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Swan Song is the companion volume to Stephen Elder's first collection of essays (Little Book of Essays) published in 2012. Topics range from political satire ("Hurricane Isaac and the Republicans") to social commentary ("The Slenderman Horror") to musings concerning literature ("Jane Eyre") to personal observations ("About Saint Francis"). The entertaining collection combines insight with humor to provide a clear-eyed window on our times.

Rhymes For Our Times" is a collection of poems (including some that actually rhyme) ranging from prayer for professions to last thoughts of a dying insect, published and unpublished song lyrics, and questions of existence.

Enginewitch is a diatribe masked as a sci-fi novel. It is based on current events that add new fodder daily (and much faster than can be digested). The Enginewitch is Shiloh Alderman, a young woman who can control electricity with her mind. She is recruited into the CIA where she is drawn into a daring plot. The president's total lack of government experience, clueless foreign policy, incessant lying, disregard for law, and delusional tweets h...

The narrator of The Edenite Case is Ellit2, a detective in the Galactic Union's Division 51. Cephs are loners by temperament. When Ellit2 is assigned a partner, a human no less, the Ceph is very unhappy. The two detectives gradually reach a working accord that becomes deep respect and affection. In the course of investigating atrocities committed by one group of humans (militant Edenites) against another (non-militant Edenites), Ellit2 and Rae...

Newspaper columnist, author, blogger, cabinetmaker, home inspector, and Certified Old Guy Stephen Elder holds forth on a wide range of topics: education in America, worries about English, rants on Congress, why young women talk funny, myth correction, and string theory.Elder calls Ôem as he sees Ôem. Written under the influence (i.e. of Mark Twain and Dave Barry with an occasional dark detour into Ambrose Bierce), there is plenty of food for t...

County detective Simone Fitzhugh discovers a series of seemingly unrelated deaths that look like heart attacks but are really murders. Her husband, retired detective Michael Demidov, realizes the murders are related and suggests that Simone go to the FBI. Past history with the Feds (The Unlikely Assassin) makes Simone wary, but the FBI surprisingly enlists their help. Demidov's innovative interrogation techniques help unravel a tangled web of ...

At the end of Frank, Saint Francis was released from his centuries-long emissary duty to marry Elaine Azerian, a small-town veterinarian. In The Shining Man's Wife, the saint is recalled to "active duty, " and is sent west on a mission to a national park where a startling chain of events unfolds. A local TV station films Frank and Elaine's dramatic rescue of a bison herd, and "Ride through Fire" goes nationwide. Elaine appears on Larry King an...

Senior citizen Jordan Smith loses his wife to cancer. Devastated and angry, he hunts down the HMO executive who denied their medical claims, but then progresses from revenge to political assassination. Michael Demidov and Simone Fitzhugh, the county detectives assigned to the initial murder, are hard pressed to keep up with the enterprising Mr. Smith. Smith's latest job causes a massive and hilarious political furor in Washington. Predictably,...

Ye Gods!" 1. exclamation of surprise 2. collection of short stories ranging from dark whimsy to scathing satire. Warning: this collection contains occasional wry humor, biting political commentary, social criticism, and dire prognostication. Side effects include but are not limited to: laughter, head shaking, and 3 AM epiphanies. Occasional tears have been reported. Characters are taken from various pantheons (Zeus, Shiva), classical literatur...

Stephen Elder's first collection of short stories was entitled Ye Gods! because it had several stories involving deities. Ye Gods!2 has only one such tale. Instead, this second collection offers penetrating analyses of ancient and modern history ("Stone Age Tax Time" and "Lewis Books a Trip), plus pioneering essays on zoology ("The Ant Olympics" and "Interview with I'll Have Another"). The author offers further enlightenment by explaining how ...

The Shining Man and his wife return on another mission. When Filiae Mundi, a wealthy but secretive organization, nominates Elaine to its governing Council, Frank and Elaine go to Washington, a nexus of power and multilayered danger. Elaine proposes an initiative to put more women into elective office in an effort to fix the dysfunctional Congress. If successful, her plan may save the world, but it could mean exposing Frank as well as the organ...

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When a stranger named Frank shows up at a small housing development, everything seems to take a turn for the better. The new head carpenter soon gains the respect and admiration of everyone he meets. But a routine background check on Frank turns out blank, and this soon attracts government attention. An investigation uncovers some details about Frank, but the incredible reality of his life remains a mystery. Frank's real past has left him comp...

College student Sandra Neuermann is abducted and brutally assaulted. She escapes her captors, but cannot escape the depression that follows. An alert counselor figures out what she needs: revenge! He refers her to Nemesis, a secret organization that targets rapists and sex traffickers. The field operatives of Nemesis are called "Furies" and they are formidable...and successful! Neuermann dismantles a cruel trafficking mob in New York City whil...

A fascinating look at the world through the eyes of various beings. Angels, Love, & Crows has something for everyone, from humorous short stories about creatures, to science fiction, romance, and a children's story. As the title promises, there are also several stories about angels. "A most enjoyable afternoon, " says author Tori Napoli.

A look at life through the eyes of Grift and Graft, corvine students of mankind. The Crow Chronicles describes how two crows move from the open countryside into town. The two friends have to adjust to a lot of things, such as traffic, pizza, and several raccoons who have already made the transition to city life. Their biggest adjustment is to humans. Grift and Graft even learn to read in order to better study the twoleggers. Along the way, the...