Mark R Turner: 9 books

Here is a funny fable about Alice Wondrel, a lady who has taken on so much responsibility in her church that she has forgotten why she is doing it all. She is taken away in a whirlwind for an attitude adjustment through encounters with characters of biblical oddity. Grease is the mechanic in the local...

A strange tale about off beat people living on the edge in the middle of normal society. It is not clear when or where the story takes place, except that it seems rural. Poetry seems to be a normal mode of conversation for these people. Yet, their circumstances are very concrete in the life-and-death,...

Images in a variety of art forms, including photography, collage, digital painting and hand work, expand the poems with which they are paired. Mark R. Turner's 16 poems are drawn from a decade full of struggle, losses and hard-won victories. In his poetry and imagery he contemplates life's journey...

This is an inspirational read about the creative process which can be supplemented by the printed, art journal style coloring book of the same title. Many people create and produce without giving time and place to all the aspects of their projects, such as thorough pre-production, or final release....

An old crook by the name of Ananiah gives a bunch of street kids a secret hide-out home in some reasonable shacks high on the roof of a skyscraper. In exchange the kids run his "collection agency" as pick-pockets and shoplifters (thank you, Charles Dickens). They are very good at it. The cop on their...

This is a short story about John and Margaret Posvar, farmers in the great American Midwest. They have kept alive the values of family and community sent down the ancestral line since their people came over from the Old World 300 years ago even though most of their neighbors have forgotten. The ancient...

Fifty-one poems sifted from fourteen years of art making, theater, filmmaking and contemplation. Curiosities, childhood memories, events, deep space, history, theology, philosophy and life in the forest are capsulated in poems grouped under eight headings. Links are included to view films which feature...

This is a short story about the people of the small, mountain town of Arborview under the pressure of isolation and threats when the metropolis down the hill is attacked by terrorists. Martial law and news reports of bio-terrorist events in the city frighten the population normally used to a quiet,...

Glowing in the firelight Nina held her newborn and danced with her husband celebrating the birth among their people. Suddenly the demon they all feared stood before them. The young mother retreated as her husband attacked, but the demon killed him, snatched the baby and flew away. Nina left never...