In the Shadow of Suribachi

A story of the Greatest Generation. Told as fiction, it is a compilation of the stories the author heard from her father and interviews with veterans who fought at Iwo Jima. She takes the characters from pre-war days through the war to the present. She successfully captures the horror of young boys sent to war and caught in a hellish battle.

Literature & Fiction

Faulkner, Joyce

United States

Red Engine Press

For Shrieking Out Loud!

A collection of humorous commentary and events

Humor & Satire

A collection of humorous commentary and short fiction.

Through 7 fictional characters, Faulkner tells the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima. The characters, based loosely on stories told by her father and other veterans she has met, are each introduced to the reader before the war. They come from various backgrounds and geographic locations across the US. The young men come together on the shores of Iwo Jima and face a horrific fight in one of WWII's most famous battles. Faulkner successfully captures the chaos, terror, grief, pain and heart of the battlefield.

Literary

"Chance...and other horrors" is a fast, scary read that will shake your notions about ordinary life. Chance is seduced and betrayed. Morning is the perfect victim. Emmeline only wants to be loved. Rod's evil career is only beginning. Ruby's passion morphs into insanity. Simon's friends pursue redemption that dances just beyond their fingertips. Hedy's forgiveness is ephemeral and smoky.While I know that there can be no up without a down and no light without darkness, these are the fears that visit my nightmares and questions that haunt my dreams. They make me appreciate sanity...~ Joyce FaulknerWhat people are saying:I found the stories to be haunting--hard to forget--unsettling. Steven King has competition. ~ Lee Boyland, author of "The Rings of Allah," " Behold, an Ashen Horse," "America Reborn," and "Pirates and Cartels."...not for the Pollyannaish. Take off those rosy blinders and wade into the depths of life's darkest. See through the eyes of sick, twisted weirdoes and everyday folks who churn through life motivated by desires and rages ... you may just find a little bit of yourself looking back at you from the pages. What you see in her book's mirror may shock you. Do you dare wander into these blackened edges of your own awareness? ~ Mike Angley, Special Agent (USAF, ret), Colonel (USAF, ret), Award-winning Author of the "Child Finder Trilogy," mikeangley.comChance is a collection of stories dwelling in the dark side of the human psyche. It is unsettling, fascinating, and impossible to put down. ~ Nan Wisherd, Author of Pathways, The Earliest History of Northern Wisconsin's Brule Region, Echoes From the Past, and Brule River Country, cablepublishing.com.

Chance ... and other horrors

Genre Fiction

Windshift

Shirley Maxwell is a troubled young woman facing a complicated personal life, a culture that restricts female options, and a world at war. Yet, together with friends -- Emmie, Delores, and Mags -- she joins Jackie Cochran's Women's Air Service Pilots program (WASP) and participates in the adventure, challenges, and tragedies of the 1940s with determination and courage. Shirley and her friends know what they are tackling will be hard, but they do it anyway -- and relish the effort. In the process, they change what is possible in the minds of young girls everywhere. Lively and moving, Windshift inspires and educates. Appropriate for history buffs interested in the World War II era, students of social change, those who love tales of derring do -- and those who just love airplanes.

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Shirley Maxwell is a troubled young woman facing a complicated personal life, a culture that restricts female options, and a world at war. Yet, together with friends -- Emmie, Delores, and Mags -- she joins Jackie Cochran's Women's Air Service Pilots program (WASP) and participates in the adventure, challenges, and tragedies of the 1940s with determination and courage. Shirley and her friends know what they are tackling will be hard, but they do it anyway and relish the effort. In the process, they change what is possible in the minds of young girls everywhere. Lively and moving, Windshift inspires and educates. Appropriate for history buffs interested in the World War II era, students of social change, those who love tales of derring do -- and those who just love airplanes.

Fort Smith, Arkansas, in the 1910s was no longer a rough western town. Electric lights, fancy hotels, new theaters, trolleys, and automobiles were changing how people traveled, did business, worshiped and enjoyed themselves. Citizens viewed it as a modern city where life was "worth living." Until the night of March 23, 1912 when violence overtook Garrison Avenue--beginning with the shooting of a popular lawman, Andy Carr, and ending with the lynching of an innocent young black man, Sanford Lewis.

Garrison Avenue

Voelkel, Micki

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In the Shadow of Suribachi

For Shrieking Out Loud!

For Shrieking Out Loud!

In the Shadow of Suribachi

Chance ... and other horrors

Windshift

Windshift

Garrison Avenue