Linked story collection
Lantanas and Bandanas
Fifteen humorous stories centered on Charles “Federal” Shartner, a Texas maintenance man who has never met a problem he could leave alone.
Texas writer
Charles J.
Witt
Southern fiction with humor, absurdity, blue-collar grit, and heart.
About
Stories about ordinary people, strange situations, and the odd ways grace, competence, and stubbornness show up in everyday life.
Charles J. Witt is a Texas writer whose fiction draws on years spent working in maintenance, construction, and other blue-collar trades. He writes character-driven Southern fiction with humor, absurdity, and heart.
His work often follows people who are a little rough around the edges, a little strange, and more useful than they first appear.
Books
Current book-length projects.
Novel
Rum Punch
A literary novel about grief, survival, addiction, friendship, faith, and the long road toward beginning again.
Publications
Selected published and forthcoming work.
“Lantanas and Bandanas”
Published by The Leghorn
Read story
“Leg Wrestlin”
Forthcoming in Fabula Argentea
Forthcoming
Contact
Get in touch
For publishing, media, and other professional inquiries, email Charles directly.