Kirjahaku

A collection of satirical essays on the wide world of sports, including wry observations on the History of Sport, Sports Gambling, Mascots, Travel Teams, and why the Maple Leafs, Indians, Clippers, and Kansas football are essential to other teams winning championships. Laughs aplenty from these and other comic stylings sure to offend fans of the Yankees, Alabama, Duke and every fan of Soccer everywhere.

A collection of humorous essays on Lawyers and Law, written by a recovering Barrister. Topics range from lawyer jokes, Greek and Roman Law, and why Lawyers in real life closely resemble lawyers as shown in movies and TV. Laugh out loud funny while also chock full of cogent commentary on subjects of topical interest, including Democrats, Republicans, Brexit, the Yankees, Florida, and the healthcare mess. Also the immigration mess. Also the mess the legal system always seems to be in, including primers on contract law, property law, tax law, and why Lawyers should never be approached in the wild.

A collection of side-splitting observations for anyone interested in learning more about the Universe and what the hell happened to Pluto. Including in depth examination of Black Holes, Alternative Realities, the Multiverse, The Future of the Universe, and how big a wall would need to be to keep the Universe from being Infinite.The reader will learn that "Quantum" comes from "quanta" a fancy Latin Word that means "all hell breaks loose." Nobody knows where subatomic particles are at any given moment, a startling discovery made by Heisenberg before he moved to Albuquerque to peddle meth. Schroedinger concluded a cat in a box is both alive and dead at the same time, especially one that hasn't used up its ninth life already by taunting the neighbor's rottweiler. Physicists recently discovered this Universe is but one of many Universes, called the Multiverse. Many Universes are made up entirely of antimatter, which means they are exactly like us except left-handed.

Complex, densely textured literary novel, constructed somewhat roughly around a tornado, a mountain lion attack, and several other alternative potentialities, set in Cathar County, Nebraska sometime in the recent past, or present, or perhaps the future. Featuring characters named Faith and A. Jacks and Arch and Parrish and May and Hanratty and Helen and Horton, and others too many to mention, none of whom are less real than any other reality. Faith seeks recovery of a twin captured by a big cat. Arch seeks an elusive frequency. A. Jacks seeks to re-construct a palace collapsed by cyclone. Parrish seeks deliverance in the coming apocalypse. A two million dollar accidental death insurance benefit hangs in the balance. Stream of consciousness constructs a beginning, a middle, and an end.

A sequel to Close To The Edge Down By The River, set in Cathar County, Nebraska, featuring Faith, A. Jacks, Arch, Horton, Helen, the Lyons, and the mysterious re-emergence of a man thought lost to the Platte River's roiling flow.