Romantic Drama

Nora and I Stole a Car - A Modern Teenage Love Story

2023: Teenage Coming of Age / Humor — 54 pages

A suburban teenage boy watches his life become a crazy mess while just trying to stay out of everyone's way. While attmepting to maneuver through a world of parents, piano teachers, a psychiatrist, a pregnant friend, and a teenage punk primed for trouble, Oliver turns to his girlfriend Nora, the only person he can trust, to try to restore his sanity. 

Metaphysical Romance

Orbiting Chaos

2007: Psychological / Poetic / Romantic / Metaphysical — 146 pages

Various coincidences conspire to connect the lives of Gabriel and Laney, two social misfits. A desperate need to run from the past takes each of them on unexpected journeys as they try to find their place in the world.

A Metaphysical Spiritual Comedy

WOW

2013: Quirky / Comedy / Romantic / Philosophical / Spiritual — 119 pages

Who is Zolar, and why should you be listening to him right now? Two kids start an Internet scam, but eventually come to wonder if it’s a scam, or something impossibly true.

Historical Fiction

The Dance and the Diamond Sky

2020 / original publication 1988

Historical / Political / 1960’s / Coming of Age — 329 pages

A megalomaniacal president committing criminal acts in the White House. A senseless war. A corrupt justice system. How long would the nation tolerate the lies and political deception, while helplessly witnessing the assassination of their heroes -- Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King?  

The Dance and the Diamond Sky is a semi-autobiographical look at the only nonviolent American revolution in history, seen through the eyes of a small group of innocent friends who get caught in the middle.

While the plot includes plenty of “sex, drugs, and rock and roll,” it is above all a story about the political motivations, and the philosophical and social aspirations, of the hippie movement in the late 1960s. A movement that ended a war, and changed the world.

Non-Fiction

How to Change the Channel ~ to Make Thinking Feel Better

2023: Non-Fiction: Psychology / Self-Help — 89 pages

How can you access the best version of yourself, day to day, moment by moment?
This book is an amalgam of parables and consciousness games to help you get control of yourself! (As much as is humanly possible.)
It borrows ideas from various sources, including spiritual teachers, poets, therapists, Abraham Lincoln, the Declaration of Independence, and a Chinese chef from Berkeley. (Thank you, Mr. Shem.)

Romantic Drama

Somewhere Beautiful

2009: Humorous / Youthful / Generational / College / Coming of Age — 125 pages

A post-millennial teenager finds himself stumbling through life the summer before college. But the girl he meets on a family vacation in Paris, and a death-defying event back home, alter his perceptions of the world and his place in it. 

Somewhere Beautiful was also chosen to be the title, and the first story, of a three novel book by Gary Marks, now in print.

Romantic Drama

Superstar

2007: Romantic / Music business — 139 pages

From roadie to the front cover of Rolling Stone -- this is the story of Jenna James, and her evolution into a rock icon, written from the viewpoint of a young musician who writes the only songs she wants to sing.

Now also part of a book of three novels called, Somewhere Beautiful.

Metaphysical Science Fiction

(T)here

2019: Psychological / Psychedelic / Metaphysical — 100 pages

A young chemist invents a drug that could lead to world peace. In lab experiments it transports the mind to a place of wonder and enlightenment. The pill will cost pennies to make. The world is ready to be changed. There’s only thing standing in the way…..

Now also part of a book of three novels called, Somewhere Beautiful.

Romantic Drama / Psychological

Journey Through the Riotous Dark

2010: Romance / Comedy / Psychological / Quirky / College / Coming of Age — 114 pages

This story centers around the mysterious Clair Kinsley - if that's even her real name. She's funny, she's wild, and she loves to create illusions. Shannon thinks he's in love, he thinks he can find out the truth about her. But sometimes the truth becomes too hard to bear.

Surreal Humor

My Name Was Don

2016: Offbeat Comedy — 47 pages

The day finally comes when Don's two realities merge into an inner world he never knew existed.

Romantic Comedy

Rain Dreams

2012: Romantic / Quirky Comedy / Coming of Age — 73 pages

Rain Dreams is a story about two young seekers of adventure. But as they drive away from their dreary small town life they run into headwinds, water in various forms, and an ex-cop-Irish detective dead-set on chasing them down.

Surreal Humor / Romance

Beyond Henry

2017: Eccentric Comedy / Romance / Psychological — 52 pages

Love gets complicated. Life gets complicated. Accidents happen. The questions is, after all the adventures, desires, longing, and life experiences, who will Henry become in the end?

Modern Fiction

From the Farthest Places

2018: Psychological / Generational — 77 pages

An empty nester couple is torn apart while trying to understand the eccentric life and mind of their brilliant teenage daughter.

Autobiography of an A.I.  

2022: Socio-Political Sci-fi  — 90 pages

Ion Compass gives us a glimpse into the heart and mind of a genetically synthesized human during a time of great political upheaval. Sacrifices are made; the prices paid are steep. The lessons Ion Compass learns as life unfolds are the gifts he chooses to convey in his book, for those who are able to truly understand him. 

Modern Fiction / Romance

Emily’s Game

2016: Romantic / Suspense / Finance / Business Empire — 106 pages

Jack Hampton found the perfect wife. Her only imperfection was that she kept secrets from time to time. They were harmless secrets. Except one.

When Emily gets entangled in her father's billion dollar fraud she has to choose between her husband and her father, or create a secret way to save them both.

 Humorous / Cyber-World / Coming of Age

One Wild True Moment

2019: Tech World / Comical / Coming of Age — 65 pages

A tale of betrayal and survival in Seattle's hi-tech jungle. Cody, a coder at a cyber-security firm, finds himself surrounded by brilliant scoundrels, including the CEO, the CEO’s daughter, the CEO’s right-hand man, and the city's top detective. He tries to navigate through a maze of lies and trickery, but can't quite find his way -- until he stumbles upon one wild true moment outside the game.

Modern Fiction / Romance

Lilly's Last Words

2019: Romance / Financial world — 89 pages 

A brilliant tech millionaire has found a beautiful girl who loves him as much as he loves her. Together they can go anywhere, afford anything. But what happens next? And what happens after that? Two people who can afford almost anything eventually must decide what they really want. 

Surreal Humor

Shelby's Time

2016: Quirky comedy — 59 pages

Shelby thinks he's from the future. Unfortunately, there's no way to prove it, or to change the present or the past. The event at the river proves to be both his undoing, and a revelation that will allow him to find his way in time.

Acoustic Punk

2020:  Music Business  / Comedic — 48  pages

David Allington is looking for a miracle to change his life. He was hired to produce a punk band whose drummer who couldn't keep time. He was then fired by the record company for firing the drummer. His congressman father disowned him. Life continues to take a turn for the worse. So he comes up with a new plan -- a long shot. But just as he feels his luck is about to change, Covid-19 sweeps in and changes absolutely everything. A miracle could still happen. But it might not be the miracle he had in mind.