James Dargan: 40 books

Flann O'Brien took his bicycle to all the Dublin pubs but it couldn't handlebars! If you like that joke, then you'll love the rest from my collection IRISH PUNS AND JOKES. A selection of puns and jokes - all Irish style! Some are political, some make fun out of Irish cultural icons and celebrities,...

Against the all-conquering Grand Duchy of Muscovy, can the city-state of Novgorod save itself from total annihilation and bring the land of the Rus towards the West? Medieval Russia, 1470: With Muscovy gaining hegemony in the Russian lands, Novgorod is fearful. Having miraculously defeated...

IS THIS THE APOCALYPSE? - December 21st, 2012 has come and gone, and after a cave-diving trip with a friend in the Polish mountains to escape from all the media-hype connected to the event, Patrick Kowalski quickly finds out the world in which he knew and loved isn't what it was. Now he must...

Sasha and his wife, Tatiana, are enjoying a picnic under the hot summer sun. They are in love – or at least that's what Sasha thinks. With her doubts, Tatiana leaves him and walks into the nearby cornfield, where she seeks some answers to the stagnation in her life. This is a 2,300-word short story.

CUYAHOGA BLUES, A NAPOLEON CLANCY BOOK, VOL. 2 It's two men against a whole world of criminality. They're Batman and Robin without the masks, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza minus the windmills, Holmes and Watson with not a clue in sight. Meet Napoleon 'Nappy' Clancy, ex Birmingham bobbie...

KILLER TOAST, A BAYSIDE CITY BOOK, EPISODE FIVE Only the strong will survive in this city in turmoil! The election for a new mayor is getting nearer, and Ralph Dickerson is in a confident mood: he thinks he's got the votes in the bag, but has he? Meanwhile Detective Raymond Chuck has...

FAT CAT & GUN SMOKE, TWO NEO-NOIR CRIME THRILLERS. TWO BOOKS IN ONE! Two hardboiled neo-noir crime fiction titles for the PRICE OF FOUR! Fat Cat and Gun Smoke are part of the 'Neo-Noir Crime Thriller' series. FAT CAT, A NEO-NOIR CRIME THRILLER Johnny Calypso, broke...

BUTCHER BOY, A NEO-NOIR CRIME THRILLER The murders of innocent women have put fear into the citizens of Metropolisville. One cop, Detective Leo Lyons, has been put on the case after his predecessor wasn't up for the job. Now, it's his turn to find the killer, called the 'Butcher Boy' by the...

They're Batman and Robin without the masks, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza minus the windmills, Holmes and Watson with not a clue in sight. Meet Napoleon 'Nappy' Clancy, ex Birmingham bobbie and Cleveland cop, now a private detective trying to make ends meet, along with his 'sidekick',  Dubliner Barry...

TIGER DAWN, A BAYSIDE CITY BOOK, EPISODE SIX Only the strong will survive in this city in turmoil! The election for the Bayside City mayor is only days away, and the Italians, Irish and Jews are ready for all-out war. Devereux and his motley crew of vigilantes know if they don't fight...

**HONEY BEE, A BAYSIDE CITY BOOK, EPISODE FOUR ** **Only the strong will survive in this city in turmoil! ** After Devereux's spent a few days in Arizona with his friend Phillip Randall, on his way back to the East Coast he meets a mysterious young woman called Joan. Joan's a lonely...

SPANISH POODLE, A NAPOLEON CLANCY BOOK, VOLUME 4 It's two men against a whole world of criminality. They're Batman and Robin without the masks, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza minus the windmills, Holmes and Watson with not a clue in sight. Meet Napoleon 'Nappy' Clancy - ex Birmingham bobbie...

HE CAME FOR A DREAM, BUT FOUND A NIGHTMARE. By the thousands they come, searching for a better life, hoping for the dreams to materialise. Mayo man Thomas Fox is just one of these dreamers. After borrowing money from Eddie McGoldrick, the local Irish hood, so his family in Ireland could...

His army defeated in battle, the emperor, and former lord of the world, is alone as he scans the battlefield, the place of his downfall. With time to think now, he contemplates his past mistakes and tries to understand them. With hundreds  and thousands of dead soldiers below his feet, the emperor...