Book News June 2025: The New Novel Is Rolling Out Now!
Saint Susan: Mesa My Heart is out now in paperback. A NOVEL OF FORBIDDEN LOVE. This is my longest novel to date, 113k words. What can I say, the books just write themselves sometimes, there was a lot of story here.
Synopsis:
This is the story of Robbie Gray, the young con-man and habitual liar, who gets a golden ticket out of Florida to attend Kickshaw Preparatory School For Boys in California.
He meets Jonah, the Malibu surfer, William, the Artist and D & D Dungeon Master, Christian the athlete and pot head, and Cadogan, the ladies man, and all the Kickshaw 'Masters,' (teachers) who sometimes fail to impress.
And then there is Susan. I can't say too much about her — spoilers — but Susan is a good Catholic with a heavy cross to bear. Robbie befriends her and (as Robbie would say) "complications ensue."
This is a FUN TEENAGE ROMP with no explicit sex or violence (but lots of discussion of 'adult themes,' drug use, etc.)
First release is a 5x8 paperback, ISBN 978-1763853959
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Book News January 2025: The Campbell Club Is Out!
The Campbell Club: An Historical Romance, 1985 is out, guys. This was a difficult book to get going on due to my schedule but once I found the voice, it just kept coming. I had to stop at 75k words. It's got worldwide distribution on KDP.
Synopsis:
In the 'Greed is Good' 1980s, a quirky Buddhist wannabe makes friends and influences people at the infamous "Campbell Club," a student housing co-op in Eugene, Oregon, where the members are known for studying hard and playing hard.
Robert Gray, aka Sutra, wants normality back in his life after a stint at Rajneeshpuram (the intentional community branded a cult by the Establishment.) A friend encourages him to return to school and complete his education as a path back into the world.
He discovers the Campbell Club is a cultural and spiritual microcosm of the wider world and falls under the spell of a Dance major named Cindy Sterling. However, unable satisfy her, he gets some help in matters of the heart from an unlikely source.
Meanwhile the co-op is changing. New members bring chaos and threaten to disrupt everything the Campbell Club stands for, while old members including Cindy leave. The climax of this period of change is the catalyst Ecstasy: a then mysterious "love drug" so powerful it alters personalities permanently. Some, perhaps for the better; but there is danger as well. As the situation spirals out of control, friendships are broken and betrayal leads to disaster.
This is a fun romp with no explicit sex or violence (but lots of discussion of 'adult themes,' drug use, etc.)
Available Formats:
Digital Editions
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2025 Calendars
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David Apricot's Fabulous Faux: Transgender Cats 2025
I made this for my 'childless cat lady' sister in Ohio and she loves it. You might like it too.
David Apricot's Tattooed Woman 2025 Calendar
Step into a world where art and imagination intertwine in stunning harmony. The Tattooed Woman is a captivating series of vibrant, Midjourney-created renderings that celebrate the beauty, strength, and complexity of the human form.
David Apricot's Tripping The Outback 2025
These works are the result of inspiration from a trip I took a few years ago. I travelled alone from Sydney to Tibooburra. These aren't indigenous art works, and I am not an Aboriginal, so don't be confused about that. But they are my original art.
David Apricot's Fabulous Faux: Beautiful Imaginary Women 2025
The Fantastic Faux series is a joyful celebration of technology applied to art and creating something beautiful. Whatever your attitude towards "AI" these certainly are remarkable images.
Book News
Apologies that we are migrating from Ingramspark to Amazon KDP. As books come back into print and new books come out we will update them here.
November/December
Just in Time for Christmas! Kafka and Hesse new translations!!!
Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha follows the spiritual journey of a man seeking enlightenment, as he navigates life's dualities to discover the unity of all existence within himself.
Franz Kafka's short stories are cornerstones of early 20th-century literature, offering profound insights into the human condition, alienation, and the absurdity of existence.
Steppenwolf follows the internal struggle of Harry Haller, a man torn between his human and animalistic natures, as he navigates feelings of isolation, disappointment, and the search for meaning in a fragmented world.
AUSTRALIA, CANADA, AND THIRD WORLD DUE TO COPYRIGHT.
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a timeless allegorical novella that explores the rise of tyranny and the fragility of power through the lens of a farmyard rebellion.
CANADA, AUSTRALIA, AND THIRD WORLD ONLY DUE TO COPYRIGHT.
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian masterpiece that explores the chilling consequences of totalitarianism.
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The Foreigner by Albert Camus follows Meursault, a dispassionate and emotionally detached man, whose indifferent reaction to his mother's death and subsequent senseless murder of a stranger lead him to confront the absurdity of life.
Late additions in October:
One of the greatest love stories ever told is wrapped a psychological exploration of memory, innocence, and experience. Arguably the first true modern novel. This is a new and exciting translation.
Dive into the dark, mesmerizing world of H.P. Lovecraft, the master of cosmic horror, with this curated collection of his most chilling tales.
September/October, 2024
The Author sets out a personal philosophy in funky essays unified by the metaphor of the corrupted body politic as "organ meat."
Slavery... 250 years after the Great Change that allowed space exploration, a race of bioengineered slaves marketed as 'angels' by Edison Angelics must serve human masters on a hundred colonized worlds.
In the near future AGI systems trained on the model of historical personalities compete to become the primary drivers of social and political life.
A noted Australian artist explores the imagery and mythos of the creation story found in the First Book of Moses: Genesis.
