Tim Conley’s Useless Joyce provocatively analyses Joyce’s Ulysses and Finnegans Wake and takes the reader on a journey exploring the perennial question of the usefulness of literature and art. Conley argues that the works of James Joyce, often thought difficult and far from practical, are in fact polymorphous meditations on this question. Examinations of traditional textual functions such as quoting, editing, translating, and annotating texts are set against the ...

Birthright Under a Sign is the first book in the Dark Moons on Chimera saga. Dark Moons is closely tied to the Rhumgold Sagas as they inhabit the same planets and contain some of the same people. Birthright is a four volume set that details the events and personages leading up to the occupying of the Triple Thrones of Theuniss. Read & Enjoy as our adventurers seek the ways and means of thwarting the machinations of the Guild.

Tales by the Light of the Moon Shadows is an anthology of 36 short stories that deal with some of the darker aspects of the human condition. It is the first book of three anthologies of short stories (The Hardwood Chronicles and Cherry Blossoms are the other two). This book deals with some of the 'hot button items' we modern humans would rather sweep under the rug, so to speak. Read & Enjoy!

Ronald Benoit has assembled a team of private investigators that he calls the Gravediggers. Their proficiency at rooting out corruption is noteworthy. They are usually hired for jobs too intense for others to tackle. When time is of the essence, Ronald and his team are there - in the middle of things. They get the job done - catch the criminals and defend the innocent.Crime Busting: Benoit Style is the fourth book in this series of six. In it Benoit and his team of Gravediggers figh...

Earth sent out a fleet of starships in the year 2455. They were bound for Proxima but ended up broken down in the Antares Star System. Shoddy workmanship prevailed to save money for the Guild. They managed to land on Chimera. The ships never to off again and the stranded population had to survive or die. One thing - they had to live under the iron fist of the Guild. What a burden.Years ensued and the burden get any less onerous. Into an already strained society Mhel'Sargonus was bo...

A Time to Care is the prequel to The Curse of Indian Gold. This is a story about an Indian princess who was kidnapped from her tribe when she was four and subsequently sold into slavery with the Shawnee of Southern Ohio (or what would eventually become Ohio). She ran away, was captured, and was going to be thrown on the fire to be consumed by the tribe. However, John Daniels asked the Shawnee chief, Cornstalk, for her hand in marriage.Mary Alice Daniels later saved the chief's life ...

The Hardwood Chronicles is an anthology of 40 short stories that make comment on the human condition and relate to aspects of our lives that we accept without much thought in today's world of pandemics. This set of stories is related to those found in Cherry Blossoms and Tales by the Light of Moon Shadows. There are three other anthologies in the works. Read & Enjoy!

Brenda Jones is doing research for her thesis on ancient history when she stumbles across some symbols that spark her curiosity. She takes her research to the head of her department but he blows her off and tries to get her research back on course. Little does she know that she has opened up a real 'can of worms' and becomes embroiled in a real slug fest between ancient history and modern day thought processes. She has uncovered a secret that was never to be revealed. Read & Enjoy!

Tim Conley's prose whipsaws between carefully observed realism and fantastic absurdity to create surreal, compact worlds. Whether they're sketching the familial fallout of a stentorian patriarch or teaching the eponymous dance moves to survivors of the apocalypse ("With the rise of the invertebrates, spinelessness has never been so hip"), these stories are all marked by precise, engaging prose, dark humour, and a demented imagination.The 24 stories in Dance Moves of the...

The D'lberville Bayou Murders is the third book in the Benoit Murder Mysteries. It centers around the area of Gulfport, MS and details the activities of Ronald Benoit and his investigative team as they zero in on the killers of young girls. Read & Enjoy!

The Triple Thrones of Theuniss wraps up the tale of Kn'dra, Kn'Rose and Kn'Ross as they find each other and assume their rightful place on the thrones of Theuniss. This is in keeping with an ancient Marconian prediction that King Wagamar wants to overthrow. The Dark Moons on Chimera tales are closely tied into the Rhumgold Sagas as they take place on the same worlds. Read & Enjoy!

Margo Bryant is a young, brash reporter in New York City. She is sent undercover to St. Croix to investigate the kidnapping of a society heiress and runs into trouble as she steps onto the tarmac. She finds herself pitted with elements that are out of her league. But along the way she finds someone who is willing to help her and finds the islands are really a good place to find romance.Caribbean Blue is the first in six books about this fact-finding sleuth. She gets in and out of tr...