The Hardest Wordby Paul SamaelDoes the banking crisis make you feel angry, frustrated and powerless? Perhaps it's time you did something about that feeling. You could, for example, kidnap a banker. On second thoughts, don't do that - try reading this short story...
From Weleetka to Wewoka to Wetumkaby Martha Tobin HokeFrom 1931 until the birth of her sons in 1936 and 1939, Martha Tobin Hoke lived in a dozen different cities in West Texas, Eastern Colorado, and Kansas. As her husband chased after the lure of 'black gold', Martha...
How to Easily Identify the Early Stamps of Ecuador 1865 to 1872by Tom HokeMost stamp collectors who buy on the internet do not have sufficient information to evaluate the stamp being offered. The early stamps of Ecuador were imperforate, and according to the...
Murder in the Grand Manorby Tom HokeJim Smith knew this was going to be a memorable trip when his headlights picked out the figure of a woman talking animatedly to a palmetto during a driving rain storm. Peering through the blur of water on his windshield, he found...
The Mysterious Plusby William L. TarvinThe Mysterious Plus is a philosophical murder mystery in the same sense that Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, and Crime and Punishment are. In them, more important than the solution to the crime are the ideas which arise during the pursuit...
The Malevich Teapotby Chris BlackfordWe all have to start somewhere. And some of us have to start again somewhere. I had to start again at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow; that imposing Georgian edifice on the edge of London with its big bay windows and its...