Ian C. Dawkins Moore

Publisher info

Ian C. Dawkins Moore was born under the sign of Aries in the year of the Tiger. He survived a British boarding school, the jock world of football hooliganism, hitch-hiking across the Sahara desert, and the two-tone culture of American racism. He is the published author of over 20 books, and he can still see the funny side of life

- Be Well & Enjoy!

Smashwords Interview

What motivated you to become an indie author?
I spent over $20,000 publishing my books through vanity presses before I realized there was a better way.
How has Smashwords contributed to your success?
Smashwords has allowed me to control my publications and distribute my books in an efficient and effective way. Marketing is increasingly a job that the writer must do him/her self. Smashwords gives me the tools to do the marketing I need.
Read more of this interview.
American Charity
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 87,700. Language: English. Published: October 15, 2014 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman
(5.00 from 1 review)
A young Ghanaian woman journeys to America to find her husband, who disappear three years before, and gets swept up in the under belly of American life in the early 1990's. She struggles with the new world environment and her own self discovery as she searches and finds her husband restoring him to health and sanity.
The Alchemy of Happiness
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 28,340. Language: English. Published: September 22, 2014 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire
(5.00 from 1 review)
A satire on the search for happiness and the many pitfalls and wonderful surprises along the way.
The Road to Ramadan
Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 3,020. Language: English. Published: June 8, 2012 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers
A young man of color, from Britain, journeys through West Africa in search of his identity. After many adventures he meets a young Ghanaian, who teaches him about Islam. Meeting his family he goes to live with his extended family in Kumasi and learns about the true values of the Moslem faith and his place in the world.
Jungle Fever
Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 3,060. Language: English. Published: May 5, 2012 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Travel, Fiction » Erotica » Literary Erotica
(2.00 from 1 review)
A man relates a story in a bar, in Aberdeen, Scotland, about an adventure he had in West Africa; and how his biggest fears of catching a deadly disease were made real.
Dead Secrets
Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 4,070. Language: English. Published: May 5, 2012 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
A man on the run from his past comes into a fortune only to lose it.
Return to My Native Land
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 66,080. Language: English. Published: April 4, 2010 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
As a young man, I traveled in West Africa in search of my identity. I am a man of color, who was born in England. I visited West Africa in he mid-seventies before that area exploded into violence, and witnessed the displacement of its people. This story is about my encounters with real people in Africa and my personal observations of my time there.
The Meaning of Life
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 34,050. Language: English. Published: March 29, 2010 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Poetry » Spiritual, Fiction » Romance » General
A collection of short stories and poems of romance, travel and adventure. For all readers who love language, words and expression, this collection is dedicated to you and the passionate stories that are now germinating in your hearts. May my humble stories act as a catalyst for your exuberant creations.
Afro-Muse: The Evolution of African-American Music
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 21,560. Language: English. Published: December 24, 2009 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Nonfiction » History » American
The story of music making in early African societies and its importation to America. A review showing the musical influences of Africa onto America. Chapters includes: Africa's history, musicology, instruments,the middle passage, seasoning in the islands, new world Africans arrive with their music,conversion to Christianity, the spirituals, camp meetings,the blues and hip hop's real origins.

