From emerging sexuality to young love on the brink of adulthood, to antics of the author and his coworkers, to the tragic effects of war on the author's best friend from high school, this work contains experiences and insights of the author gleaned from years growing up and rearing a family while working factories and coal mine in southern Indiana and western Kentucky. Humorous, poignant, and thought provoking, the poems and stories focus on individuals and the effects of the world around them on the individual's psyche and actions.

With the novel What's Right is Right, the author returns to the western Kentucky-southern Indiana setting of his first book, Across the Channel: A collection of Stories and Poems. This novel explores the relationships between Rhonda Evans and her husband Grandville Tyler Evans, between Rhonda Evans and Clay Weber, and conversely between Grandville and Clay. Clay and Grandville being cousins and growing up more as brothers complicate situations. The story presents a series of events familiar to the human experience, allowing the reader to delve into the psyche of the three main characters, as...

Set in Florida's Clearwater area, Salvation stands as a story of redemption and true love as the characters meet serendipitously, unfolding into a romantic and action packed adventure. Exhibiting, in a humorous fashion, that English majors are taking over the world. Salvation echoes tones from The Gang of Four and shows some of the long-term consequences of violence on victims as well as perpetrators. With help from characters from The Gang of Four - Ted and Gina, Tony and Sydney - Jacob and Cherry take on Cherry's ex-husband, Santos, and his gang, involving our heroes in breaking a human...