Sunsprites and Other Miracles

About the Book

Alone, in a museum thousands of years old, the keeper of the relics re-enacts his own "One Thousand and One Nights." But in a reversal of the Persian story, the keeper himself is the "king" whose last days are numbered by the plexus, a relic "Scheherazade." The plexus provides a bridge to the past and is the most powerful relic in the museum where the keeper's final days are spent alone and in thrall to the plexus and its Ovidesque tales. Coatlicue, the Aztec goddess, figures as the harbinger of destruction who is searching for her lover. She is willful and merciless in her pursuit. Even as the keeper is dying, he summons the past like a child eagerly awaiting bedtime stories. He learns the origin of the relics and museum that safeguard his city. He also learns that Coatlicue is coming, and she isn't happy. The keeper must fight to stay alive just a little longer and get the word out. His city is next.

About the Author

Wandering around Delaware is all the stimulation I need to crank out a story. When I have time I find paid work. No stranger to the three counties (I grew up in Christiana, Delaware) I make frequent trips to Rehoboth (?Hoboing in Rehoboth?) where I have scores to settle.