The Petorik Thesis and Tales of the Global West
The Petorik Thesis and Tales of the Global West

Author: W. Jack Savage

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-08-09

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 146284801X

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From an Embassy in Europe to an Industrial Park in Suburban Los Angeles, The Petorik Thesis and Tales of The Global West resembles a ledger where the checks and balances agree to disagree. In this, his second short story collection, W. Jack Savage chronicles a beautiful womans quirky obsessions that leave a trail of regretful lovers, a writers disappointment at never being as important as what he writes and a unseen witness to a murder comes forward to do the right thing. But the witness and the right thing are subjective, as even Einstein observed, 'there is no darkness, only the absence of light.' By that reasoning a storyteller knows to never underestimate the power of the story or the desire of those in power to believe it for their own purposes. The door it opens swings both ways The Petorik Thesis and Tales of the Global West is another of Savages exercises in unexpected redemption and forgotten kindnesses. Where a taker of life is as likely to celebrate those who live it as anyone else, and people Burt Harrison knows are getting murdered while eating yellow food. In coming forward, Burt becomes a person of interest.

Of Darker Matter
Of Darker Matter

Author: W. Jack Savage

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2021-01-31

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1664155821

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Of Darker Matter explores the consequence of things and often the serendipity of life that seems to ignore our ill-advised flirtations with disaster, of crimes committed and justice meted out, of failed revenge and self-imposed punishments that in the end, makes us wonder if we ever got away with anything at all. These are stories about not really winning and not really losing, and life-changing experiences that seem to appear out of nowhere, of being stronger than we ever thought possible and yet not strong enough to face being celebrated for it. They are about having families and finally breaking free of them, and sometimes feeling the time is right only to realize it never could be. In this, his third short story collection, W. Jack Savage has assembled a sometimes- odd series of tales of chance meetings, war and its aftermath, crime and irony and a time to move on, all without judgement. Life is, in this telling, whatever it winds up being and there are no answers; and for all our hopes of finding definitive evidence of something that is controlling events... perhaps there is nothing.

The Children Shall Be Blameless
The Children Shall Be Blameless

Author: W. Jack Savage

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-05-15

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1477111522

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Some men seem to have all the luck. Others dream of only finding a little. Richard Smiths world was the orphanage. It was the only one he knew. All of the other worlds for children, of mothers and fathers and a place called home, he learned from the tears of those who had lost theirs only to wind up in his. From the way they grieved, he knew it must have been something pretty great. Once he had two sisters, they said. One had died and the other went to a place called Iowa with an uncle. He was left behind. He grew up to put most of it behind him and in his search for a family of his own, thought that he had. But an electrical shock opened some door to his early childhood he couldnt seem to get closed again. Each discovery posed more questions until finally there was only one other person he needed to see. It would be a three-day road trip, or so he thought

Imagination
Imagination

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Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-03-05

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1493178644

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One of the few lay teachers I had at Holy Spirit grade school was Mrs. Martineau. She was very nice and for whatever reason, anointed me her class artist in the second grade. A few grades later and along with two of my very good friends, I was considered one of the best artists in school. Since I was mostly awful at everything else, I accepted this and from time to time over the years, revisited this notion and herein are contained the product of these now and then inspirations. I have about two-hundred pieces and hopefully, the sixty or so here represent my best. My impressionist work amounts to what my mind remembers and my level of talent can produce. My abstract creations represents probably the essential marriage of what real talent I have and enough luck to make more astute critics believe I actually have some: talent and luck, that is. My drawings and the advent of colored pens recalls in me the joy of one of our St. Joseph Sisters sayingput away your books and take out your crayons. There were other teachers along the way and I learned something from all of them. And yet, while their influence was soon forgotten, the subliminal message lives on and has guided me ever since. I write mostly, but one day my wife Kathy said that my art was better than my writing and whereas I might have taken offense (well, I did at first), I began to take a second look at what I was doing and with her encouragement, began to view my artwork differently. I began submitting my art to various literary magazines and my wifes assessment seemed to be shared by others who very generously have published nearly a hundred of my pictures to date. In any case, my wifes opinion and their generosity inspired this collection.

More with Cal and Uncle Bill
More with Cal and Uncle Bill

Author: W. Jack Savage

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-06-26

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1453527710

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But for bad luck, Cal Daniels might have gone somewhere in life. Instead he wound up a forty-year-old overnight grocery stocker and ex-con living in his Uncle Bills back apartment in Temple City. Over a beer one morning after work, Cal meets a woman and brings her home and nothing in life will be the same. From the daily journal he began in prison, Cal recounts the events that began that day as it seems every step away from that morning somehow brings him two steps back toward it and before it ends, his infamous background will give way to a different kind of fame that will leave him well traveled and nearly dead three times.

War Diary
War Diary

Author: Alan Beardsley

Publisher: Project 77

Published: 2021-05-07

Total Pages: 674

ISBN-13: 9781527283558

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Discovered in 2020 after spending the last 75 years in an attic, War Diary: The Diary of Mike Rogers has the power to become a world classic - a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.In 1939, with Great Britain on the brink of War, Mike Rogers details the daily, and often mundane experiences of a thirteen-year-old British boy and his family. For the next six years, until the end of World War 2; Mike Rogers and his family try to maintain daily life. With many items restricted, and daily activities curbed, read as Mike Rogers recounts the various military activities across Europe, Africa and the Far East; the cinematic delights; the changing British climate; and the constant cruelties of living in an area of London attacked by various flying-craft. In his factually-rich diary, Mike Rogers records vivid impressions of his experiences during the war-time period. Thoughtful, moving, and often amusing, Mike Rogers' account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage, the strength of purpose, and provides compelling details of many pivotal and historic moments of a bygone age.AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE NOW!!*****"Praise" for War Diary: The Diary of Mike Rogers"***** "A truly remarkable book." - The New York Times, I'd like to think would say.***** "One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II." - The Philadelphia Inquirer may have said, if they were able to read the book.***** "There may be no better way to commemorate the seventy-sixth anniversary of the end of World War II than to read War Diary: The Diary of Mike Rogers, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil." - Chicago Tribune, could have said, if they'd bought a copy.***** "The single most compelling personal account of WW2 ... remains astonishing and excruciating." - The New York Times Book Review, may say, if they had the chance.