William Vlach has published poetry, essays and won writings awards for satire and a one act play. His literary historical fiction novel of the Spanish "Conquest," The Golden Chalice of Hunahpu (Full Court Press, 2014), can be found on Amazon.com and independent bookstores. One reviewer noted about this book: "An amazing feat of storytelling: envisioning the Guatemala of 500 years past with it’s richness of clashing worlds. Clearly well researched linguistically as well as historically, the author evokes and gives life to characters very different from each other (and from ourselves); through their differing speech patterns their consciousness is revealed. This creates a dreamlike and hypnotic atmosphere in which the reader can feel safe in going back in time with an intelligent and compassionate guide."