My Vacation in Hell is a young adult dark fantasy. Set in the mid-1960s, it is a first person narrative by a 15-year-old writer named John Boggle. A troubled nerdy misfit and a frequent flyer of his imagination, John is inspired by a book report reading of Dante Alighieri's the Inferno. In the eternity of the five minutes before summer vacation, he embarks on a pilgrimage based upon his own free-wheeling interpretation of the work. Following Dante's lead, John populates his hell with all the people who have wronged him over the years, inventing deliciously cruel punishments for each of them...

Approaching Wilderness is a collection of six stories dealing with dementia, originally published in various literary journals. The author was inspired by his late mother's struggles with the disease during her last years. He explores the questions that all family members must eventually face: Where does that beloved person go? What goes on in the secret life of her mind? The stories, filled with humor and compassion, are one man's attempt to understand the tragic heartache of dementia.

The Absurd Naturalist is a collection of 43 humorous essays and sketches published over a span of more than 30 years, and assembled here for the first time. Included are pieces dealing with tofu hunters, the art of toad throwing, same-species marriage, getting rid of nature, lizard watching, reasons why you shouldn't garden, how to sell belly buttons, the right to bear arms, and the origin of toaster ovens, to name only a few. A unique cross-genre book, it will appeal to readers of natural history, the environment, and gardening as well as those general readers seeking an entertaining blend...