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The Brother I Will Never Know He never had a name. At least not one you knew of before you left Viet Nam. When the story of your son came up the only names that were mentioned were the derogatory ones she called you in English and Vietnamese when you told her you were being shipped home and she wasn't coming with you. "Da Nang got overrun in '65 a year after I left. Probably didn't survive anyway," you always said. Sentiment for that year was stubbed out long ago the like burned cigarettes that overflowed your ashtray.

A small collection of short stories, flash fiction, and haibun. A young man escapes from a rough life through his passion for fly fishing. A man reflects on how fly fishing, anger, and meditation have impacted his life. An old man tries to decide whether to try and reconnect with his son or chase his dream of catching a trophy salmon. A businessman who had little time for family bitterly reflects on his life while on a fishing trip. A man fly fishing in the high desert of Eastern Washington tries to capture in words the powerful spiritual beauty of the land and sport.

A very short collection of humorous and up lifting stories. A teenage boy tries to put the moves on a girl at the bus stop. God as a movie director has a rough Hollywood style meeting. Two men return to the scene of a past family tragedy and find love and laughter there. And finally, an epic adventure that only ten year old boys can dream up even as they live it, surviving the perils of hunting Santana, the Killer Rooster near a small village in Mexico. Read and laugh along with the hilarious characters that inhabit this silly little stories.

I wish I could tell you this was going to be one of those "How to Write, Publish, and Sell Millions of Books" type rags, but like me I imagine you're tired of getting burned by them. Truth is, if any of those kinds of books actually worked every writer on the planet would have bought their copy, followed the directions, and would now be happily counting their money as their book sales rocketed into the stratosphere. This ain't that type of book. This one is more like a combo of Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones, Pressfield's The War of Art, with a dash of King's On Writing stirred in for ...

This is a work of Tricktion, some truth and a lot of fiction Also, it is some truth and some fiction that has been tricked out to make it a more interesting read. Some of these stories I experienced firsthand, many of them I heard second, third, and even fourth hand, if there is such a thing. All of them have been altered if for no other reason than to preempt any potential lawsuits or even attempted murders if revealing some of them happens to really piss off those that were involved. Most of these stories happened well over twenty years ago, so I have to rely on my far from perfect memory...

New Interpol detective Cantor Silva tracks a mysterious rogue AI that is hunting and killing humans via the secretive and dangerous Dark Net in 2080 Nagoya, Japan. Relying on the help of fellow Interpol detective Fujimura, tech specialist Sequim, and Gamma, a Retro-Narcotics dealer Cantor must stop it before its killing spree spirals out of control. A gripping Blade Runner like Cyber Punk series that will appeal to fans of Neuromancer, Altered Carbon, and other Cyberpunk classics.

New Interpol officer Cantor Silva continues tracking a murderous AI through the Dark Net. Using here primary paid informant Gamma, she tries to find the mysterious genius Korpa Blythe to determine what he is connection to the AI might be. Despite her efforts the AI continues its murder spree even extending its reach to include Cantor and her associates as well. A gripping Blade Runner like Cyber Punk series that will appeal to fans of Neuromancer, Altered Carbon, and other Cyberpunk classics.

In this collection of short stories from author Steve B Howard a young woman decides to return to a temple in Japan where she once found peace, a Japanese solider during WWII searches through the ruins of Hiroshima for his family, a young skateboarder desperately tries to deal with his drug addiction, as well as several other stories. Also included is an excerpt from the up coming thriller novel series, The Yakusa Hunter.

Former Sumo Wrestler Bigu Edee turned private detective is hired by the Japanese mob to track down high end club hostess Saya. But as Bigu Edee digs deeper into Saya's disappearance he realizes that he is being asked to do much more than simply locate Saya. Saya's Run and many other stories make up this wonderful little collection.

Lucas is a lost soul. His wife died in a terrible car accident while he was driving. Feeling responsible, he slips into a life of alcoholism and depression. He leaves his teen age son Joey with his brother, moves into a cheap run down apartment and spends his days fly fishing and his nights drinking himself into oblivion. After seeing a teenage boy gunned down in front of the apartment complex Lucas realizes he has to take control of his life, sober up, and return to Joey as a father once again. He embarks on a journey to the Diamond River in the high desert of Eastern Washington. While ...

In 1990 Boge a 17 year old former Hollywood teen TV star has lost his agent, his role on the TV show Tweenie Bopper Parade, and his home after his mom kicks him out Boge and his best friend Benny decide to abandon high school, Benny’s apartment, and almost any shot they might have of getting back into the film industry, to try and make it on their own as buskers. They hit the road in Boge’s ’66 Studebaker with little more than their acoustic guitars, a sandwich bag full of drugs, a battered old green tent, some camping equipment, and long shot dreams of making it as punk folk ...

This is another collaboration between me and the AI that creates artwork on Night Cafe I have nicknamed A. I. Grooven. This time I used mostly Haiku and really short poems. I was able to use almost all of the words in A. I. Grooven's text box this time with the exception of the profanity. A. I. Grooven is a bit of a prude when it comes to that. Also, I tried inserting the Haiku into the art as much as I could this time so that you get the entire piece of art as well as the Haiku or poem. Enjoy!

Recently, I discovered Night Cafe an AI art generation site. I started experimenting using lines from my poems and entire stanza. I was blown away by the results and decided to merge my words with the amazing art created by the AI at Night Cafe. In fact, I was so impressed I even gave the AI a name, A.I. Grooven, hence title of this book. I know it is a program, code, numbers, etc, but it often feels like there is really a heart and feelings behind the code when I see the stuff A. I. Grooven creates. I loved drawing as a kid, but I’ve never been very good at it. I was never really able to...

A collection of funny, frightening, fascinating and strange flash fiction and short stories. From the author of the Cyberpunk novelette series, Mystical Meat Machines comes this great little collection of some of his best sci fi flash fiction. A young serial killer plots his murderous escape from a lunar juvenile prison colony. A small farming town is attacked by intelligent mutant turkeys after a horrible accident happens in their community. A jealous AI runs amok in her owners lab. These and several others make up this thrilling collection.