Steven D Bennett: 30 books

Two men working construction in San Diego are given the job of remodeling a La Jolla home once owned by mystery writer Raymond Chandler. When the story of Chandler's supposedly buried money resurfaces, their interest changes into finding out if those rumors were true, though neither have any intention...

Do you find yourself longing to get out of your rut and see the world? STOP!!!! You've been infected by the latest epidemic: activity. Spurred on by inanities like 'The Bucket List,' thousands, if not dozens, of people are wasting their lives in the pursuit of fulfillment which can only be found by staying home and reading 'The Chuck-It List.'

Every election year the question will arise of whether Jesus was a Socialist. After all, he did provide free food and healthcare to the masses. Isn't that proof enough? But is it? Or should we take a more serious approach and actually examine the scriptures to see what is true? This...

In a future where people are obsessed with perfection and youth, a man becomes frustrated by his wife's seeming indifference to both. Surrounded by perfection, he finds it difficult to muster any feeling for her. He determines to go back in time to reconnect with his first love, a perfect woman he lost long ago who now lives only in the ageless and timeless past.

Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden, in paradise. They walked with God and were untouched by sin; the only state where one could walk face to face with the creator of all things. Their minds were pure and worked at a level of perfection no one can imagine. Having been made for one another, they...

Ray is unwillingly pulled into conversations with women in the office via his friend, Paul, who is outwardly flirtatious and at times obscene. Focused only on an upcoming promotion, Ray finds himself in a few innocent but awkward encounters with a new girl in accounting. She sees his actions in a...

Long before 'That 70's Show', there was the 70's. And the kids living then were no different from those living now. Lighter on technology, perhaps, as Facebook was a phone in a bedroom and the internet was a thousand books at the library. But the age-old need to be known and belong was the same; an...

Mom may be gone but her daughter is carrying on the legacy of Mom's Diner, a place where people can relax and have their problems solved between refills. Befriending a new customer, she senses he has a few dark secrets to hide, and before he gets the bill he'll learn that just because you get a nice smile from a pretty face in a cozy diner doesn't mean there aren't deeper things afoot.

Trace is out to find a murderer, not an unusual task for a private eye. There’s only one problem: he was the victim. Now he wanders the streets searching for his killer, hampered by the additional task of helping a young Hispanic girl out of the life of drugs and prostitution into which she has...

A man follows his soon-to-be divorced wife and her new lover to Mexico to ruin their romantic weekend. But his motive is more than jealousy, for the impending divorce would not only take half his assets, but potentially bankrupt his business. Amidst the margaritas and Latinas, he comes up with a plan...

In the border town of Imperial Beach, south of San Diego, a man becomes involved with a homeless kid whose only goal, besides panhandling for beer and staying stoned, is to get back to his hometown of Evanston, Illinois. The kid reminds the man of his own brother, whose life was nearly ruined by substance...

Father's only rule for pets--one my sister Alison broke with consistency--was that they were to be kept outside. Father had many peculiarities, which kept life in the Night household unpredictable and exciting. But one Halloween he did something we would never forget: he brought the beloved cat we had just buried back from the dead!

A man, bored with the literary affectations of his girlfriend and her friends, finds his mind wandering and wondering about the other people around him at an open mic night in the Cafe 575. Whether it's the caffeine or influence of the haiku, his curious imaginings lead him to suspect that a game...

The day is July 21, 1861, and two great armies have met at Manassas Junction to begin a war which will not only kill thousands of men, but which will decide the future of the nation. Before a shot is fired, a handful of both Union and Confederate soldiers find themselves separated from their comrades,...