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Steam

The increasingly desperate fervency, the unshakable commitment and loyalty, the blind doubling down of souls answering the call of their chosen savior – there it is again, the pre-rational, primordial stew out of which so many religions were born. Where there is faith, there are those ready to follow; out the churning, simmering pools of hopeful followers, leaders will rise. Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, Joseph Smith — how much was forgiven of them, how many sins and improprieties excused, overlook...

A proper bourbon & blues bar

Napa needs a proper bourbon & blues bar. I need a Star Wars cantina kind of place, flush with locals and tourists, natives and aliens, with that hum of restless energy, the cast of characters coming and going, stories from here to there and everywhere, stories told and untold, histories embellished, half-told, masked, bared. With a relaxed atmosphere, generally, but always with the undercurrent, the potential for things to get serious, much more serious. And sometimes, just sometimes, maybe o...

A New Eden is now available!

I’m very pleased to announce that A NEW EDEN, Part II of the IDOLATRY saga, is now available for your reading pleasure. Kindle edition first, paperback soon to follow, then audiobook. Your reviews are greatly appreciated. With thanks to Quent Cordair Fine Art artist Bryan Larsen for the beautiful cover art, to Dianne Durante for her invaluable editing, to my team of copy-editors and beta readers for the polishing, and to my wifeLinda, who makes it all possible. Happy reading!https://www.amazo...

Review copies of A New Eden

I have a limited number of pre-release review copies of A NEW EDEN, in the Kindle edition, to give away today in exchange for a review sometime over the next 30 days. Just write “I’ll review” in the comments below, and I’ll have one sent to you. (You’ll want to have read Part I, GENESIS, first.) UPDATE: Offer open until 9 p.m. Pacific tonight, Wednesday, July 27th.

A NEW EDEN: “Journalist Paige Keller, while recovering at a resort from an overseas assignment, is drawn into a remote community...

Map of Aurum Valley

For those following the Idolatry story, I’ve created a map of Aurum Valley, the setting forPart II, A New Eden. Part II is on track to be published on Kindle within the week, and in paperback shortly thereafter. For those who would like to get started reading Part II, the first ten chapters are still available to read for free here….

Anyone willing to provide a short review on Amazon can still be added to the list to receive a free copy of the Kindle edition of Part II, A New Eden, as soon a...

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Sneak peek, new cover art . . .

Sneak peek! This is a cropped swatch of the new artwork for the cover of A NEW EDEN, Part II of IDOLATRY, to be published within the next few weeks. The painting, an original oil on aluminum-composite panel,was created on commission by one of our gallery’s excellent artists, Bryan Larsen. The original painting and limited-edition prints will be available (let me know if you might be interested; I’ll put you on the list to be notified when the art is available).

Genesis, Part I of Idolatry, au...

One born each minute

For the sucker born each minute
There’s a con born every hour,
But blessedly each day is born
The independent power,
Who’s neither host nor parasite,
Who’s neither lord nor bower,
Who keeps his mind with sober art,
Before no king would cower;
He earns his take and pays his due—
A man, a sovereign tower.

MUJAHID ~ Free today and tomorrow

A little anti-ISIS, pro-West antidote for the soul, FREEto download today through midnight Pacific tomorrow, Friday 6/17:

Mujahid ~ “A screenplay jihadists will hate and civilized people will love…. Set in Chicago during the holiday season, the story involves a conflict between Husam, a young Muslim man who takes Islam seriously, and his younger brother Jasim. The conflict escalates after Husam is handed a heavy bag by a bearded man and gets on a bus heading downtown…. How is the conflict re...

For My Softest One

For my softest one, in a hammock of satin,
A bed of rose petals on pillows of mink.
So lightly you lie, a suspended sonata,
In lines of fine ivory and islets of pink.

Hands hollow with hunger, my fingers would follow
Each lift to its fall, each peak to its draw.
To bruise or to break I would not, yet I think
That I must, as I live, partake as I give–

Eyes careless and blue beneath cumulus climbing,
Hair tumbled and free, framing all my dream fair.
I trace your terrain, hands floating so close...