RICHMOND WEST
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"Reflections on the Possibility of Great Writing," (link) published by Imaginative Artisans.
"Your Yesterday Is My Tomorrow," short story version, (link) on the website The Magical Buffet (www.themagicalbuffet.com), 2007.
"A Grim Reality," (link) on the website The Magical Buffet ( www.themagicalbuffet.com), 2006.
"Teaching Religious Plurality: A Second Naivete," (link) with Constance Wise, in The Journal of Religion and Society, 2002.
"Can We Really Cope With Creatures? Dasein and Animality in Heidegger" in the Journal Contemporary Philosophy, Volume XX, 1998.
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Witch Hunt (FORTHCOMING):
Lupe Diego, a lapsed Catholic male philosophy professor with a feminine Spanish name, gets into a relationship with a flirtatious female adult student who seeks out the relationship, and then cruelly and unfairly charges him with "hostile environment" sexual "harassment" when it goes sour. Encountering gender prejudice all along the way for being male, Lupe gets slammed and loses his career. This is the first novel to ever deal in such detail with the feelings of someone accused of this "crime" of not being quite attractive enough in the end. And this bold, compassionate book challenges current "hostile environment" sexual "harassment" law, whereby even asking someone out or telling a joke, if later deemed unwanted, is against the law. A powerful story, with compelling philosophical arguments by a former philosophy professor, this book will be an instant classic!
Barrier (FORTHCOMING):
Sex Is A Crime! This is the first law of the future world-state. And poor Beon discovers a horrifying truth...he is male!!! In the spirit of 1984 and Brave New World, this book challenges our cultural perceptions about sexuality, as well as projects possible future effects of our current "hostile environment" sexual "harassment" laws.
Your Yesterday Is My Tomorrow:
SECOND-PLACE WINNER, 2005 PELL CITY PENS NOVEL CONTEST!!!
What if a Buddha married a God? Rusty Shields, down on his luck, hears a mysterious female voice. She claims to be Diana, his twin flame, his immortal love--his soul mate. And Diana tells Rusty he is really Sodol-kai, a Buddha-to-be who has encountered her in many lifetimes. Rusty's family and his doctors believe he suffers from schizophrenia. While in a mental hospital, Rusty writes about his past lives. Is he really suffering from schizophrenia, or is a goddess calling him from the stars? Only the reader can decide. But when the good karma runs out, will Sodol-kai lose his greatest love?
The Deviants:
THIRD-PLACE WINNER, 2005 PELL CITY PENS NOVEL CONTEST!!!
In an earth ruled by the Immortals, some people...just want to be different. The Deviant gene allows them to express their greatest desire. Johnny Knight, a Cherokee with cheek and a postmodern prophet of pizazz, leads a super-powered team on a defiant romp through sexual, philosophical, and theological issues, as well as butt-kicking action.