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Water and land interrelate in surprising and ambiguous ways, and riparian zones, where land and water meet, have effects far outside their boundaries. Using the Malheur Basin in southeastern Oregon as a case study, this intriguing and nuanc… more

“Understanding The Rain” is a unique memoir of my personal experiences in the great outdoors. I have spent many hours in the natural beauty of Oregon and have met some of the most interesting people on earth. From these “wise souls” I have … more

The Adventure of Bree’s: Welcome to Oregon is one in the Gator Books’ collection of illustrated children’s books. This is a story of a monkey whose dream is to get out of the zoo and travel. With the help of the Ape Fairy’s, his dream comes… more

Oregon Boy Adventure is an adventure story that takes place in the wilds of Oregon in the 1950’s. The stories are told just as they happened or as I remember them. Circumstances, natural events, surroundings, and imagination forged the back… more

Married less than a week, Delicious (Delly) Williams, watches her new husband die, leaving her to raise his five children under the age of thirteen. He also left her a deed to property in Oregon. His dying wish; for Delly to get the deed an… more

FIVE SHORT STORIES totalling 10k words; Looking for something different? Something that defies category? 1) “Many a Good Man” is a haunting trip that dumbfounds a young man after seeing a shapely woman sunbathing. Do they really rob banks? … more

How safe do you consider yourself in this ever changing world? With our limited understanding of how things work, whether in the natural world OR in human society alike, we can only predict a limited amount of disasters. But that does not m… more

[Siren Menage Amour: Erotic Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, May-December] Cass Abernathy is forty-three and she’s getting a second chance at life, and maybe even love. She’s finally divorced, after years of abuse, when she learns an unknown … more

A family from Oregon takes a vacation to Maui where the father formerly lived as a bachelor. He takes his wife and two young children on an adventure that includes a plane crash and some unpredictable events that serve to bring the family … more

The definitive collection of Oregon’s odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Beaver State residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist. 

“With his last adventures officially behind him, Huck Finn has just made up his mind to escape Aunt Sally’s wishes for him to get “sivilized.” Without a second thought, Huck strikes out for the Injun Territory on foot, leaving Tom Sawyer an… more

It’s a dangerous mix of freedom, confusion, joy, and attraction as Griffin and his high school crush, Amanda, make their way home from her college in Oregon. Along the way, Griffin’s true feelings about God, his parents’ divorce, and, espec… more

In a short story inspired by Homer’s “Odyssey,” a young man living in a beach community in Oregon has a series of encounters with a man he sees on the beach. As the encounters escalate it becomes clear that this stranger is more than what h… more

Gregory jerked from surprise. “How’d you get in here?”John held up his hands. “I mean you no harm, Holy Father, but I must speak with you.”“Tell me brother, what is so urgent that it could not wait for a morning audience?”The monk smiled. “… more

Oregon by the Numbers is a look at Oregon’s statistics from a new perspective. From Longitude and Latitude of every city within her borders, we can determine not just distance, but personality, flavor, ambiance. Oregon holds many amazing re… more

A night of frivolity spins out of control when three young men embark on an impromptu camping trip in the mountains of Oregon and are discovered by three stranded young women, and the evening is complicated by an unexpected snowstorm…. more

“”“Lost in the Hellhole”” is the story of a man and his two young son’s survival in the wilderness of Oregon during the worst blizzard in many years. How could William, Chris, and Joe know that a one-day hunting trip in the mountains of Ore… more

Essays from Oregon about love — romantic, married, love for kids, love of a dying parent, love among men in a men’s retreat, the love that “philosophy” rarely talks about, the deep need for true, happy, alive Self Love, the search for enli… more

A gay teenage Mormon growing up in western Oregon in 2003. His straight best friend. Their parents. A typical LDS ward, a high-school club about tolerance for gays, and a proposed anti-gay-marriage amendment to the state constitution. These… more

Believe it or not a gentle young man who’d just gotten out of a state psychiatric hospital in Oregon showed me this when I was twelve or thirteen. I don’t know where he first learned it but I’ll never forget. In fact, the impression it left… more