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A Night in Castle Crags
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 40,770. Language: English. Published: June 7, 2017 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General, Fiction » Coming of age
October, 1950, three Dunsmuir college boys, home for the week end, climb into Castle Crags, searching for the Wells Fargo cash box of gold coins hidden by Indians after they robbed a stage coach in the mid 1800s. Hiking down into the Crags, with night coming on, the boys are blocked by a water fall and have to spend the night before finding a way to climb out.
Melanie in Lingerie
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 3,200. Language: English. Published: May 18, 2017 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Why would a very proper, distinguished-looking, well dressed, learned, old gentleman stroll into the Lingerie Department of a large store near closing time to purchase a negligee as a wedding gift for his son’s bride? Melanie, the manager, and Ariel, a stock room worker, were both curious; but they would have to wait a year to understand the purpose of the gift when it is returned.
A Play and Four Short Stories
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,190. Language: English. Published: May 16, 2017 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literary collections » American / General, Fiction » Plays & Screenplays » American
A writer’s life is full of raggedy stories. For instance, a short play with bits of show tunes sung by a girl and heard by a boy who thinks trees can sing; a few seconds of terror with life flashing before the eyes; a struggle between right and wrong, ending because of an inconvenience; a good ending for a poorly ended story; and an inmate watching colors of dripping lizard blood.
The First and Last Chance
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,900. Language: English. Published: May 8, 2017 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
As a boy, Jack London sold newspapers and frequented the Oakland waterfront. After eighth grade, he worked in a cannery for 10 cents an hour with shifts of 10 to 20 hours. He hated the job and quit. At 15 he made good money as an oyster pirate. Barely 17, he sailed before the mast on a schooner hunting seals on the north coast of Japan. He got back in seven months and started high school.
Kindness Among Friends
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 47,000. Language: English. Published: May 3, 2017 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Plays & Screenplays, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
Charlie’s Sportsmen’s Club is a long, two-story building on skid-row, housing a long bar, a poker room, a Chinese cafe, and a hotel across the top floor. Business depends on a subculture of alcoholics, gamblers, hustlers, shills, and those in need of a bed. Among them is Alexander Kyness, whose friends call him “Kindness”, a man with talent, who has chosen a life of obscurity.
About it and About
Price: $1.59 USD. Words: 32,220. Language: English. Published: April 25, 2017 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Transgressional, Fiction » Literature » Literary
For many years my favorite type of fiction to read was the short story. I have selected these stories for their variety of subject and style. Some are very short and some are toward the longer end of things. I am sure you will find some of them to be just the type you like. There is humor and tragedy, happy stories and sad. I hope you savor your experience discovering this collection.
Makes the Arrow Sing
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 15,520. Language: English. Published: April 24, 2017 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
An American Indian, born a thousand years ago in the mountains of Northern California, learns the ways of the People, survives the trial of manhood, and lives to old age, a revered member of his tribe. He wonders about the Great Spirit of all living things, and finally, high on a ridge, a wind-blown tree reveals a secret; and the Indian dies, understanding the meaning and power of Life.
The Experiment
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,890. Language: English. Published: April 17, 2017 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
A scientist lives in the realm of the unkown. He follows his curiosity into all things of the earth and of all life on it. He delves into the past and extrapolates into the future. Although he lives in the present, he pays little attention to it. He loses himself in his own world until he wakes up in a here and now of his own making and finds himself the subject of his own experiment.
The Trout, the Train, and the Symphony
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,530. Language: English. Published: March 1, 2017 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Inspirational, Fiction » Visionary & metaphysical
This is the story of a wise, old trout, a railroad brakeman, and a famous maestro who share a magical world one evening as they listen to the sound and feel the power of the music of life.
Boy Scouts Jamboree, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1950
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,280. Language: English. Published: November 14, 2016 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » History » Essays
(5.00 from 1 review)
William (Bill) Morley attended the 1950 Boy Scout National Jamboree, traveling by rail with a group of 13 scouts from the California Central Coast, joining with a contingent from the San Joaquin Valley and the northern Sacramento Valley to travel to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for the Jamboree and then return by rail, visiting many historic sites both going and returning.
