Dennis Herrick: 27 books

An archaeologist on a team excavating a 500-year-old pueblo in 1934 New Mexico has visitors from the past who make him rethink his career. This is a ghost story if you want it to be, a love story if you want it to be, and a self-discovery story if you want that — all in the context of the jazz age soon after the end of the Indian Wars.

A Sioux Indian woman living homeless in Albuquerque is inspired to change her life when she believes she sees the chief from the 1800s, Sitting Bull, and that he gives her advice. She starts her new life by writing a play about Sitting Bull.

A World War II veteran in his 90s goes out during a snowy night of Christmastime’s enchanted season to buy a present.

The events and characters of this short story, the pueblo of San Esteban, and the settlement of Gabriel are fictional. However, the named Albuquerque residents were recorded in an 1870 census with their names, occupations, and ages. Many events outside the main story line are from an 1870 Albuquerque newspaper, the Republican Review.

A short story about stolen Indian artifacts. When a newspaper reporter sees Indians from Iowa's Meskwaki tribe digging up graves in a pioneer cemetery, he learns things are not what they seem. The reporter, an Indian himself from Arizona, begins a search for a thousand-year-old artifact and skull...

When an alien spaceship crashes on Earth, a NASA scientist tries to understand the strange creatures and technology of a greatly advanced space-faring race known as the Yompar. The aliens say they are only studying Earth and its Human inhabitants. But why? This edition contains a list of more than 350 titles about first-contact, most involving alien invasion of Earth.

A short story of 41 pages. A quirky newspaper columnist suspects an editor of being a spy. However, he learns the editor is far worse than that. The result is a humor-tinged mystery and thriller romp in which the columnist encounters murder, a voodoo doctor, two U.S. presidents (sort of), kidnapping, conspiracies, a homeless ex-congresswoman, and even Billy the Kid's great-great-grandson.

Climate Change #2 in series. Here’s one scenario on how climate warming could affect the Earth by 2200, with a war for possession of the United States and its resources but with the “American desert” of the Great Plains not desired by any nation except its original inhabitants

Employees of a daily newspaper learn that their rich owner is planning to sell the paper to a national newspaper chain. They need to find a way to rally to save their jobs and their newspaper. This short story was inspired by the fact that the first Employee Owned Stock Plan, commonly known as an ESOP, was created in 1956 by employees of a newspaper.

Un cuento de misterio en San Carlos, México. Esta cuento es un compromiso entre español castellano y mexicano. Esta historia también está disponible en inglés con un título de "A Missing Tourist in México."

When Pueblo Indians say, “The first white man our people saw was a black man,” they are referring to Esteban, who came to New Mexico in 1539. After centuries of negative portrayals, this book highlights Esteban’s importance in America’s early history. Books about the history of the...

When the murder of Andy Cornell's brother is still unsolved after two and a half years, Andy enters the hidden worlds of street people, cartel violence, and pueblo secrets to find justice. Dying Alone is a mystery novel that mixes western big city dynamics with Pueblo history and culture as a newspaper reporter tries to find his brother’s killer.  

The emergence of giant media corporations has created a new era in mass communications. The world of media giants—with a focus on the bottom line—makes awareness of business and financial issues critical for everyone in the industry. This timely new edition of a popular and successful textbook...