Garlic
by John Barrett Rose
Price: Free! 4660 words.
Published on May 20, 2010. Fiction.
One act play, pure nonsense, intended to amuse, offered to you free of charge.
Do remember that I retain the copyright and the performing rights.
Location: Austria
Member Since: Nov. 29, 2009
John Barrett Rose
Biography
Darn it! I've forgotten. Asking the dogs but they seem reluctant to speak.
Books
Friends And Relations
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 10220 words. Published on February 4, 2010. Fiction.
Three Act Dinner Theater play. After good meal and a glass or two of wine, the customers want to be entertained, and are ready for a good laugh. It's fun for the performers, too.
Price: $0.99 USD. 10220 words. Published on February 4, 2010. Fiction.
Three Act Dinner Theater play. After good meal and a glass or two of wine, the customers want to be entertained, and are ready for a good laugh. It's fun for the performers, too.
Rotten Apples
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 7860 words. Published on February 4, 2010. Fiction.
A one act play for the Do-Gooder Class to think about. Before meddling in the affairs of other countries, why not first try solving problems at home? There's a question, eh?
Price: $0.99 USD. 7860 words. Published on February 4, 2010. Fiction.
A one act play for the Do-Gooder Class to think about. Before meddling in the affairs of other countries, why not first try solving problems at home? There's a question, eh?
The Heart Of Charity Jones
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 13130 words. Published on February 2, 2010. Fiction.
This stage play was written at the time of the Bosnian war. It considers the Honorable Profession of Arms, the Questionable Profession of Publicity, and the Peculiar Profession of Law. Callous self-importance suffuses all three. This play is not suitable for amateur production.
Price: $0.99 USD. 13130 words. Published on February 2, 2010. Fiction.
This stage play was written at the time of the Bosnian war. It considers the Honorable Profession of Arms, the Questionable Profession of Publicity, and the Peculiar Profession of Law. Callous self-importance suffuses all three. This play is not suitable for amateur production.
The Third Day
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 13870 words. Published on January 26, 2010. Fiction.
An Easter verse play. Not, perhaps, what the blindly devout might expect. Ordinary folk. Miracles debunked and then performed without warning on stage. Cynicism. Comedy. All of this in blank verse, not for amateur players, although perhaps, interesting for an amateur play reading group to try privately. Do not even think of a public performance without first obtaining permission. Okay?
Price: $0.99 USD. 13870 words. Published on January 26, 2010. Fiction.
An Easter verse play. Not, perhaps, what the blindly devout might expect. Ordinary folk. Miracles debunked and then performed without warning on stage. Cynicism. Comedy. All of this in blank verse, not for amateur players, although perhaps, interesting for an amateur play reading group to try privately. Do not even think of a public performance without first obtaining permission. Okay?
The Gateway
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 5140 words. Published on January 26, 2010. Fiction.
One act play, it was read but never performed. Many of the audience squirmed, but none could deny its principle. It deals with power and authority, with hubris, modesty, and courage in the face of death. I would be happy to have some comments.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5140 words. Published on January 26, 2010. Fiction.
One act play, it was read but never performed. Many of the audience squirmed, but none could deny its principle. It deals with power and authority, with hubris, modesty, and courage in the face of death. I would be happy to have some comments.
O the King!
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 14170 words. Published on December 18, 2009. Fiction.
This play was written with a large but reasonably well trained theatrical group in mind, such as a high school or university drama club accustomed to reciting blank verse. It also calls for a composer, singers, and dancers.
Price: $0.99 USD. 14170 words. Published on December 18, 2009. Fiction.
This play was written with a large but reasonably well trained theatrical group in mind, such as a high school or university drama club accustomed to reciting blank verse. It also calls for a composer, singers, and dancers.
All Together
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 17660 words. Published on December 17, 2009. Fiction.
Playwright's delight - a play within a play. Actors trying to get a Shakespearean play on stage, and also trying to find their own identities in the ephemeral world of Theatre. Many of the elements of this work are true although the totality is fiction. This play is not suitable for amateur production.
Price: $0.99 USD. 17660 words. Published on December 17, 2009. Fiction.
Playwright's delight - a play within a play. Actors trying to get a Shakespearean play on stage, and also trying to find their own identities in the ephemeral world of Theatre. Many of the elements of this work are true although the totality is fiction. This play is not suitable for amateur production.
Now we have Democracy
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 7660 words. Published on December 16, 2009. Fiction.