Books

The Parade of Folly
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 55,510. Language: English. Published: September 11, 2023 . Categories: Nonfiction » Entertainment » Humor & satire » Form / parodies
The Parade of Folly is a collection of satires and epistles, both ancient and modern, that reflects on the role of folly in our lives and the great amusement it provides.
Angel Island
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 43,820. Language: English. Published: April 18, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
A whodunit mystery based on Somerset Maughan’s short story, ‘Rain.’ Detectives Nina & Mani must stop a murder before the end of a ten-day quarantine or let a murderer go free. They investigate Dolores, a grieving missionary’s wife, who conspires with a prostitute, abused by her husband, to murder him; while quarantined with a group of travelers on Angel Island during the Covid-19.
When Nina Met Mani
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 29,920. Language: English. Published: February 28, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » Romance » Adult, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories
Two wounded souls, both alike in identity Meet as strangers searching for dignity. The land of their birth denied them their dream While they strove and fought their nation’s scheme. Held by stubborn fate, they built hardened shells To protect themselves from their world of hells. They crossed paths at last, and sparks flew all night But they loved so intense it caused a fright.
She's Gonna Get It
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 30,180. Language: English. Published: January 7, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective
A Patriarch returns home to Oakland from an extended business trip to New Orleans with a new wife. She is younger than his youngest daughter. He installs her in the family house, where she attempts to take over. Nina & Mani are invited into the family home by Joy, the youngest daughter, when people start to die. Joy hopes they can solve the
She Was Her Man
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 23,840. Language: English. Published: January 5, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective
Clarissa MacWashington was let out of prison after two years for defrauding her Law Practice. She’d been with some of the most notorious and successful She’d learned a lot. The only way for a single middle-aged black woman to make serious money in America was in the porn business. After two years, she had a war chest of over $4 million. Then she set her sights on becoming the Mayor of Oakland
She Had It Coming
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 30,670. Language: English. Published: December 31, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
A whodunit mystery featuring a wealthy African American family that brings together a dysfunctional family who all have motives for seeing their mother dead. Then she dies, and more deaths follow over a weekend. Set in Oakland, California it is a wealthy family with property and investments in the city, which brings out old and new conflicts that leave five dead with three killers in one weekend.
Serendipity
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 14,830. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2021 . Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General
The Three Princes of Serendip, involving a camel, a horse, and a dog, which the eponymous Zadig can describe in great detail from his observations of the tracks on the ground. When he is accused of theft and taken before the judges, Zadig clears himself by recounting the mental process which allowed him to describe the two animals he has never seen. A series of unexpected fortunate discoveries.
The Rituals for Success
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 12,020. Language: English. Published: December 13, 2021 . Categories: Nonfiction » Career Guides » Education
A daily consistent RITUAL FOR SUCCESS is the only defense we have against dread and droop.
Hawaiian Hangover
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 46,090. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Mashups
He didn't want to return home to Hawai'i, but before he could escape again, the bodies began pulling up! "The Company" had one rule, talk and you get buried alive! A bite of the big pineapple! A nightmare in paradise! a tale of innocence, vice, and dumb luck...
Make America, America Again
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 48,050. Language: English. Published: December 7, 2021 . Categories: Essay » Sociology, Poetry » American poetry » General
LET AMERICA BE AMERICA AGAIN Langston Hughes (1938) Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free.
The Pandemic Blues
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 13,630. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2021 . Categories: Essay » Sociology, Poetry » American poetry » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
CONTENT The Pandemic Blues Blues People Why America? Being Brown Blame, Shame & Fame Fear Guilt Politician Poetica Life is your Right Victimhood Don’t Go There Alone, Naturally Talk is Cheap The Meaning of the Blues
You Can't Push A String Up A HIll
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 65,120. Language: English. Published: September 24, 2016 . Categories: Essay » Literature
SHORT STORIES AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE I CARE ABOUT BUT WHO CAN’T RESIST SCREWING ME. The characters in this book come alive and seem to be telling us to focus on which end of the string the influence lies. In other words, in any given situation, who needs to change, me or the other guy? You are in for a treat. Sue Stoney, The Editor
Divine Providence (or when all else fails, be lucky)
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 66,360. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Alternative history, Nonfiction » Travel » Road travel
Short stories and poems featuring adventures’ in the search and meaning of happiness. And how our best laid plans are often disrupted and we are left calling on the magic of consciousness and faith in our abilities to persevere.
The Arrival (How to survive in America)
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 91,510. Language: English. Published: October 25, 2015 . Categories: Essay » Sociology
Cross-cultural essays reflecting 30 years of living and observing life in America; Part I - Coming to America, Part II - Living in America; Part III – Surviving in America.
The Road to Ramadan
Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 3,020. Language: English. Published: June 8, 2012 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers
A young man of color, from Britain, journeys through West Africa in search of his identity. After many adventures he meets a young Ghanaian, who teaches him about Islam. Meeting his family he goes to live with his extended family in Kumasi and learns about the true values of the Moslem faith and his place in the world.
Jungle Fever
Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 3,060. Language: English. Published: May 5, 2012 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Travel, Fiction » Erotica » Literary Erotica
(2.00 from 1 review)
A man relates a story in a bar, in Aberdeen, Scotland, about an adventure he had in West Africa; and how his biggest fears of catching a deadly disease were made real.
Dead Secrets
Price: $4.00 USD. Words: 4,070. Language: English. Published: May 5, 2012 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
A man on the run from his past comes into a fortune only to lose it.
Return to My Native Land
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 66,080. Language: English. Published: April 4, 2010 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
As a young man, I traveled in West Africa in search of my identity. I am a man of color, who was born in England. I visited West Africa in he mid-seventies before that area exploded into violence, and witnessed the displacement of its people. This story is about my encounters with real people in Africa and my personal observations of my time there.
The Meaning of Life
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 34,050. Language: English. Published: March 29, 2010 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Poetry » Spiritual, Fiction » Romance » General
A collection of short stories and poems of romance, travel and adventure. For all readers who love language, words and expression, this collection is dedicated to you and the passionate stories that are now germinating in your hearts. May my humble stories act as a catalyst for your exuberant creations.
America-Culture Shock
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 65,530. Language: English. Published: December 25, 2009 . Categories: Nonfiction » Social Science » Immigration & Emigration
Culture shock is about the shock of cultures coming together in our world today. This book presents the story of culture shock within America to Americans. This book consolidates twenty years of writing and research about the culture shock experience into a definitive collection of essays, poems, commentaries and stories. They offer practical perspectives for students in high school and college,
Great Black Innovators & The Problem Solving Process
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 8,740. Language: English. Published: December 25, 2009 . Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study skills
A workbook, using the biographies and historical accomplishments of important black innovators, to demonstrate the problem solving process. A book, whose six step program can be used to resolve any problem.
Afro-Muse: The Evolution of African-American Music
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 21,560. Language: English. Published: December 24, 2009 by Ian C. Dawkins Moore. Categories: Nonfiction » History » American
The story of music making in early African societies and its importation to America. A review showing the musical influences of Africa onto America. Chapters includes: Africa's history, musicology, instruments,the middle passage, seasoning in the islands, new world Africans arrive with their music,conversion to Christianity, the spirituals, camp meetings,the blues and hip hop's real origins.
Open Heart Poetry
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 12,310. Language: English. Published: December 19, 2009 . Categories: Poetry » American poetry » African American
"Open Heart Poetry is iconoclastic poetry, written in a precise language that explores the intricacies of the emotions of love, friendship, and fatherhood, and ruminates on politics, history, music, and the mysteries of life. Each line in every poem explodes with an exact syntax and diction that grips the mind of the reader." Reginald Lockett, Poet & author of “PARTY CRASHERS OF PARADISE”

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