The Second Virtue tells the story of three remarkable individuals: Donald is an eighteen-year-old striving for independence; Telli survived a horrific crime and labors to overcome the fears the experience left behind; Joy longs to escape her cynicism and reconnect with the hopeful woman she once was. Crisp and fast-moving, the novel weaves three stories into a fabric held together by a common theme - courage.

"Collage: an assemblage of diverse elements in unexpected juxtaposition." Passing through Paradise is a collage of narrative elements, some forming linear narratives, others embellishing these narratives with odd images and facts. Characters appear and vanish. Plots take shape and develop. Settings adjust sporadically. Themes emerge. Mysterious satyr-like character pops up in Colorado and walks to Chicago, gathering an entourage along the way, to put on Sophocles' satyr play, Ichneutae. Naive author of newspaper articles falls into ill-starred infatuation. Derelict Jazz-age theater, subject...

Expelled writing student, Devin Post, is flabbergasted to see his life fracture into two tracks. In one, unprincipled employer, Leach Pharmaceuticals, sends him into Mexico on an impossible quest. In the other, he is office sex toy for a lineup of lusty women. Which life is real and which fantasy? Between the Shadow and the Soul follows Devin through these escapades with humor and literary panache, exploring interdependencies between reality and imagination and discovering surprising connections between the two.

Freelance journalist Evie Arnold agrees to cover the emerging conflict between mining magnate Clive Gready, who plans to dig an open-pit mine in the Mikawadizi hills, and La Roche Verte Indian Nation, who intend to stop him. As she watches and records, the conflict spirals from serious to severe to ominous. and finally explodes into an epic battle between good and evil. Mikawadizi Storms casts bold characters into conflicts bristling with magic and smoldering with contradictory world views.

Cement magnate Luca D'Angelo stole corpses from the morgue and used them in a macabre 'lost-wax' process to cast statues to adorn his mansion's grounds. Recoiling from the indignity, angry ghosts haunt the statues and make the park a dangerous place. They drive visitors insane, knock them unconscious, strike them blind. When William Kepler sets out to calm these angry spirits, he uncovers a century-old murder. Uninhibited Marci Moore and insightful Lisa Hart compete for William's affection as they resolve the mystery, bringing fire and wit to the undertaking. Will this unlikely trio discover...

Double Exposures is a collection of short stories, some previously published, some not, some related, some not. Each strives to shed light on an underlying complexity (psychological, metaphysical, or aesthetic). That is the main characteristic they have in common and the main reason they are collected together. There is a world behind the world we experience, behind the world science considers. This back-stage reality is responsible for much of what we encounter and for all of the meaning we discover. Perhaps Plato was right. Perhaps this world is more real than material reality. The truths...

Sit back and enjoy the parade as words speak their own minds, express their souls, finally articulate the life blood flowing through their hearts. What? You didn't know they had it in them? Listen in your own head. Aren't fusty old words lurking there ready to step out of the wings and up to the microphone? Listen while these ancient words break their long-held silence. The story they tell is an old one, but no matter. Who can narrate the tale of heartbroken youth searching for his lost lover better than these old words? They were present, after all, millennia ago when the story was first...