter. He currently resides in Orlando, Florida He is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.