Fifty-seven poems reflecting my interest in baseball and those who played the game, major, minor and sandlot.

Tom Sellers, a sailor off the USS Mullinnix has been exchanging letters with Francy, a young woman he met through a USO pen pal program. They agree to get together when his ship visits Newport, RI. Her cousin picks up Tom up at the bus station in Providence delivers to him to her house in Lincoln. Her crafty younger brother entertains and an unexpected adventure follows.

A most unusual event in a West Virginia tavern as well as country songs, patriotism and young love.

Sailor goes home for a weekend with a shipmate and finds himself in a rather eccentric household.

Sewage is a 2,359-word story that is dark as pitch. It is a tale that feeds on abuse, revelation, comeuppance, corruption, and conflagration.Close to the Bone, previously published "Sewage" under the title "Of Duck and Timex," May 15, 2019

An elderly man on the lam relives a thoroughbred racetrack day in New Hampshire. A mysterious auto trip follows. His curious return is a puzzle for all.

Lydia leave Florida for Barker's Leap, Massachusetts. Lofty soon follows. They work at Hughie's Diner and meet many interesting characters, Buff and Restin the standouts.Same Lydia and Lofty sketched in "Lydia: An Introduction" and "Lofty: An Introduction." This story also stands on its own eight pages but why not take time to read the aforementioned titles? Further information about Lydia and Lofty here as well as the debut of other characters. This is the second piece crafted from a 9,60...

Join thrill-seeker, Seymour, and his intergalactic friend, Hau, as they travel the globe! Using Seymour’s smarts and Hau’s out-of-this-world abilities, they follow the call of friendship to far away lands, helping an international array of kids in tight spots- exploring new cultures, solving mysteries and making new pals with every adventure.Every book in the The Adventures of Seymour & Hau series takes young readers (6-10 years old) on an inspiring adventure around the world where...

A young man recently discharged from the Navy heads to Colorado at the urging of a former shipmate who has enrolled in college there. During the bus trip, Jack Kerouac finds his way into this pilgrim's life.I am most grateful to Spank the Carp Journal, Ken Schweda editor, for first publishing this story.

A fourteen-year-old boy on his inaugural visit to Boston's Fenway Park with his father finds there's more to Major League Baseball fandom than he bargained for.

This story is of the "coming of age" variety, specifically a father / son relationship and the methods a man will employ to initiate his boy to the "ways of the world and flesh" not taught in classrooms.Baseball, horse racing and most importantly pool are part of this bonding / teaching tale. There are eccentric characters, theology and a mystery surrounding an auto's voltage regulator. I am grateful to The Literary Yard, (Founder and Editor, Onkar Sharma) the previous publisher of this sh...

A sailor, a woman, an ornery bartender, a race track and a bloodhound named Howitzer.