Rex Jacobs: 7 books

Erica is the story of an old lady with a bag full of money, and was a most compelling tale to write. The keyboard was never idle as night after night I was dragged from the gas chambers of Auschwitz, through Europe, on to Australia and finally back to Poland where her journey had begun so many years...

‘When Dead’s not Quite’ … Written in the first person, this is an account from a man who finds himself stuck between mortal existence, the next phase and beyond. Life is reviewed, revenge is extracted, and souls are healed. ‘Beyond the white light’ stories have been done before. This one...

The Monsignor’s Garden is a story of abuse of power, denial of responsibility, and the final healing for a victim of a man of the cloth, and an awakening for another man of the cloth. There is good and bad in all walks of human existence, and sometimes one’s faith is severely challenged. Good...

Flight of the Curlew is a fast moving story about a ruthless executive who has scrambled his way to the top using anyone or anything in his way.Things fall apart rapidly as he is knifed in the back and summarily discarded without warning. His home life is already on the skids, and now his destruction...

A collection of intriguing stories reflecting the author's view that life is a wonderful, exciting, sometimes dangerous and often totally boring trip. Rex Jacobs strives to write as honestly and openly as possible, but he will never get drawn into discussing the source of inspiration for any particular tale. They are all true in some way, he says.

The courts continued to underachieve in administering appropriate sentences. No one it seemed, could or would intervene. A fast moving short story of one man's solution, and another man's willingness to go beyond the boundaries to achieve a satisfactory solution. This is fiction, but would...

Romance has many shades. These three quite different tales touch on the magic, the illusion, and the frustrations of the love phenomenon. Anyone who has ever been in love, or has fantasised about the possibilities of such a liaison will perhaps find a few moments to remember. Sometimes love is not...