E R Yatscoff: 11 books

The first in a series of true short stories by the author as he makes his way through life. Some are funny, some sad, and many are about the jobs he's held over the years.

Twelve year old Archie Crane has a dream to be reunited with his estranged father. Shining shoes in front of a hotel in a tough blue-collar town is the only way, but it'll take a lot of nickels and dimes for a bus ticket. Shining shoes is his first job and it's not easy fending off drunks and cheats....

Big Bill and Squirt are back and bound for trouble. Egghead, the bald, cranky old landlord who reigns supreme over his building has threatened Bill's family with eviction more than once. The family constantly lives on the edge, at Egghead’s whim. Egghead kills neighborhood cats and hates humans--especially...

Tony, Big Bill, and our protagonist, Squirt, are attacked by a gang and narrowly escape to lick their wounds. Their secret tree house is now exposed and ruined by the gang. They choose to up the ante, seeking revenge, thereby escalating the battle. However, there may be a slight hitch as the rival...

If your pet was poisoned, how far would you go to get payback? Evens Duluce, a small ambitious Haitian boy, knows the man who poisoned Scraps, his dog, but can do little about it. He vows to get even somehow, someway. Unfortunately, no magic wands, incantations, or friendly creatures can help. He's...

If you found a substance that no one in the world knew about and would absolutely guarantee you success and a bright future, would you use it? Is it legal? Would it be cheating if you used it in a track meet? No one really knows--and no one can know. It`s an experimental synthetic substance, a blob,...

The Polar Vortex has grown stronger with every winter, ravaging northern cities, and forcing an evacuation of a major city until springtime. Firefighter Captain Jack Sellars and his men are contracted to protect the city with one mandate: don't let the city burn down. With no power or gas, and all...

Fire Captain Gerry Ormond is launched to national prominence and receives the prestigious Governor General’s Medal of Valor. He visits his hometown after a twenty year absence and unwittingly unleashes a killer--a vengeful arsonist with ties to an old murder and theft of a treasure by a teenage...

Bullies, bravery, fear, integrity, heroism, and redemption--all revolve around a huge challenge taking place during the last two weeks of a hot summer. Ricky the paperboy, stumbles upon a tragic boating accident where a popular teenager is killed. Rumors abound that drinking was involved and Ricky...

Aaron Landers, Canadian ex-pat only wants to grow his Mexican dive tour business until one fateful turn at a vehicle accident scene binds him to the Yucatan State Police commandant, Luis Guiterrez. The two hatch a simple, easy money scheme and begin a descent down a dark road into a hard world In...

Ex-fire captain Gerry Ormond figures his new position as Niagara Fall Fire Chief will be an easy gig. He not only discovers a dysfunctional department, but a corrupt one as well. Winning each battle will be difficult, but the administration has taken away his bullets--he’s only a figurehead. Karen,...