The Changer, the first novel by distinguished Oregon poet David Hedges, tracks the sudden breakdown of society sparked by a collision between government corruption and nature's wrath, further fueled by the actions of a band of Native American ecowarriors. The title springs from a Salish myth that predicts, in the words of protagonist Jay Joseph, "the end of this world, the beginning of the next," where nature restores a balanced biosphere, and survivors live in harmony. What triggers the Change, who drives it, and how it unfolds will keep you turning the pages of this innovative book as it builds to an explosive climax that is both conceivable and preventable.

The Changer

Literature & Fiction

Hedges, David

United States

Road's End Press

"Up with democracy! Down with Trump!" 
Thus ends the preface to Trump Über Alles: Rhymes for Trying Times. But rather than spewing invective, the book spills over with incisive wit and high humor. As David A. Horowitz, history professor at Portland State University, writes, "If humor truly is the greatest weapon in times of crisis, David Hedges has provided invaluable assistance to the psychological well-being of the nation with a lighthearted record in verse of the tenure of America's former president." In the insightful mind of the poet, Trump "begged and pleaded to be satirized, parodied, and skewered. No character since Shakespeare's Falstaff has been so ripe for ridicule, and so prone to pratfalls. No political figure in American history has boasted such a broad and deep assemblage of unsavory and unscrupulous associates." A fertile field, indeed! And Hedges plows, tills, sows, and reaps with a deftness honed over more than four decades of writing and publishing poetry, essays, and fiction. Poet and author X.J. Kennedy dubbed his verse "masterfully crafted," and declared, "I'm a Hedges fan for life."

Trump Über Alles: Rhymes for Trying Times

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

A burlesque, a morality tale, a comedy of errors, a rib-tickling farce-any of these descriptions fits The Zigzag Papers. Our hero, Armand DuBois, a sous-chef at the Grand Hotel in Zurich, Switzerland, on vacation in Zigzag, Oregon, is mistaken for the fictional Inspector François Poulet of Interpol and throws himself into solving the mystery of who is attempting to murder Wanda Fuller, postmistress (identifies as "mail person") who wrote The Book of Love about her six former husbands. All six-fearing she is writing a second book, The Zigzag Papers, exposing their deep secrets-are suspects. Wanda's identical twin sister, Rhonda, lurks in the shadows.

The Zigzag Papers or Who Wants Wanda Wasted: An Inspector François Poulet of Interpol Attempted Murder Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

The Death of Democracy!

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