The Book of David: Capturing the Spirit of the Great American Short StoryBy: David NovickFrom Boston to Aspen, Nantucket, Maui, and elsewhere around the globe, David Novick has led an unusual life. This book, his collection of true short stories, illustrates the incredible range of experiences Novick has had over the past seven decades. Memorable adventures, troubling loss, and the humor of everyday occurrences are behind many of his stories.Some stories are moving,...

A hologram is a two-dimensional image, which through the use of laser and light appears to be three dimensional. As one moves around the image, it will shift and change according to the viewer’s perspective which may further perplex or illuminate. It is on this premise that I continue the exploration of language for sound and definition began in my first collection, Noises from the Garage, in this second volume of poems written between 2011 and 2013. Giving voice to characters and objects ...

The poems contained in The Great Outdoors are a further realization of the author’s journey toward ‘naturalism’. The structural elements point in this direction. Love, history, family, business, travel, is the palette David Novick works from. Vibrations create sound and language captures that sound. By applying that language one hopes to unlock the existential answers that exist in the natural occurrences of the everyday. The poems were written between 2016 and 2018 with the exception of ‘...

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This collection of poems contains an epilogue. My original plan was to conclude the book with the poem The Serious Side of Funny Money. However, I wanted to increase the page count, therefore the need for some additional poems. So as not to detract from my original vision for Keepsake, I decided to refer to the additional poems as an epilogue. I now think of the collection as a blended family. Please enjoy my blended family Keepsake.

Some jobs are dirty. Some jobs are easy. But in Hows Business? 101 Hilarious Jokes That Work For Kids - Clever Jokes That Will Have You Laughing Out Loud About Funny Jobs and Careers all the jobs are funny! You'll laugh out loud when you find out how these new business are going. The elevator business has its ups and downs. Repairing chairs? It'll keep you on the edge of your seat! These clever and unexpected twists will have you looking at work in a newhilariousway!

Toronto in the twenty-first century: At night, a beacon on a lonely ancient lake, a drainage pond from the last ice age. In the daytime, a bulwark of glass, glinting in the radiant sun. Joe, Mary, and her cat, Sam, sit in a lakeside condo, trapped by a crazed, mysterious sniper. What has become of their lives? What has become of their city? What has become of their century? As the situation begins to unravel, Mary finds herself wondering, “What would Margaret Atwood do?”

Ever wonder about people who are always laughing?  They are usually remembering stories they have read in the TWENTY FUNNY STORIES books.  Do you Want to know what to look for in a toilet seat; find out why men should listen to their wives; what to do about annoying phone calls?  Well, this book gives you funny solutions - not really, but these and a few other stories that are included in this book will bring smiles, chuckles, and laughter to your heart.

From a dazzling, award-winning young poet, a collection that paints life as a celebration in the dark.At the center of Mayakovsky’s Revolver is the suicide of Matthew Dickman’s older brother. “Known for poems of universality of feeling, expressive lyricism of reflection, and heartrending allure” (Major Jackson), Dickman is a powerful poet whose new collection explores how to persevere in the wake of grief.*from “Mayakovsky’s Revolver”I keep...

After weeks of waiting, Dan is finally able to be in the live audience of his favorite show. His seat is near the top of the bleachers, but the huge screens and the atmosphere are worth it. It should be a normal episode, yet as Dan watches the contestants he sees some discrepancies. One girl in particular stands out. Normally he wouldn't have noticed her, but he becomes convinced that the show plans to kill her. Yet what can he do from way up in the stands and who would listen to him if he...

The movements of life and the pauses in between are revealed in this short narrative. From the perspective of a single man,neither hero nor villain; he is like us. His story doesn't begin here and even with his last words his story continues beyond the words THE END. But this short blurb is enough for now. In this post-apocalyptic short are the revelations, not of humanity, but of a simple man.

You’ve completed the Creative Boot Camp training program, surviving 30 days of creativity exercises designed to present fun, engaging opportunities for creative problem solving. Through this practice, you developed skills that you use every day by solving problems with defined purpose and escalating restriction. Now that you’ve performed those 30 exercises, wouldn’t it be great if there were another set of 30 exercises you could complete that would challenge you in the same way? You’re in ...