CRASH DUMMIESSCOTT MILLION'S LITERARY EMPORIUM
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SCOTT MILLION'S LITERARY EMPORIUM
PRAISE for SCOTT MILLION "…funny, provocative, sordid, and steamy. Though set in another, equally duplicitous time, CRASH DUMMIES is as modern as the Imperial Presidency.…a profound satire of immoral lives and amoral times."
Dexter Schraer, veteran writing teacher, St. Louis, Missouri
“…a well-executed…funny, libidinous farce & ascerbic satire. As Tom Conti observes in Ruben!Ruben!, ‘There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.’”
Thomas Mitchell, Microsoft
"Simply wonderful. Dennis Weiser is…a Taoist master of the sentence."
James Inman, author of Greyhound Diary
"Scott is a tremendous writer. I was pleased to license one of our photographs to him. He is a man of his word, doing what he says he will do and beyond." November 3, 2008
Ellis Martin, Producer, Big Sky Productions
"Scott is an engaging writer with innovative ideas. His diligence and perspicacity make him an asset to any company. His creativity makes him a terrific person to bounce ideas around with. Additionally, Scott's knowledge-base is phenomenal. He is interested in a wide range of topics and continually ferreting out information on a myriad of subjects." October 28, 2008
Bailey McKay, News Director, WCGQ-FM/WRCG-AM
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Creative. I hired Scott as a Writer/Editor in 2007, and hired him more than once. October 27, 2008
Mary Richardson, Psychologist and Life Coach
"Scott is wise and witty and politically astute, a pleasure to work with and be around." October 27, 2008
Jack M. Rees, Founder, topo|graphis press
"Scott's scope of imagination and in-depth understanding of many genres of literature, politics and entertainment make his work a delight to read. From fiction to poetry, Scott has a creative flair that makes his clever writing stand out from the crowd. Having taught at the collegiate level in the past, he is also able to enthusiastically impart his knowledge of the literary world to others." October 27, 2008
Victoria Prater, Director of Communications, Bloch School, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Poems Lost on the Edge of SleepPoems Lost on the Edge of Sleep (book)
Print: $16.00 Download: $8.00 In his first collection of original poems, the author of Crash Dummies displays his mastery of form in short works like “Poetry’s Dark Side” and “Form for Fiction,” eleven English sonnets, and an ode to French romantic writer Jacques Prévert. Many delights and surprises await the reader—from a gnomish remembrance of Howard Nemerov to a discovery of the Muse in the routine of domestic life. “On the Inability to Distinguish Child from Fetus”, “The Quest” and “The Difficulty of All Things” display a gift for grasping America’s cultural quandary and the eternal plight of youth. There is something here for every age and taste. This is a poet who finds lyrical majesty and mystery in the commonplace: an elegy for the family dog, the elegant simplicity of “The Girl on the Bicycle” and—not least of all—the stunning universal poem that gives this work its title.
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ALLEGORYALLEGORY (book)
Print: $17.00 ALLEGORY What is love? What is suffering? What is a human life for? Felix Weimar seeks the answers to these questions as he struggles to find his place in the world. Yet the more he contends, the more he is overwhelmed and perplexed by the ruthless rush of events, a futile circling back of memory, and the worm of self-annihilation at the base of desire—drawing him back into a legend or parable where he must confront the ultimate mystery of his own existence. Felix’s journey combines the realistic and surreal as his life unfolds episodically before our eyes, evoking both the glorious heights and tragic depths of experience. A modern roman à clef, Allegory chronicles a perilous adventure and quest for the elusive meaning of family values, the search for love, and the inescapable demands of spirituality.
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Redeeming CapitalismRedeeming Capitalism (book)
Print: $7.50 Download: $3.75 Putting global economics on a new foundation based on assessing quality of life via six criteria and detaching the profit motive from a flexible form of currency adopted worldwide.
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excellence 7.5 squareexcellence 7.5 square (book)
Print: $7.95 Download: $4.00 A Twilight Zone-esque parable about race hatred and genocide, applicable to our age and the "war on terror."
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American WeimarAmerican Weimar (book)
Print: $6.00 Download: FREE Two groundbreaking essays on the future of capitalism versus globalization by the author of PLUM SKULDUGGERY and THE THIRD AWAKENING.
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Buddha Was A Deadbeat Dad & Other StoriesBuddha Was A Deadbeat Dad & Other Stories (book)
Print: $17.00 Download: $7.00 What is the relationship between an artist's life and the imaginative work he creates? Here are 15 fictions that explore various facets of this question, including…a Twilight Zone-esque parable of race hatred and genocide, blended family values, a fateful college acid trip, an evocation of a deckhand's life on the Mississippi, a father-son fishing trip with existential overtones, and a risque send-up of Frank Capra's holiday classic.
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New Institutes of American ReligionNew Institutes of American Religion (book)
Print: $14.00 Download: $6.00 A refreshing and entirely original work in practical theology, which takes seriously the eschatology of Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and offers a modern interpretation of three key concepts of Christian theology: faith, death and resurrection. Weiser examines classical arguments of Anselm, Aquinas and Descartes, providing an appendix on logic and epistemology. Also considered: atheism, gods and goddesses, Calvinism, Jesus' mission, intelligent design, Christian ethics, science and religion. This is a book that clears the air of cant and drivel, consigning the evangelical bunk of Pat Robertson and Jack Van Impe to the flames.
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A Rat's ArtA Rat's Art (book)
Print: $12.96 The first published collection of poetry by distinguished poet, Paul Lawrence Stebbing.
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THE THIRD AWAKENINGTHE THIRD AWAKENING (book)
Print: $16.00 Download: $5.00 A sci-fi fantasy novella & grim satire of corporate culture, the adventures of Sam Marz and the superior beings who come to save Earth from itself, and human beings from their darker side.
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SCOTT MILLION'S LITERARY EMPORIUM
SCOTT MILLION (a.k.a. Dennis Weiser) /
Westport, Kansas City, Missouri 64111 USA
(816) 213-9279
Scott Million is the nom de guerre of former regular business humorist for The Kansas City Business Journal, Dennis Weiser. An excerpt from CRASH DUMMIES won first prize for prose fiction at the Printers Row Book Fair in Chicago and was published in Things That Go Bump in the Night (Outrider Press 2004). His parable of genocidal race-hatred "Excellence" was the featured "Original Fiction" in the April 2004 issue of The Illluminata (Editor Bret Funk called the tale "Twilight Zone-esque"). He has read at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Duff's, Prospero's Books, The Way Out Club, Venice Café and Westminster College. His poems, short stories and articles have appeared in Chouteau Review, p.r.n., Interview, Abramelin: The Journal of Poetry and Magick, Thorny Locust and New Letters. His poem "Hidden Song" is included in The Sixth Surface: Steven Holl Lights the Nelson-Atkins Museum (Topo/Graphis Press 2007).
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