Shady Bill
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 13,080. Language: English. Published: October 27, 2016 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Literature » Literary
Back in the 1960’s and 70’s, Shady Bill was a big money, lo-ball hustler, a winning player in his hustling prime, but never far from the destitution of the streets. He was upright, presentable, dressed thrift-store style, and he always wore sun glasses. Playing the poker clubs of Northern California, he awaited the big score. It seemed always within reach, but never in his grasp, or was it? ~~~
America
Price: $9.95 USD. Words: 52,600. Language: English. Published: September 1, 2016 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » African American fiction » General
Current events disturb me. They disturb me to the point that I fear the next few months. I hope you become disturbed after you have finished "America".
Haiku Dude
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,260. Language: English. Published: August 30, 2016 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Essay » Literature, Fiction » Biographical
The Haiku Dude, trying to be a writer, ends up in a haiku class. He writes haiku easily but doesn't get the meaning. Years later, sad and alone on a dark, winter night, the Dude reads a haiku that transports him to another time and place. Tears come to his eyes and a longing for home and family come to his heart, and he understands at last.
Slaughter's First Case
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 55,620. Language: American English. Published: January 12, 2015 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Mystery & Detective
A stubborn and irascible commercial fisherman turns up dead while fishing 100 miles from the shore; the police call it an accident but it looks like suicide. The man’s wife, though, knows it’s murder. She knows just the person to find the murderer: her insurance agent, a man she dated one time in high school. Armed with a secret he hasn’t told anyone, she convinces him to come to her aid.
Fragments from the Silent Generation
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 78,770. Language: English. Published: January 12, 2015 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Poetry » Spiritual
Two Korean War vets, striving to pick up their lives where they left off, find the future has gone on without them; while remembering “The Forgotten War”, they have to create their own future. The time: 1959-1960, the place: Berkeley and Oakland, California. The characters: A beatnik artist and a cab driver poet learn about life and love in a changing world. Who could want for anything more?
Time Frame
Price: $1.59 USD. Words: 4,680. Language: English. Published: March 20, 2014 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Biographical
When the narrator strolls the dock at the yacht club he finds himself in a situation more weird than he could ever have imagined. Nor could he have imagined it would involve a long-time friend and cause him to tell lies to cancel a dinner date. The reader will have much to ponder. For a long time.
Treasure Hunter, Book Two of Dunsmuir Boy
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 56,260. Language: English. Published: December 30, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Coming of age
Having left Dunsmuir to attend college, Leif returns to visit his girlfriend. He reunites with his friends and they swim, hunt and reminisce. They recall a long-ago tale of a box of gold that was stolen and hidden in a granite fortress not far away. They set out one morning to find the gold and discover the fortress is much more willing to test their bodies and spirits than reward them.
Stream Runner, Book 1 of Dunsmuir Boy
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 50,730. Language: English. Published: October 28, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Coming of age
Leif Collins grew up in Dunsmuir not believing in watches or clocks. Instead he believed in trout fishing and swimming with his friends, Sanchez and Dunnigan. He plans to be a writer when he’s grown but, until then, he must gather experiences. The setting is clean and country-fresh with a look back at the early 1940's and includes some lyrical images and home-grown relationships.
"Uba Uba in Love" -- A Tale from the Sportsmen's Club
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 8,440. Language: English. Published: June 11, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Urban, Fiction » Literature » Literary
In the odd little world of the Sportsmen’s Club, a world of greed, deception, and predation, Alexander Kyness, known to his friends as “Kindness”, keeps a low profile. “Little Doll” manages the bar and keeps order over the misfits and malcontents in this place where something interesting always happens. Mickey Johns shows up, Kindness saves Plainsclothes’s job, and Uba Uba astonishes everyone.
