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Literary Fiction
When River Freeman gets an opportunity to live in a bargain beach home in Carmel, Caifornia, she takes it. Unfortunately, this puts her son Rusty in the position of new kid just as he's hitting sixth grade. With his advanced... See More
Literary Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Having finally struck rock bottom in Portland, Oregon, Marina Quantrill hits the road in her janky station wagon, headed for San Francisco. Her drive down the coast offers a sudden streak of good luck: a winning lottery... See More
Literary Fiction
Literary Fiction
An amateur opera critic finds himself in an affair with the world's greatest diva in this rollicking, erotic comedy from the author of Gabriella's Voice. See More
Literary Fiction
"Spinal Tap for cover bands!" When Arie leaves her band, Slow Children, for bigger stages, her boyfriend Kev is left to deal with Casey, the dreaded Guitarist's Girlfriend, whose mediocre vocals threaten to chase away their... See More
Literary Fiction
Fifty-year-old Bill Harness is on a strange but seemingly benign journey, rambling across the country in an old Pontiac and leaving large anonymous checks with promising young opera singers. His fuel, however, is sorrow, and... See More
Literary Fiction
Desperate to save his children from the trauma of divorce, Hopkins Grinder arranges for a hobbyist seducer to placate his wife. A few weeks later, he discovers pictures of her on a hidden-camera porn site. Double Blind takes... See More
Literary Fiction
Wedding officiant Daniel Maryland is on his way to a gig in Malibu when a woman pops up in the back seat and informs him that she needs a bathroom break. Once his heart rate returns to normal, he learns that his stowaway is... See More
Religion & Spirituality
A wide-ranging journey through atheism and its surprising digressions by Michael J. Vaughn, author of the best-selling atheist novel, The Popcorn Girl. The book goes from the author's lightweight California Methodist past... See More
Literary Fiction
Literature & Fiction
Honorable Mention, 2016 New England Book Festival.Top Five Pick, 2016, jennyredbug.comWhen the owner of an atheist bookshop falls for the girl who works in the moviehouse across the street, he has no idea what he's getting... See More
Literary Fiction
Literary Fiction
When Chris Weathers finds an oddly alluring artwork in a beachtown coffeehouse, he thinks he's found the answer to the visions invading his button-down life. But when he becomes the patron of its creator, a semi-homeless... See More
Literary Fiction
Award Winner, 2014 San Francisco Book Festival. The more Michael Moss refuses to watch his conductor, Amy Fine, the more she becomes determined to make him watch. The ensuing battle of wills - and his curious flare for... See More
Literary Fiction
Karen is a free-range comet in a compact car, roaming the Pacific Northwest in an attempt to escape her life. She winds up in Jackpot, Nevada, a "veritable Brigadoon of a town" on the Idaho border. Gerry is Jackpot's... See More
Sports
Tommy Folgett's life is littered with disappointments: a broken marriage, alcoholism, and squandered artistic talent. But he did create one hell of a softball team. Under Tommy's tutelage, this hodge-podge of characters has... See More
Literature & Fiction
Michael J. Vaughn takes on the pedestrian world of modern poetry with works that dance, joke, take hairpin turns, and produce unforgettable images: an iguana chasing down a pack of wild poodles, a stingray discovered on a... See More
Literary Fiction
A painful break-up/break-down chases high-tech marketing wiz Sandy Lowiltry from her Silicon Valley home. She comes to rest on the Oregon Coast, where she seeks solace in the opera-themed sanctuary of the Hotel Bel Canto and... See More
In his early works, poet Michael J. Vaughn not only used music as his subject, but incorporated music into his syntax, creating verses that sing, crescendo and syncopate. The centerpiece is his series of opera poems, in... See More
Sports
Stuck between his morbidly obese wife and a sultry one-armed English teacher, David Falter receives his counseling from a very unexpected source: a homeless man who turns out to be Billy Saddle, perpretrator of the the most... See More
Literary Fiction
Shawn Turk flees his bible-thumping hometown girlfriend only to fall for another Christian, this one named after his new city. But Tacoma is different - she writes her own rules, and her beliefs don't preclude adventurous... See More
Drama & Plays
A group of coffeehouse regulars try to figure out the essence of Ray-El, their resident vampire fang designer, and their own messed-up love lives. In the companion play, Darcy Lamont, the title character has his peaceful... See More
Literature & Fiction
Escaping a family vacation in a little town east of Yosemite, Skye Pelter sings "Nature Boy" in a karaoke bar and triggers the adventure of a lifetime. Given an open calendar, a stealth '86 Toyota pickup truck and cold, hard... See More