H D: 1454 books

H. D. Traill examines the life of Laurence Sterne, from his clergyman days to the scandals created by his comic and bawdy novel The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman.  This biography reveals a story about a man who discovered his literary talents late in life to become a man of notoriety and wealth.

For two decades Eric Montague has traveled back in time to the scene of his wife’s fatal accident. Even though he grieves for her constantly, he is willing to repeatedly relive the heartache of her death because it is the only way he can hold his wife again… if only for a moment.When a curious stranger appears Eric is soon faced with a new reality.

Disagreement in Eden, A Comedy in One-Act, is an irreverent satire about Adam and Eve and their conflict about the Forbidden Fruit. While the Lord and Satan, awaiting the outcome, play chess, Gabriel, a cynical cornet-player, asks, “And what, my Lord, is ‘Sin’? It sounds like an inspired name...

The Marsh King's Daughter is one of Hans Christian Andersen's least known stories, but it is a good yarn and worth a wider audience, which is why I chose to dramatize it so long ago. The year was 1966, and this work developed because I had seen so much badly written and produced theatre...

Have you ever wondered about the missing years of Jesus' life story, the years not chronicled by the Gospels? How did the future Messiah transform from a young man into the leader of one of the most powerful religious movements in human history? In this fictional story, the author, Bernard F. Barcio,...

Can renowned college football coach David Dryer save his hometown from a ruthless man who seeks revenge for a long-ago gridiron loss? The former all-star football player turned legendary coach has not been forgotten by the townspeople of Leduc. In this coming of age in middle age tale, Coach David Dryer...

When Catherine's magical rites become more and more difficult for her to perform, the spirits tell her the answers lie among her past lives in the Akashic Records. She can bring one memory back from what the Keeper shows her—which one will she choose? Find your own renewed spark of magic in this short story "single" of contemporary fantasy.

Mark Alexander, an ex-investigative reporter (turned broadcast engineer for a St. Louis television station), witnesses the on-air murder of a hated news anchor by a mysterious assassin. When evidence points to the co-anchor Laura Skaggs and her survivalist fianc©, they are soon arrested for the crime....

In this novella, Detective Sarah Richland investigates the murder of a former murder suspect. While trying to focus on work, she unwillingly agrees to attend her high school reunion.

We can never learn too much about the specifics of dysfunctional parents, those unfortunates who unknowingly, and only rarely with malice aforethought, create and pass on to their children so much havoc and such a heritage of hurt. How such wretched behaviour affects youngsters is, therefore, always...

Gnatwing! A Farce for Clowns is Theatre-of-the-Absurd for youngsters. Featuring direct audience involvement in a frantic game of hide-and-seek, and a chase that mirrors animated cartoons, Gnatwing!—in clown face and exaggerated movement—is incredibly zany. Based on a Scandinavian folk tale, this...

Do you have a theatre group that wants to do an epic melodrama, with equal parts comedy and terror? Here it is!The ages-old tale of the dwarf who changes straw into gold in exchange for the heroine’s first-born is created anew in this highly entertaining epic melodrama. Successfully and elaborately...

The Mahabharata is one of the world’s most significant historical epics. At a staggering one hundred thousand stanzas, this massive work reveals a highly complex ancient civilization – one that not only excelled in the arts, sciences, and philosophy, but that also embodied the highest ideals...

"I loved it! It's fast paced with lots of twists in the story line. It really kept me trying to figure out what was going to happen next! I like the chemistry between Richland and Rubio and looking forward to the next installment. It was a fun read and hard to put down."--E. Reilly Detective...