On a moody Chicago night, Joe Harper sneaks onto the grounds of Wrigley Field, The young pitcher has in mind to confront and overcome his rookie fears. But this is not an ordinary April night, and Wrigley is not an ordinary ballpark, and the keepers of the legend-filled stadium have other aims in mind. Much will come to pass before the night is through...

Saigon, 1968 -Crossroads on the Darkling Plain of War Gordon Hunter begins his tour of duty and soon encounters the very real war behind the images on the evening news ... the Marine with a twisted heart ... the soldier who has seen too much and goes sane ... the boy who must grow up too soon ... the old Buddhist ennobled by his suffering ... the enchanting Vietnamese girl who conceals a bitter secret. Unconventional in structure, Darkling Plain is a novel-like series of short stories revealing the impact of the Vietnam War on a young American.

JACK SAVAGE, DETECTIVE -- As Soft-Boiled as They Come. Roger Collier is a failed poet, failed painter, and failing sculptor. But that's not the worst of his troubles... When he's found dead in his Pebble Beach home--dispatched by a well-played five iron--the police say the killer is a pretty blonde model. Jack Savage suspects that it was one of the four critics who wrote blistering reviews of Collier's work, and then discovered new levels of hell when he repaid them with "getting even" tactics. As he pursues his hunch, Jack finds himself victimized by a psychotic stalker who subjects him to the same tactics, then kidnaps his unruly dog. The trouble is, all four of the critics have iron-clad alibis, and Jack is not so sure he wants the dog back...

Fifty thought-provoking haiku, gathered from a lifetime of encounters with nature. Each captures a mystical moment in which the commonplace takes on an added dimension of meaning. Illustrated with artwork by the author.

MEET JACK SAVAGE -- Soft-Boiled Detective. Jack Savage is a private eye whose turf is the Monterey Peninsula. No one tries harder than "Monterey Jack," but unfortunately he labors under two handicaps--he is a neophyte, and he happened to be born under a very strange star. Life, for Jack, is a succession of square pegs and round holes. His first case is so embarrassingly simple--find a locket lost by two Mexican women visiting the peninsula as tourists. Yet he soon finds himself ensnared in a dangerous web that links the CIA, a dominatrix, sinister visitors from Taiwan, and a Silicon Valley company with its super-secret "stealth bomb." All this, while being upstaged by an inscrutable dog with his own agenda.

JACK SAVAGE TAKES A LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NOIR This time it's personal. Someone murdered the brother of Ralph Brown, Jack's close friend and favorite bartender. Despite Jack's best efforts to direct it elsewhere, the finger of suspicion keeps swinging back to point at the gorgeous French actress who just arrived on the peninsula-the one Jack is falling for, the one with the devil-may-care attitude toward life, love, and nudity. If only he had a little peace of mind, he could solve the case. But there's the distraction of a time-traveling stranger who needs his help ... and Bay Area thugs whose weapon of choice is a nutcracker ... and the French politician at the reins of a sinister cabal ... not to mention an insufferable dog whose sessions with a pet psychiatrist are going terribly awry. It's a full plate for a soft-boiled detective. (Third book in the "Monterey Jack" series.)

The sixty-six poems in this volume range from the whimsical to the profound, offering succinct insights into both the world we see and the world of our inner vision.