Democracy has become a catch-all phrase for any type of government in which some sort of voting is allowed the public under the pretext that they can control a government. Put simply, it is bullshit. Do-gooders and other idiots love it.
Price: $0.99 USD. 7660 words. Published on December 16, 2009. Fiction.
Democracy has become a catch-all phrase for any type of government in which some sort of voting is allowed the public under the pretext that they can control a government. Put simply, it is bullshit. Do-gooders and other idiots love it.
Flights of Fancy
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 13210 words. Published on December 15, 2009. Fiction.
Stage Play: Did you really think the first powered flight was made at Kitty Hawk in 1903? Oh, Ha, ha! The first powered flight was made in California, (where else?) in 1893 by a slimy Limey rascal anxious to escape the natural consequences of his behavior. If it wasn't that everybody concerned lied like the devil, the facts might have come out earlier.
Price: $0.99 USD. 13210 words. Published on December 15, 2009. Fiction.
Stage Play: Did you really think the first powered flight was made at Kitty Hawk in 1903? Oh, Ha, ha! The first powered flight was made in California, (where else?) in 1893 by a slimy Limey rascal anxious to escape the natural consequences of his behavior. If it wasn't that everybody concerned lied like the devil, the facts might have come out earlier.
Rising in the West
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 132580 words. Published on December 8, 2009. Fiction.
Novel: Was the Old West really won, or merely stolen? We go back to a time when Law was more or less what men made up as they went along. An English runaway thief called Willie rises to become Ben Grace, bravest man and fastest gun in Montana. Stuffed with characters enough to stock a State treasury, this novel will make politically correct readers clutch Bible to breast and wail.
Price: $0.99 USD. 132580 words. Published on December 8, 2009. Fiction.
Novel: Was the Old West really won, or merely stolen? We go back to a time when Law was more or less what men made up as they went along. An English runaway thief called Willie rises to become Ben Grace, bravest man and fastest gun in Montana. Stuffed with characters enough to stock a State treasury, this novel will make politically correct readers clutch Bible to breast and wail.
Looking for the road to Wisdom
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 50790 words. Published on December 5, 2009. Fiction.
Sardonic Novel: Take a lad brought into the world, and some way up in it by female all-in wrestler Crazy Cat Carter. No schooling, no morals, no father, and then sent by Mum to retrieve her, uh, partner, from Morocco. Mum being in jail at that moment. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, hopefully picking up some learning along the way.
Price: $0.99 USD. 50790 words. Published on December 5, 2009. Fiction.
Sardonic Novel: Take a lad brought into the world, and some way up in it by female all-in wrestler Crazy Cat Carter. No schooling, no morals, no father, and then sent by Mum to retrieve her, uh, partner, from Morocco. Mum being in jail at that moment. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, hopefully picking up some learning along the way.
For the Love of Charley-Am
by John Barrett Rose
Price: $0.99 USD. 60000 words. Published on December 3, 2009. Fiction.
Romantic Novel: Charley-Am Watts is a pretty young widow making a meagre living in Vienna. Hugo Renner is a tough, suave cop charged with protecting the Austrian Constitution. He is faced with uranium smuggling, murder, a bungling British agent, a vicious CIA rendition squad, all somehow involving Charley-Am. There is mystery, humour, high courage and low trickery in this novel.
Price: $0.99 USD. 60000 words. Published on December 3, 2009. Fiction.
Romantic Novel: Charley-Am Watts is a pretty young widow making a meagre living in Vienna. Hugo Renner is a tough, suave cop charged with protecting the Austrian Constitution. He is faced with uranium smuggling, murder, a bungling British agent, a vicious CIA rendition squad, all somehow involving Charley-Am. There is mystery, humour, high courage and low trickery in this novel.
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John Barrett Rose's favorite authors on Smashwords
Rebecca Heath
Latest book: Letters To My Mother. Published on January 7, 2010.
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Smashwords book reviews by John Barrett Rose
- Letters To My Mother
on Jan. 11, 2010
Letters to My Mother is a delicately written but astonishingly powerful account of a young woman's first love. This true bitter-sweet story of affection between a nineteen year old girl and a middle aged man holds the reader's attention from beginning to sad end. Older readers may view this as a tale of innocence destroyed, but author Rebecca Heath's unwavering loyalty to her lover, lasting beyond mere mortal bonds, demonstrates that the love of a good woman, like the patience of God, passeth all understanding. Recommended for the mature reader.