A gay man escapes the cult of Reverend Sun Myung Moon after ten years and becomes a successful movie distributor in Hollywood. But the deep self-loathing that brought him to the Reverend Moon's congregation leads him down a dark path of drugs and broken relationships until one final, traumatic moment defines whether he will live or die. A profound journey of self-discovery and acceptance, William Poe's latest novel is a probing look into the darker reaches of the human psyche. Simon Powell has spent ten years of his life as a member of the cult of Reverend Moon. Unfulfilled, he breaks free of...

The winner of the 2016 IR Discovery Awards in LGBT fiction, Simple Simon is the story of Simon Powell, a young gay man struggling with his identity as he recovers from drug abuse. Simon Says (ISBN-13:978-0-615-55957-5), begins the story of Simon Powell, an artistic young man struggling with his sexual identity against conservative mores in the fictional hamlet of Sibley, Arkansas. As a young adult, Simon finds solace in Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. After leaving the group, despite finding success as a film distributor, Simon turns to drugs and alcohol while seeking love on the darker...

"Myths and Rhymes" is a collection of rhyming poetry in a style that allows free association of concept and imagery. Author William Poe's novel, Simon Says, received positive reviews from the Midwest Book Review, Indiereader and the Sacramento Book Review. Poe turns here to poetry, in a collection considering the importance of self-discovery. After a decade within the confines of Reverend Moon's Unification Church, Poe left what he describes as a 'cult' to only stumble on the bigger mess of Hollywood. There, he found success as a motion picture distributor, but the young man continually...

Resentment, lost love, remorse, and death all feed into award-winning writer William Poe's new book Endings: Poetry and Prose. Poe, winner of the 2013 International Book Award in the category Fiction: Gay and Lesbian, returns with a new book dedicated to life's more dire experiences. A sharp contrast from previous novels, which dealt with self-discovery and battling for a satisfying life, Poe's newest work pulls at your emotions from the other side of the spectrum. An artist makes a fatal decision all for the sake of art. A forgotten woman no longer cages her rage. A gay man struggles to find...