Short Stories Books

Three stories with Greece as the common denominator. "Lea, Portrait of an Artist" begins on the island of Limnos and our characters meander in England and Switzerland. Lea is a fascinating, troubled painter who interacts with the true and imagined personae of her life. In "Tribulations" an obese...

After the 1952 Revolution by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the foreign communities or "colonies" slowly faded away as their members drifted out of Egypt. Some Italians but mainly Greeks and Armenians were the last to go, especially the ones with established and thriving businesses. It is in this context...

Five different stories with different principal characters give a taste of the life in Egypt a few years back. "A Thousand and One Nights" is a doomed romance between a Greek man and an Egyptian woman. "Chez Raymond" is the story of a young, talented Coptic hairdresser. "The Sporting Life"...

The Gender and Peace Studies course at the University for Peace focuses on how gender is intricately intertwined in every aspect of our lives. Throughout the course we have discussed the complex definition of “gender” and its relationship with family, science, war, human trafficking and...

Imagine. You awaken to find that your six year old granddaughter has been taken during the night. You have raised this child since her birth. Your daughter, who had abandoned the child is the only suspect. Would you do what this woman did? This story could mirror your own story. It might also be...

Time To Think is an amusing, thoughtful and sexy collection of eight short tales about the human condition and how some gays cope with such things as visiting evangelists, unwelcome visitors, too much praise, unwanted sexual attentions from women, living in a nursing home, unpleasant relations...

This is a book about Joseph Marston and his camping trip with his father in law, Pete. They don't really get along and Pete thought a camping trip in the Canadian Rockies together would help them bond. However things turn sour and Joseph must overcome his own fears and rely solely on his own wits...

Robbie O'Neil has stolen some candy for his brother Pauly. But this is no ordinary candy. It's fake... and it has the power to destroy lives.

Sammy McCormack doesn't complain much, but in his life it rains a lot. In fact it rains every day... since the Mad Hatter killed his brother.

Gordan Finnegan has an unfortunate knack of attracting oddities, including a stray cat with no name who likes chocolate milk and women's pantyhose. But it's not his fault... it's in his genes.