Welcome to the illusory mind of writing enthusiast David W Moore III. In this book of short stories and poetry, David's written world is nothing short of a creative homage to the spirit and traditions that have helped to shape him. Influences of gothic writer Edgar Allen Poe and English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley are intricately woven into such works as Siren Song and Sleep, Perchance to Dream, while other works such as The House flow like a cavalcade of musicians and mourners at a New Orleans funeral--a balanced blend of thoughts mourning death and celebrating life. Wyrd of the Wyrm...

Herein, you will delve into sublime explorations of self and how identity figures in the worldly volition of movement through existence. You will find poems kindled and sparked by parables and refined in the double edge of metaphorical flames. You will find writing that purrs and screams with personal howls that leap beyond supernatural into the deep psychological aspects of maladaptations (or what is considered as such) utilizing the oddest/loveliest dagger-sharp similes to stun the fabric of the audience psyche. David's poetry and prose are epic mini-plays with the theater being the...

Since 1952, the primary election in a small, not very diverse New England state has had a disproportionate impact on the U.S. presidential nomination process and the ensuing general election. Although just a handful of delegates are at stake, the New Hampshire primary has become a massive media event and a reasonably reliable predictor of a campaign's ultimate success or failure. In The First Primary, Moore and Smith offer a comprehensive history of the state's primary, an analysis of its media coverage and impact, and a description of the New Hampshire electorate, along with a discussion of...