E Steven Newby: 6 books

This essay won the Grand Conference Award at the 2008 Arkansas Writers Conference for sports comedy. It details all the stuff the short description covered, plus more. I hope you enjoy, but please: don't try this at home.

Life in the Sunset House flows smoothly under Ethan's veteran care. Don and Jeremy, the developmentally disabled residents, are usually easy going, though Jeremy is prone to violent outbursts. New hire Matthew shadows Ethan, learns the ropes. But what Matthew can't figure out is why Jeremy's...

Once described as an eloquent riddle, this short story illustrates the lengths some things will go to survive.

With the fragments of their moon raining down upon them and an unstoppable "virus" devastating every living thing it encounters, the colonists make their last stand in a decrepit airport. Yet not all is lost. Hope remains for those brave enough to listen to their dreams...

Billy Sheffield knows everything that will happen in his life. He knows what troubles will force him to leave the sleepy Arkansas town of his youth. He knows what awaits him in the jungles of Vietnam. He knows the joys and sorrows of the life that awaits him with a woman whose face he has seen foreseen...

A short comedy about a sociopath's night on the town. It's only 2,000 words in length, so there's not too much I can say about it without blowing the plot.