Storytellers are liars; poets are too. We give words to animals, voice to the wind; we generate lines for the mountains and stones to speak. We feign conversation with God, fake third person omniscience and pretend the heart of man means more than its daily spikes and plodding rhythmn. We talk as if it were love's abode, when it is in fact nothing more than corridors echoing with the organ music of life, not love. We are liars just as the prophets were, but we are storytellers, so that's what we do.

From: Proem, The Mystery of Miss Tree and Mr E

With short stories, poetry, essays and two mini-novels (one new for Kindle and the title novella), The Mystery of Miss Tree and Mr E combines Stories from the Road with the soon to be published, Poetry & Essays: A Companion Book. Magical realism inhabits the stories, while whimsy, love and dismay take their turns in the poems and essays. A full table with a bounty of small bites, each with a taste to match your mood of the moment.

Reserve a couple hours for the title novella. Settle in as the human chronicle takes on its old epic luster and becomes a journey again.

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Strong characters, old questions, the surprise of sex, life and death . . . The Mystery of Miss Tree and Mr E is a book for word lovers . . . a book of offbeat adventure, tantalizing fiction and discovery at play.