C R Hoffmeister: 2 books

Dateless Losers, Five Stories is an early collection of humorous short fiction put together in the 1990s by C.R. Hoffmeister when he lived in Columbia, SC. The five working class buddies, Don, Mick, Jim, Sam, and Vinny are parched, punchy, and set on defeating their county bowling league rivals, the...

The poems of The City Skit dress familiar themes in language rich with urban landscapes, autumn rains, the cymbal brush of city breeze, and the early morning smell of asphalt in spring. The humid hearts of summer and frosty solitude of downtown winters make appearances in pieces like “farewells” and “pieces of autumn.” Street lamp oases draw of the distant sea to keep hope alive.