The Salad Days of Clarence Milwaukee.

Clarence Milwaukee, a fumbling Casanova, romances young women along the New Jersey shore from Cape May to Toms River. Young Clarence is introduced to romance through a series of painful failed dates inducing him to take a private oath to see others do not repeat his experiences. Every Summer he abandons his New York apartment for one of the vacation towns along the east coast where he selects a seemingly lonely girl to romance so she may have at least one happy season of love. Clarence's naivety provides for awkward situations and catastrophic results. Laugh at his foibles set to the local restaurants' salad menus.

Foci.

Galen Purpose always seemed to know who was sad, just by looking at them. He soon learns that he can manipulate the level of grief each person is feeling by concentrating on his own personal emotions. When he uses his abilities for his own personal gain, he is abducted by a group of individuals who explain his peculiar gift to him and expose a secret society of people who can focus emotions and manipulate society. He is trained in the art of the Foci and taught to use it only for good, but within the group there is an underlying current of dissatisfaction with the current leader. Galen learns the true meaning of the Foci and has to stop them before they irrevocably change the course of human destiny.

Fragrant Elephants.

An idealistic young girl from a wealthy and powerful family abandons her connections to follow a dream, but is quickly drawn into and U.S. Customs investigation of international smuggling. Discovered as the unwitting pawn of a villainous patriarch, she is forced by the government to become an agent to expose the whole operation. Petty minds and power struggles within both organizations place her life in jeopardy on numerous occasions until an equally idealistic FBI agent intervenes on her behalf with surprising results.

Marco.

Intrigue and redemption in what is ultimately a love story. Set in Austria, Italy, Boston and Upstate New York, Marco, a stone cutter trained in the classical traditions of medieval construction discovers and ancient secret causing him to follow his heart and his conscience.

Reverend Father.

An idealistic minister battles racism in 1960's Philadelphia while succumbing to bouts of depression culminating it alcoholism and suicide.

 
 

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