A Rain Sad Day -- A Tale of the Sportsmens' Club
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 7,380. Language: English. Published: May 2, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Urban, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
In the odd little world of the Sportsmen’s Club, a world of greed, deception, and predation, Alexander Kyness, known to his friends as “Kindness”, keeps a low profile. “Little Doll” manages the bar and keeps order over the misfits and malcontents in this place where something interesting always happens. On a dreary, rainy day, The Fourth sees death and affirmation of life.
The Saga of Shady Bill -- A Tale of the Sportsmen's Club
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 12,690. Language: English. Published: April 20, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Plays & Screenplays, Fiction » Literary collections » American / General
In the odd little world of the Sportsmen’s Club, a world of greed, deception, and predation, Alexander Kyness, known to his friends as “Kindness”, keeps a low profile. “Little Doll” manages the bar and keeps order over the misfits and malcontents in this place where something interesting always happens. Shady Bill pauses from losing to pick fruit and shares his philosophy of failure and success.
The Legacy of Long-Arm Lefty -- A Tale of The Sportsmen's Club
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 10,120. Language: English. Published: February 25, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Literature » Plays & Screenplays
In the odd little world of the Sportsmen’s Club, a world of greed deception, and predation, Alexander Kyness, known to his friends as “Kindness”, keeps a low profile. “Little Doll” manages the bar and keeps order over the misfits and malcontents in this place where something interesting always happens. Charlie haunts ; Kindness, Lefty, Little Doll, Drunk Bob, and Uba Uba find life changed.
On Death and Redemption -- A Tale of the Sportsmen's Club
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 6,900. Language: English. Published: February 25, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Literature » Plays & Screenplays
In the odd little world of the Sportsmen’s Club, a world of greed deception, and predation, Alexander Kyness, known to his friends as “Kindness”, keeps a low profile. “Little Doll” manages the bar and keeps order over the misfits and malcontents in this place where something interesting always happens. Death, near death experience, and changes for Kindness, Little Doll, and Uba Uba..
Ten-Dollar Mona -- a tale of the Sportsmen's Club
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,200. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Literary
In the odd little world of the Sportsmen’s Club, a world of greed deception, and predation, Alexander Kyness, known to his friends as “Kindness”, keeps a low profile. “Little Doll” manages the bar and keeps order over the misfits and malcontents in this place where something interesting always happens. Kindness hands Mickey Johns a sawbuck to bet on a horse race and then Mickey disappears.
"The Scent of White Linen" -- A Tale of the Sportsmen's Club
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,620. Language: English. Published: January 22, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
In the odd little world of the Sportsmen’s Club, a world of greed deception, and predation, Alexander Kyness, known to his friends as “Kindness”, keeps a low profile. “Little Doll” manages the bar and keeps order over the misfits and malcontents in this place where something interesting always happens. “The Scent of White Linen” is of murder, a surprise for Little Doll, and covert inference.
"An Act of Kindness" -- A Tale of the Sportsmen's Club
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,150. Language: English. Published: January 22, 2013 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
In the odd little world of the Sportsmen’s Club, a world of greed deception, and predation, Alexander Kyness, known to his friends as “Kindness”, keeps a low profile. “Little Doll” manages the bar and keeps order over the misfits and malcontents in this place where something interesting always happens. In “An Act of Kindness” Preacher Jim breaks down, becomes a flaming nuisance, and finds peace.
A Perfect Christmas
Price: Free! Words: 3,240. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2012 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Children's Books » Biography & Autobiography / Music, Nonfiction » Parenting » Math skills
(5.00 from 1 review)
Heart warming story of sharing the Christmas spirit in a large family in hard times.
Talk About Good Grades
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 17,530. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2012 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Counseling / academic development
An older gentleman meets a future rocket pilot and tell him the secret to the good grades needed to reach his goal.
John the Dreamer and the dagger of truth
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 118,030. Language: English. Published: July 30, 2012 by Western Grebe Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
(4.00 from 1 review)
John the Dreamer, college freshman in 1949, is having a nightmare. He knows it will change. He wakes as King John in the year 4732 in a city-state under siege. He learns this is not his first prophetic dream to the future and that he must save the future.

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