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Annie is still a young woman when she comes to West Virginia. The time is the early 1970's when many young people were leaving the cities and seeking a rural lifestyle. Although her introduction to the state comes in the form of a music festival, she soon graduates to permanent status as a member of a local commune. In the years that follow she learns many lessons-some bitter, some sweet-about human interaction under such conditions. Interwove...

Excavations from a Blue Room is a collection of three stories that were written over a twenty year period. True to archaeological form, the first is the most recent. Entitled The Twelve Days of Christmas, it is somewhat of anti-love song, and involves two tortured teens who have a serious communication break-down. The second story, Some Random Thoughts on Death and Dying needs no further introduction, the title says it all. The final offering,...

Within these pages you will find a collection of poems and poetry both sacred and profane. Some are personal, but many are universal as they detail my journey over the past fifty years.

Daniel Asa Rose was a successful novelist, memoirist, book critic, and columnist for the New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and others, when the top blew off his domestic life. His wife of sixteen years wanted out. Before he could slip into depression, doubt, and self-loathing, Dan's lifelong friend Tony made an irresistible proposition: go back to the place where, forty years earlier, their college road trip had come to a crashing halt, T-bone...

In January 2018, Randall Keith Beane was railroaded into a trial in the Eastern District Court of Tennessee. Though hardly a hardened criminal-his crime being more of the white collar variety- Randy was found guilty and sentenced to thirteen years in prison. All this came about because he committed the cardinal sin of going up against the Federal Reserve by accessing an account which existed under his name and social security number. The case ...

Catalina McGregor is a hefty middle aged English professor who is living in fear that she will perish before she publishes. She is either a boat in search of a dock or a cat in search of a catalyst. She finds both in the form of Cody Kingfisher, an aging hipster, who has moved into the office next door to her at the small community college where she teaches. Over designer coffee and cheesecake, they become partners in crime in the excavation o...

Maggie (Magdalene) Stump is a single mother with a GED who is living in the dead-end town of Petroleum, West Virginia. She is the eldest daughter from a family of four children who were all named from the Bible. However, there is nothing holy about the Stump family. They are an odd-ball mix of druggies and drunks, linked together through shared history and common sorrows. Predictably dysfunctional, they all appear to be going nowhere fast. The...

There is something about West Virginia that serves as a magnet. Ask John Able Adams, he should know. Brought up in one of those little honky-tonks that line the S-curves of good old Wild and Wonderful, his first impulse was to escape. Yet despite two tours of duty in the Marines and a decade long hitch in South Florida, he's back, trying to make sense of a world that seems bent on spiraling out of control. This is his story, part crime nove...

This book spans over half a century in the lives of two women, one dead and one in the midst of a mid-life rebirth. Although Tabby and Sarah have never met, they have both been drawn to the same location, a remote property in the wilds of West Virginia. Here their destinies interlock through invisible bonds and a mysterious shared heritage.

It was called the storm of the century by some but, for Jonah, it was just another night until the roof blew in. Tough, callous, and a veteran of many a foreign and domestic war, he was not the kind of guy to give a damn. Yet a serious injury during his last call of duty has left him questioning his past actions, so he is determined to return to the scene of one major crime of passion in search of some sort of resolution. But a major hurricane...

Spanning five decades and almost as many continents, this book provides a contemporary travel log as it chronicles the journeys of two lost souls who are seeking their own private redemption. Space Age gypsies, both have dedicated their lives to the fine art of wondering, always on the lookout for the Holy Grail which might complete their quest. For years they are ships passing in the night, subliminally aware of the presence of each other, t...

This book was originally conceived at the end of the last century. It was meant as a cautionary tale, a warning to humanity to look before it leaped into the wondrous world of technology which had been laid at its feet. It was an attempt to stimulate the conversation which was necessary before we plunged willy-nilly into a world that might just lead to our demise. For at that time we were but kids in a candy store, gobbling up the goods with n...

On The Plus Side is a collection of upbeat, relatable and humorous rhymes each one brilliantly illustrated to reflect aspects of the ageing process which will have the reader nodding in agreement and laughing out loud.

Sci-Fi is often depicted as being about how humans would fit into an alien galaxy. But what if we didn't fit?What if we were the odd ones out, the exotic and unfamiliar?In a galaxy where almost every species is protected by rigid shells or protective scales, our pink, fleshy forms make us appear as soft and vulnerable in the eyes of others. When everyone physically towers over us we seem weak and almost helpless. But humanity is a complex and ...

In this book you will read many examples of rich literacy conversations between a teacher and his 8th grade students that never would have occurred face to face in the classroom. These conversations take place online when 8th graders write to their teacher about the books they're interested in reading and choosing to read independently. Students write about what happens when they read or don't read, how they feel about reading, how they're con...

In this book you will read many examples of rich literacy conversations between a teacher and his 8th grade students that never would have occurred face to face in the classroom. These conversations take place online when 8th graders write to their teacher about the books they're interested in reading and choosing to read independently. Students write about what happens when they read or don't read, how they feel about reading, how they're con...

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Daniel describes in intimate detail the days leading up to, and following on from, his father's passing. Initially in denial that he could ever lose his father, he has to eventually face the inevitable outcome that his father does not have long to live.Daniel's journey, as he documents his year of mourning in 2016 and onwards, is a heart-breaking story, as he struggles to cope with his loss and newfound responsibilities, whilst reflecting on l...

A true, "first hand" account of December 7th, 1941 featuring hand-written letters from Pearl Harbor survivors sharing their own experiences from that day.

Dogs at Large weaves together the struggles of two women as they confront the slings and arrows of our Matrixed world. Because they live in the information age, they have turned to the Internet for guidance with their current conflicts. Here they discover a double edged sword for, although information may be powerful, too much can be overwhelming. They soon realize that a fine line exists in cyberspace ranging from the usual array of charlatan...