Maxwell Bauman: 3 books

"Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image..."Something strange is happening in Dobbs Ferry. Bizarre murders are happening more frequently in this tiny New York town. High school student Stewart Kadmon never expected to be drawn into the violence and chaos. But Stewart finds a bull's-eye on...

What has to happen for an old story to become fresh and engaging again? One example of a myth that has been retold and modified is the story of creation and Fall of Man, which appears in the first three chapters of Genesis from the Old Testament. This essay looks into the different methods and tools that writers need to make a retelling of a story fresh and engaging for modern audiences.

Dinah, Won't You Blow? is a comedic novel set in the Hudson Valley of the Headless Horseman and other Washington Irving-inspired characters. Hershel Ostropoler, Station Master of the soon-to-be-closed Metro North stop Helm-on-the-Hudson, gets caught with his pants down in his fight against the Devil. In...