Noah's poetry

5 Years of Semantics, Noah's new poetry book, now available at CreateSpace.

Noah is my son. I make the exception to publicize someone else's book at my press because 1) it's good, and 2) he's like me, he doesn't have much of a publicity engine. He needs all the help he can get! But he's writing more, and doing well. Keep up with him here!

Short Stories

to pass
the time

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Five Second Rule
20 Short stories



Available from Amazon ($4.59 + shipping)
Coming soon on Kindle

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A Dozen Crime Stories
from a well-known, big-box discount retail chain
12 Short Stories

Available from Amazon ($4.27 + shipping)
and Kindle

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Pile of Leaves:
Stories of a rake
17 Short stories




Available at Amazon ($4.29 + shipping)
and on Kindle.

e pluribus haiku 2014

many moments, one journey

-875 haiku from fifty states and the District of Columbia
-all haiku are in the American 5-7-5 syllable format
-whereas the traditional haiku all have a kigo, or season clue, these have both a season clue and a geographical clue, because North America is so diverse that such clues as "snow" can refer to several seasons in some places, yet be a distinct winter clue in others, or be unheard of. This volume explores and celebrates the diversity of the US, especially geographically, but also reflects intimate knowledge of its people, its customs, and its culture, as it is experienced by a traveler.

Available at Amazon, $4.80 + shipping
Available on Kindle, $2.50




picture is of the Haiku steps, in Hawaii

This book has been taken off the market, since it is now included in a larger work, E Pluribus Haiku Anthology. Single copies are rare but still can be found.

The Five-Second Rule

Twenty short stories to pick up

Available from Amazon
Coming soon on Kindle
Coming soon on Audio

Published in 2013
83 pp.
Includes the following:
The Five-Second Rule (2012), N Train (2013), Unsweet (2013), A little Off (2012), A1 (2012), October in the Shawnee (2012), Trestle at the Snake (2012), Eveline (2012), Echo (2012), Redial (2012), Re-enactment (2011), The Other Cheek (2011), Souvenir (2011), Buckville (2011), Asylum (2011), Q-Demon (2011), Trial and Error (2011), Plains Speaking (2011), Luncheon (2011), and Extended Family (2006).

e pluribus haiku 2013

Available on Amazon
Paperback $3.59
Kindle $1.99




Over 750 haiku, most from a journey in the seventies, from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Whereas most contemporary haiku masters scorn the 5-7-5 syllable American haiku, this volume embraces it as a way of having a unifying structure for many different experiences, and celebrations of place, that these haiku illuminate.

This book has been taken off the market, since it is now included in a larger work, E Pluribus Haiku Anthology. Single copies are rare but still can be found.

A Dozen Crime Stories from a well-known, big-box, discount retail chain

Now available in paperback at Amazon ($4.27 + shipping) as well as Kindle.

These stories are entirely fictional, and have absolutely nothing to do with anyone's real-life experiences in this well-known store. Using the store as a comment on the nature of modern life can be considered a tribute to its well-established presence in our culture, but is not meant to either glorify or disparage the store itself. All stories were written in 2007. It was created in a number of self-printed copies, but that method of production and distribution was not working very well!

It consists of the following stories: Pass the Syrup, Have a Good Day, Inventory, Wee Hours, Road Atlas, Jack, Drop Off, Apple of her Mother's Eye, The Juggler, Customer Service, Free Parking, and Lord of the Ringers. All were written in 2007.
 

Boxcars on Walnut

A tribute to my town of 18 years, Carbondale, Illinois. 73 haiku from that era, all together in one volume. $2 + $2 shipping anywhere in the USA. This volume is now on Amazon.