(Through not fault of their own these three fine books remain unpublished.  Anyone interested in possibly changing this situation please contact my literary agent Jack Ryan at ryan-jack@sbcglobal.net )

“Pablo, Pablito" (35,000 words) tells the story of two days in the life of twenty year old Pablo, an urban Latino, only five feet tall, painfully nice and unfailingly helpful to others, yet plagued by a lively imagination and blossoming sexuality which ignite the book’s often-comic adventures.  Over that time, Pablo gets fired from his job, is sought by the police and, most importantly, meets the high-spirited yet troubled teenager Dakota with whom he does things he couldn’t have imagined before.  To read the first two chapters go to  Pablo, Pablito, ch. 1&2

            "Shining Paths" (98, 000) a serio-comic, literary novel.  Four  interwoven narratives following Erika and Jonathan an innocent, passionate American couple trekking through the Andes; Brother Guyatano and The Abbot who haunts him; Sylvia, Raoul and The Two Pedroes, a ragged band of Shining Path rebels on the run from the army; and Big Gerald, a Hollywood producer, who attempts an unneeded rescue of his daughter Erika in the hope that she will feel the sincerity behind the fake emergency. Through plan and mishap, the characters wind up together at an eccentric American Benedictine monastery in the semi-tropical highlands of Peru seeking sanctuary and redemption.  “Shining Paths” dramatizes the intertwining stories of how and why the characters arrive and what happens after they do.  Poignant, exciting and very funny, the novel’s unique characters, narrative voice and structure keep the pages turning to a climax that is inevitable as it is surprising.  To read the first two chapters go to Shining Paths, a novel, ch. 1&2