Bøker av Gary Alexander

Personal Crossroads is a story about two youths, their friendship, and through their friendship a budding romance while realizing that God is truly in charge of them.

"Every now and then an author stands out for his sharp observations, crackling dialogue, and incisive storyline -- qualities found in Literature with a capital L. Gary Alexander approaches that capital letter."- Hollis George, editor and anthologist"Read it straight through. Couldn't put it down."- Hayes Brandwell, The Polemicist PostLike father, like son. Whoever coined that one had never heard of Joe and Stanley Buckley. Joe is a ne'er-do-well fugitive who tends bar in Belize. All he knows of the son he hasn't seen in years is that ""he likes computers"", the understatement of the year. Susan, Joe's ex and Stanley's mother pleads with him to come up to an Oregon beach to attend his son's upcoming wedding. Joe barely makes it in time for the nuptials and stays on through Father's Day a week later, raising havoc throughout. Father's Day is at once tender, suspenseful and comical, but not a recommended parenting guide.

"Unlike all those world-weary private investigators you've read about, here's one as fresh and green as a new dollar bill. You don't have to be grizzled and gruff to walk those mean streets."- Byron Rupert McCafferty, Seattle Book JournalAs the greenest private eye at the Aalborg Detective Agency, Bick Bates gets assigned a "nuisance file," a case nobody else wants to touch. Herbie Barnwell was a skid-row bum who was still in a coma, the result of a mysterious mugging. A new hire, Bick is a "college-boy professional," low man on the totem pole amid a dozen or so agents, the majority being stogie-chomping ex-cops. His colleagues looked down on a callow youth who was there to run errands for the bosses or sit down with prospective clients uncomfortable with the living, breathing stereotypes. Little did Bick expect his nuisance case would turn into a big deal. And a dangerous one at that.

"This collection of short stories fit for a supermarket tabloid may just be my favorite work by the talented and creative Gary Alexander. Elvis is alive and aliens landed at Roswell in this world."- Shirrel Rhoades, former publisher, Marvel ComicsHere are 17 entertaining tales from Gary Alexander with themes you might think were ripped from the pages of the Weekly International Tattler:¿ Roswell Woman Is An Alien Love Child ¿ Killer Theme Parks From Hell ¿ Satan Adapts To Times, Offers Lease-Option On Souls ¿ Midget Makes Mucho Moola For The Mob ¿ Einstein's Time-Space Continuum Is A Car Wreck ¿ Banana Republic Goes Bananas ¿ JFK Assassin Still On The Loose ¿ Reincarnated Aesop Updates Fable ¿ $$$ In Pirate Treasure Buried Off Oregon Coast ¿ Priceless Painting Purloined In Palace ¿ Cinderella's Dream Becomes A Nightmare ¿ Invisibility Ray Cloaks Fugitive's New Clothes ¿ Riding Hood Park Ripper An Endangered Species? ¿ Jack's Beanstalk Giant Win Record Signing Bonus ¿ Fairy Grants A Record 5 Wishes ¿ Russian Ghoul Raises The Dead ¿ Bugsy's Ghost Terrorizes Vegas

Gary Alexander does it again, another experimental novel that will tickle your intellect while it plucks at your emotions. Using the periodical table as its framework, this story unfolds element by element. "You'll have a hard time pigeonholing this book," editorial director Hollis George said of Alexander's last novel. "But you'll be talking about this innovative work for weeks after you finish reading it." With this new novel, he says, "Ditto."