John Muir: 14 books

A collection of short sharp plays. The first five are light hearted comedy plays, using events we have, or will, become involved in during our lives; plus two versions of the same play, from a different understanding of the past, by one of the players, both being serious social comment. One of the...

Not all mysteries and puzzles have been solved in the 20th and 21st century. Some important ones like "Why does the plug pop out when I'm having a bath?" This used to be a big problem. People had known why for hundreds of years, but they just did not know how to solve the problem. So, over 200...

The sample story, "An Artist's Freedom", is merely to give an appetizer from the collection of 13 stories in "Short Shorts & Longer Tales." The sample story tells of an aboriginal deaf mute who loses a canvas on which he has painted his life. Though he knows where it is, and he can see it, he...

A further issue of new content, adding to those of Volume 1 and 2. Further descriptions of the way we react or feel interacting with another. So often, all the emotions involved tears our common sense one way, while our past experience suggests we should adopt another course. But common sense and...

For people who enjoy a variety in the type of stories they read. N.Z. Book of the Week on TV's The Book Show. This collections stories vary from lighthearted, to stories that will grab you by the heart. The lengths vary from 750 words to a 13,000 word novella with a mix of all moods, which means a...

A story from the second collection of 17 stories in My Other Shorts & Formal Tales. The Sunday country market stalls are livened up by the gate crashing of an out-of-towner. The aged old lady, a Polish migrant and surviving veteran of WW2, wants to set up her own stall to sell a wide range of Polish...

For people who enjoy a variety in the type of stories they read, this collections stories vary from light-hearted, to stories that will grab you by the heart. The length also varies, which means a story can be selected according to the reading time available. A 15,000 word novella has a mixture of...

Our lives are determined by relationships, some fleeting, some lifelong. But most are in between. Some relationships are made good, some go bad. We are often left wondering how and why some things changed. The searching, the learning, the discovery sometimes of yourself, if you really look. Through...

Though I have described this collection as fairy tales for teens, it is also very much for those people up to 100 years old who can remember reading these tales in their youth. Most of the collection is my adaption of some of these old, but well known fairy tales I remember reading in my youth. In...

As with Volume 1, this second volume continues to reflect on the way our lives are determined by relationships. Some of those relationships are fleeting. Some make positive changes; others go bad for a negative effect..Everyone is affected by those who surround them, and your interaction with them....

Many working people, before they retire, wonder what they will do with all their spare time once their job of work is finished. So often, many find themselves doing things that not only occupy their full day, they do not have time for the things they thought they would be doing. This story, about...

The third collection of short stories. This includes 8 stories, including a novella, encompassing a range of genres. Some take a poke at the seriousness many peoplehave of their life, expecting other people to fit the pigeon holes they have created. Viewpoints vary from the innocent self-belief, and...

In this second book of the series, TA has re-visited the Philippines to discover what happened to his co-guests at the holiday resort of Apuao Grande after the political uprising. After finally reconnecting with the mysterious ex-pat former resident of Apuao Grande, he journeys south to visit other...

This is the first of three novels involving T.A. Returning to the Philippines to reunite with his girlfriend, and return to their isolated island tourist resort to rekindle their romance, he becomes an unwilling and inexperienced participant in a national armed uprising. He is only aware of the local...