Fragments of the Dark is a book of twisty, macabre and hard-hitting tales told in only two sentences. It's like getting a bag full of assorted mixed candies... the only difference is that each finely wrapped piece of sugary goodness is laced with deadly poison and maybe hiding a razor blade or two beneath the small, sweet surface of every delectable bite.

Sometimes the darkness, sadness and cruelty of the world becomes so much to bear that we start seeing everything around us in gloomy shades of grey, even rainbows and sunshine. Monochrome Rainbow is a lyrical free verse poetry book reflecting on grief in all its many forms. It covers a wide range of themes from dealing with chronic depression and growing beyond the burdens of childhood trauma, to escaping the haunting horrors of everyday life and feeling alienated in your own body. This book was formerly titled Nocturnal Lullabies and it won the 2018 Wattys Poetry Award.

Free verse poetry written for all the creepy maidens that haunt the shadows and live rent-free in my nightmares.

In spite of the title, I really do care though. Let's talk about it.

"I survived the Vietnam War, but I don't know if I'll survive the one I brought back home." Vince Foster survived the scathing jungles of Vietnam. When he returned home to his wife and daughter, he found himself in a whole new kind of war. A psychological war against his own twisted sense of reality. His mind is damaged by the horrors he has experienced. His homeland has changed for the worse. Gangs run the streets. A beautiful suburban neighborhood in New Jersey has been transformed into a violent, drug-infested hellhole. One night Vince is awoken by the sound of a gunshot from within the house. Vince isn't the battle-hardened soldier he used to be, can he still be the hero his wife and daughter need in their darkest hour?

A woman stares longingly at her wedding portrait, remembering the wonderful man that her husband used to be before his untimely passing.