ATWOOD: A Toiler’s Weird Odyssey of Deliverance
Historical Fiction/Fantasy: 604 pages
The story, in which the mundane tasks of community building are twisted by the influences that have combined to yield one of the most peculiar hybrid cultures in the world today, illustrates America’s psychological landscape from the ground up.
Cooksin – Crime and Redemption in the New West
Crime Drama (452 pages)
Ranchers and farmers become prey to a criminal enterprise organized to rob them of their equipment, livestock, and personal property. At the middle of the criminal conspiracy is Jake, a hard-luck case and inside operative who hopes to leverage personal relationships that he establishes “on the job” to extricate himself from the evil ambitions of a crime boss who otherwise controls his destiny.An homage to the Film Noir cinematic style of the 1950s, and the crime novels of Elmore Leonard, Cooksin is a suspenseful, funny, and soulful look at the redemptive powers of love and family devotions.
The Friendly
Supernatural/SciFi: 204 pages
Irene Lindley – ninety-nine years old and confined to her room in failing health – knows there is a little man in her closet. Who he is and how he gets into her house, unseen by her caregivers, is a mystery. All she knows is what he tells her – that he is preparing the space for “The Friendly”.
The Goat Farm
Erotic Horror/Satire: 262 pages
The Goat Farm may be in its own genre as a work of satirical, esoteric, erotic, horror. Filled with supernatural spirits, this is no work for children, and will even be jarring to some adult readers. It follows the lives of a senior couple from the San Francisco Bay Area who move to an enchanted farm in the Sierra foothills: The Goat Farm.The property has a character all its own, from its grand rusted entrance, to the huge metal sculpture of Kali that stands watch over the area, to the strange lagoon with its floating island, to the energized stone meadow with its natural hexagonal arrangement of granite altars. It is hypnotic, trance-inducing, spirit-capturing.The Goat Farm leaves readers thinking deeply about the cosmic forces at work in our lives, and in our minds. And getting there is great fun for those who enjoy fantastical fiction.
Pandora
Satirical HorrorL 316 pages
“Pandora” is the sequel to Rick Alan Rice’s erotic/fantasy/horror novel “The Goat Farm”. It describes the dynamic changes that come over Nevada County, California as universal forces create a chaos that only a young girl has any hope of harnessing. “The Goat Farm” and “Pandora” are satirical novels that explore humankind’s relationship with guiding, cosmic forces beyond mortal comprehension.
Landscape Architecture
Satirical Drama: 462 pages
Landscape Architecture depicts the travails of a legendary landscape planner as he faces the end of his career and life and deals with his own legacy.