Location: United States
Member Since: Dec. 23, 2010
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Paul Hawkins


Biography

Paul Hawkins is the kind of guy you only meet once or twice in your life, and the first time you thought he was panhandling for change. A less discerning man might suspect he dresses in the dark, but there is motive behind all of it. He wrestled the atom for its secrets and found them wanting; he does not like ethanol because it gums up his engine. He writes because other people haven't said it yet. If he could play the piano, he would. He likes cajun food. If you think he owes you money, he is not the Paul Hawkins you are thinking of.

Where to find Paul Hawkins online

Website: http://www.phawkins.com
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Books

Angels and Electrons (excerpt)    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 20600 words. Published on November 24, 2011. Fiction.
the story of the end of the world, as seen from an electronic repairman's dirt farm. An excerpt and draft from a novel in progress, so there may be a few lumps and bumps. For entertainment purposes only. A bit of discursive/experimental fiction. It will undergo more experiments soon, and hopefully reach completion.
Diary from the Wall Street Occupation!    by Paul Hawkins
Price: $0.99 USD. 1810 words. Published on October 13, 2011. Fiction.
(4.00 from 4 reviews)
Three days in the life of a student protesting the plight of the poor from her iPad and iPhone. iPity, iSympathize, iProtest, then iGoBacktoMyPrivateCollege. By iCare. Republished in honor of those students protesting for college credit. When your pee freezes before it hits the ground, that's when you discover what you're really made of.
Auto-De-Fe    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 8220 words. Published on September 2, 2011. Fiction.
Two young friends are united by a crappy old car, dead-end summer jobs, and the endless desire to escape from tedium into the big wide world. One breaks free and gets the girl; the other gets an empty garage and a valuable lesson. (Instructions on how to repair your own tail-finned Cadillac are not included, but if you can manage to do this, you have every right to live large).
Golf Tips Digest Presents: Double-Bogey of Death!!!    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 940 words. Published on July 10, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Golf Tips Digest Presents: Double-Bogey of Death!!! (Free with every paid subscription to "Golf Tips Digest"!!!) With the tips he gets with his paid subscription to "Golf Tips Digest," will he conquer the back nine - and more??? The pecking order at the clubhouse will never be the same. Short story humor - 1000 words or so - guaranteed to improve your swing.
The PBS Painter's Tale    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 2370 words. Published on May 23, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
He can paint happy dreamy landscapes in 30 minutes or less -- guaranteed! -- but can he convince his broody teenaged son that the real world is anything other than a cruddy, joyless hellhole? Inspired by (but not depicting) the great Bob Ross. Because every happy little tree needs a friend, and everyone needs to remember there are beautiful places even in a busy world.
Anaximander's Bottle    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 6740 words. Published on May 10, 2011. Fiction.
A mind-bending tale: as space-time unknits, a mad Prussian scientist seeks the inspiration of his Valkyrie and retreats to the protection of his 'ontological citadels' to preserve reality - or perhaps remake it in his image.
Class Warfare at the Convenience Store    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 4160 words. Published on April 16, 2011. Fiction.
(2.00 from 2 reviews)
When a burgeoning municipality sets out to annex a strip of land previously considered to be the sticks, the locals have to find the means to fight back.
Emperor Apostrophe    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 2720 words. Published on March 30, 2011. Fiction.
(1.00 from 1 review)
A discursive bit of fiction on the creeping into history of the Atman from the Brahman - well, a college kid gets knocked up. The Brahman aint always mystical, or is it? Look pal, it's free.
The Werewolfening of Taffney St. Cloud    by Paul Hawkins
Price: $0.99 USD. 10590 words. Published on March 19, 2011. Fiction.
Continuing the horror parody begun in "The Vampirenization of Taffney St. Cloud." A buxom alabaster slayer who works in her mother's hair salon must defend Sunvalleydale from undead activity and a zombie pyramid scheme, all on the eve of the Harvest Moon Ball. Will the world will be saved in time for a dance in the Community College gym? Brooding aplenty, but no dark-soled shoes allowed.
In Prison    by Paul Hawkins
Price: $0.99 USD. 3560 words. Published on March 8, 2011. Fiction.
(3.00 from 1 review)
Set sometime in the near future, a man picks up a lost cell phone by the side of the road and suddenly finds himself arrested and shuttled through a maze of prisons in a distopic, post-war United States.
Zen and Loathing with the Gatsby's    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 7480 words. Published on March 6, 2011. Fiction.
Set in Europe of the 1920's and 30's, a monied American expatriate moves in social circles with the luminaries of the day and comes to terms with the emptiness of his theosophical dabblings, even as his personal life spirals out of control. Excerpted from "Prometheus Fit To Be Tied."
The Vampirening of Taffney St. Cloud    by Paul Hawkins
Price: $0.99 USD. 7340 words. Published on February 24, 2011. Fiction.
A broody suburban girl copes with her recent vampirening. Or is it vampirification? Having bit of fun at the expense of a popular genre.
Prometheus Fit To Be Tied    by Paul Hawkins
Price: Free! 89830 words. Published on February 7, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
It's 1939, the USA is on the eve of leaving its sleepy childhood behind forever, and the world's last renaissance man has dragged his dissipated self back home to confront the tinpot gods who would rise to power by giving farmers alternating current. "Hawkins has written a big story for a big era, a comic requiem for the lost potential of the American Century."

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