Literature & Fiction

This is the story you ask for and hopefully I provided.

In 1975, I wrote a poem and posted it recently on Amazon. It had a great response but mostly from people that said they wished it were a story, that poetry sucks.

Well, for me the poetry is where the emotion was but to attempt to please, I have "tried" to write it into a story. The issue is will it maintain the emotion needed to understand the incident that happened.

Now the poem was hidden away for 37 years.

At that time there were no avenues for anything that referred to same sex love. It was written as a catharsis for an English class but was rejected by the professor.

This is the story based on the original poem of disaster on a Navy ship, and the display of spiritual love of one man for another.

It is being told by myself. It is what I saw.

This is the story you ask for and hopefully I provided.

In 1975, I wrote a poem and posted it recently on Amazon. It had a great response but mostly from people that said they wished it were a story, that poetry sucks.

Well, for me the poetry is where the emotion was but to attempt to please, I have "tried" to write it into a story. The issue is will it maintain the emotion needed to understand the incident that happened.

Now the poem was hidden away for 37 years.

At that time there were no avenues for anything that referred to same sex love. It was written as a catharsis for an English class but was rejected by the professor.

This is the story based on the original poem of disaster on a Navy ship, and the display of spiritual love of one man for another.

It is being told by myself. It is what I saw.

About the Mystery and the Minister's Wife series: Escape to the charming town of Copper Mill, Tennessee. Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, Copper Mill is a place of tradition and tranquility. But when Kate Hanlon and her husband Paul move in, they discover that small town life is anything but boring. The mysteries Kate uncovers are puzzling, but she always uses her quick mind and the help of her dear friends to figure out the answer. See how faith can solve life's mysteries in the Mystery and the Minister's Wife series.

When Paul's old flame enlists Kate's help in finding her grandmother's missing will, Kate has to face her toughest adversary yet: jealousy in Where There's a Will.

When Kate enrolls in an art course at a community college, she discovers that her teacher, Ellen Carruthers, was Paul's college sweetheart. Kate is wary of the woman, but soon Ellen has enlisted Kate's help to solve an old family squabble. Ellen's family owns an abandoned mining town on High Hoot Ridge, but unless she can prove her claim on the land, it will be sold to a paper company, and the region's rich history -- along with her family memories -- will be lost. A series of old paintings holds clues to Ellen's grandfather's missing will, but can Kate track down the paintings and decipher the clues in time? As Kate wrestles with these mysteries, Ellen's relationship with Paul raises questions of a whole different kind. And Paul has been invited to join the Chamber of Commerce, but his plans to revitalize the local economy only lead to frustration. Can he find a way to preserve the town's history and still make sure it has a future? Can they all find a way to make sense of the past?

A compact and portable version of the best-selling and most-trusted world literature anthology, The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Shorter Second Edition, is a rich and teachable selection of the world’s literature, in generous portions and the best translations available.

This new Rough Guide will make you a literary buff in the time it takes to say Jack Kerouac. Even if you already know your Hunter S Thompson from your Jim Thompson, you''ll still find it hard to resist a book which tells you which cult novel has been implicated in assassinations, which world famous novelist offered to throw himself off a train to prove his devotion to his literary idol and which cult poet and prose stylist inspired a Broadway musical and the Velvet Underground. There''s a critical guide to over 150 cult authors - from Kathy Acker to Yevgeny Zamyatin, including potted biographies, their must reads, and their surprising influences. Reviews of 100 cult novels - seminal works by authors who never quite achieved cult status themselves but still produced one classic work. Finally, there''s a cult collection - a feast of literary trivia which categorises writers by the diseases they suffered for their art, reveals 12 literary giants who wrote standing up, and pores over the little known fictional epics of Sarah Bernhardt and Benito Mussolini.

Ancient America was a land of lush jungles, exotic animals, sweet-smelling flowers, winding rivers, and unheard of vistas. It would have been a paradise, if not for the wars. Here, clashing swords met often as two nations fought for control of the land. Men were forced to swear allegiance to one side or the other. At times they saw their leaders waver and would find themselves torn between allegiance to their country and allegiance to their oath.

These were days of intrigue, deception, and betrayal. They were also days of loyalty, leadership, and sacrifice. Experience the struggle of a nation trying to hold to its ideals while being pounded by its enemies, both from without and within. Relive the story of Captain Moroni, Helaman and the 2000 Stripling Warriors as never before. Learn to appreciate men who were truly worthy of being role models.

This novel will make the land of Ancient America come alive for you. You'll enter the lives of men who fought and died trying to secure liberty for their people. At a dramatic time when tensions were rising and Nephites were turning traitor, Captain Moroni tore off his coat and wrote a pledge in support of key freedoms. He fastened this on a pole and did a massive call to arms among his people to inspire them to defend their liberties. This flag became symbolic of their fight for freedom, and became known as the ''Title of Liberty.'' Since then, generations have been inspired by Moroni's call to sacrifice for and defend liberty!

The characters, events and topics of this novel form a chilling analogy for America's environment today.

Betty Jean Carlson is a woman tired of her life...her love life in particular. She's convinced that no love is perfect and is willing to suffer and sacrifice for hers, confident a wedding ring is worth it all. A painful discovery forces her to look within and ask herself some tough questions. Is her little piece of happiness enough? How much longer can she pretend like it is? Does she even want to? Ezekiel Johnson has been playing the game for so long he has no idea how to stop. Even when he's faced with losing all that he holds dear, he can't find the way to truth and honesty. Carla Jeffries regularly denies herself those two words as well. If she didn't she'd have to figure out what it is she really feels for her ex. A task she'd rather not perform. She's content to bury her feelings and go on with her life, never offering the forgiveness he so desperately craves. The story is the journey of one woman, but all of the characters will take a ride to self discovery before it ends. The first title in a dual series launch.