General Fiction

Raymond Mort is a killer — make no mistake — but the lives he takes don’t fulfill a murderers bloodlust quite as much as they work to keep him happy and occupied in the strange, make-believe world he’s self-manufactured out of sheer madness. In doing so, Raymond tries to snuff out the pain of loneliness and desperation of a tormented early childhood, which remains a sad part of him for the duration of his life. A killer, yes, but in reading this shocking tale, you may feel more pity welling within you than vengeance.

Other stories in the book prove to be rooted in the deep, dark well of human psyche and pathos, but at times — as in the last tale of a super-intelligent cat named ‘Carl’ — the author switches moods and takes us to a place in which most adults have long since left behind them, but with one agonizing question left unanswered... Are we really who we think we are, or could there exist some other force — much greater then we — compelling us to do the things we do? Read on, and find out.

Trade Paperback 243 pages
ISBN: 1-59824-021-8
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Sense of Spirit is about how everyday people are affected by the lives of others. We all have the basic needs in life and we find why a key component takes us where we are supposed to be. How we cross into others affects our outcome of our human spirit. Although the world continually faces devastating disasters like 9/11 and the Asian Tsunami which cannot be altered, we can hold on to one thing certain in our existence. The hope of human belief in each other. The essence of the human spirit that is in us all.

Trade Paperback 74 pages
ISBN: 1-59824-020-X
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This is a fictional story about the siblings of an American family that lived in abject poverty during their early childhood. But, through a lot of hard work, perseverance and some luck they each raised their lot in life to one of prosperity and happiness. The family’s story is depicted as seen through the eyes of Burt Ladd, the youngest son. The game of tennis played a big part in Burt’s life. The primary story line follows his victories and defeats from the time he first started playing the game at a very early age. It follows his tennis efforts all the way through high school, college and then on to playing on the Professional. Tennis Tour during the mid-1960s.

The story also goes into great depth following the lives and accomplishments of his four older brothers and his younger sister.

Like they say, “Only in America.”

Trade Paperback 136 pages
ISBN 1-932701-85-0
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John Hutton was pursuing the proverbial American dream, married to his college sweetheart, living in a cozy town on the New Jersey shore, successfully meeting the challenges of his bank job, and hoping to start a family. Then one horrifying evening, his world collapsed when his wife was tragically killed in a car accident. John's dream became a nightmare and he withdrew from the life he once knew. Fishing for Something is the story of how John tries to deal with more changes in his life four years later.

Trade Paperback 109 pages
ISBN 1-932701-63-X
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Dave thought it was bad enough to lose his Ma to cancer, now his Pa was acting strange. When the doctor called to tell him the test was positive, his Pa had Alzheimer’s, his world seemed to fall apart. He felt all alone and helpless at first, however, his Pa’s beautiful nurse Suzie stood by his side and helped him cope with all of the changes in his world. Suzie was both a blessing and a cause of turmoil in his unsettled world. He needed to concentrate on his Pa, not fall in love with the beautiful nurse.

Trade Paperback 200 pages
ISBN 1-932701-66-4
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The saga of Simon’s Shadows comes to an end…

Jesse, Lin and Alex return to Lincoln, eight years later, as administrators to find the corruption of the school district has reached monumental proportions. In an effort to fight the injustice, Jesse enlists the help of a few close friends: J. Paris Phillips and the remaining Shadows. Together they wage a war against the school district to turn the school around. But, will the cost be too great?

Hardback 229 pages
ISBN 1-932701-47-8
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Deputy J. Paris Phillips desperately tries to fill the void he created when he shot and killed Richard Simon. He inherits Simon’s career, his students, and his girlfriend; Sybil Wilkinson. To his utter disappointment, Paris finds that not only does she have beauty, brains, passion, and the body of a centerfold, she also has a psychotically violent homicidal personality to match.

Hardback 216 pages
ISBN 1-932701-32-X
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Stories about people and the situations they get themselves into. The environment is the college-level schools I’ve taught in for the last forty years. Fellow teachers, students, and administrators all have stories to tell. Life is like an Opera with happiness, sadness, confrontations, treachery, intrigue, sex (usually implicitly), handicaps, and surprise, sometimes all at once! All that is needed is music to make an Opera! Being an Aquarius, I am fascinated by what makes people tick!

Trade Paperback 161 pages
ISBN 1-932701-25-7
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Corruption, sex, drugs, and violence… and that’s just the teachers. Welcome to the present state of education in the State of California. Richard Simon returns to teach at the high school he was thrown out of years before. He finds that the school is worse than it was when he left and it has become the dumping grounds for the school district to house problem students involved with gangs, drugs, and who have emotional problems; the social junk. Teachers are offended by his concept of simple respect in educating students. They revolt in an attempt to have him removed. In his attempt to help the student who desperately needs him, he finds that he makes more enemies with the teaching staff than he does friends. Simon is eventually required to pay the ultimate price when he loses his life while trying to help one of the students. Twist and turns of the story lead to a very surprising ending. Truly a unique perspective on education in California woven into a series of novels that will capture your attention from the very first page.

The Pool Room delves, up close and personal, into the sometimes-sordid world of high-stakes billiards (pool). You will be introduced to some very unique characters that frequent a pool establishment that has been in operation for over thirty years in the same location. This story has a surprise ending where two anomalies occur that will capture your imagination. You will experience the flavor, sights and sounds of the real world of a sub-culture that many do not know exists.

If you have ever played pool for money then you will easily relate to this story.