Stu Jenks: 9 books

“My brother Tunafish wrote them,” she says. “Most of them back in the 1980s and a few more last year.” “Really,” I say. “Where is your brother Tunafish now? Love to meet him.” “He’s back home,” she says, “In North Carolina. In the ground.” She falls silent. It takes me a moment...

A stunning, honest and sometimes funny photo-memoir of a son’s journey with his mother as she struggles with dementia. Stu Jenks and his mother Mary Jenks, never close before she became sick, find new ways to let go of the past, and to live in a present filled with fear and sadness, as they both...

Stu Jenks’ first book, Flame Spirals exhibits the Zippo Lighter creations in which he first made a name for himself in the 1990’s. Intertwined with explanations on how he made the nocturnal spirals, Jenks shares his unique observations on God, sex, romance, and death, with a big dose of human...

Every one I know who has participated in a Tucson All Souls’ Procession Weekend, as a walker, watcher, or performer, has a story of being unexpectedly moved, shaken, or awed. “I saw ghosts rising from that vacant lot. I swear I did,” said one acrobat, pointing across the street toward where an...

Many of us in America seem to believe we will never die. If we eat right, exercise and think good thoughts, we’ll live forever, and if not that, we’ll all die in our sleep, having been perfectly healthy the night before at the ripe old age of 107. But we all know that’s not true. Death is really...

Book Four of Stu Jenks' Step Zero series. Sex, drugs, and bluegrass music in the year 2079. Victor Mothershead is haunted by a professional failure and ready to retire from the Service, but then the lights go out again.

The time is 2076. The setting, a hopeful post-apocalyptic America. Much has changed in the world since 2060, but the resilience of survivors and those born since is strong and family means more than ever. Meet Artie, and get to know his girlfriend Georgia and their friends as he takes a road trip to...

Post-apocalyptic meets The 12 Steps. T. These clean and sober men and women are not a dull lot. Sex, drugs, and bluegrass music in a 2077 western United States, rebuilding after the world almost came to an end. This is an adult book for 16 and above. It is not a kid's book. Appropriate for all adults,...

Balthazar is one of the Three Wise Men from the East. Zeeba is his grand daughter. Let the fun begin. A holiday novella for all ages. Ideal for a cold winter’s night, with a glass of egg nog in one hand, and this book in the other.