Rosey the Baby Killer and Other Stories

by Bill Shields

Rosey the Baby Killer and Other Stories is the most accomplished collection of verse yet from Vietnam veteran Bill Shields. Here Shields amplifies and adds new dimensions to the nightmarish themes he's presented in his previous works. Each piece is a story... of love lost, lust, death, resentment, pain, killing, and the unkillable power of clusters of plain, poetic words. It is "a sad little story full of food stamps", violence, scars and humor as "lives roll on."

113 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1998

Reviews

[Seth · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am a freelance writer for Verbicide Magazine. I tried to interview Bill Shields as he was a favorite author of mine. As I started researching his life, I found out a curious thing: Bill Shields never was a US Navy SEAL, nor did he ever serve a day in Vietnam, in combat or otherwise. He never had a daughter who died of cancer from his exposure to Agent Orange. This daughter did not, in fact, even exist. Bill went on to pretend to be a repo man and wrote even more drivel about his exploits in that job.
I am not wrong and Bill is a liar and a fraud. In this day and age, the fact that Henry Rollins still sells his books while spouting out of the other side of his mouth how much he supports the troops, is reprehensible. Not only should no one read this book, they should not purchase it either.
My article in Verbicide, "Bill Shields: The SEAL Who Never Was" is available online if people want to read it. I still get emails from people saying how I am the liar, but they are duped by Bill's sociopathic behavior.

[Ariel Cruz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brutal war poetry. Not for the faint...