Wodke Hawkinson

Giovanni's charming little Italian bistro undergoes a radical change when his wife leaves him. He turns the cafe into a dismal place and changes the name. At its grand opening, he informs the crowd that happiness is no longer allowed in his establishment. Instead of dining on savory dishes, customers now crowded in to unload their burdens of misery on stage before the open mic.

Catch Her in the Rye contains the tragic love story by that name plus thirty other short stories in a wide variety of themes, from the surrealistic "I Wish" to the heartwarming "Homeless Thanksgiving". These short tales offer a cross-genre experience, with literary tidbits that include science fiction, horror, contemporary fiction, and those hard-to-classify yarns that fit neatly into no category. In addition to the eerie "Ain't No Lights", the collection...

Renee and Shaelynn are writing a book. Odd things begin happening to their project. Text is changed or vanishes; a chapter is published in the local newspaper but is not there when they recheck it; and other unexplainable events occur. It seems that someone, or some thing, does not want their story written!

It starts even before she steps foot on Tangerine, while she is still on Earth and unaware of her legacy: the pursuit of her treasure by a greedy but powerful collector. Dr. Ava Majestic has just finished her coursework at the university, graduating with advanced degrees in the sciences, and is ready to begin a new job when her parents are killed in a crash. With nothing to keep her on-planet, Ava takes a new position as an interstellar biologist,...

The Macksburg County Sheriff's Office receives a report of a "troll" under the William Frank Bridge. Officers arrest the culprit and bring him in. Then things get interesting.A earlier version of "Troll" was first included in the book, Alone - Selected Short Stories, Volume 3, by Wodke Hawkinson.Approximately 3221 words. At the end of the story are excerpts from Wodke Hawkinson novels.

Blue is the second volume of short stories by multi-genre author, Wodke Hawkinson. Blue contains three novelettes, which in and of themselves make the book a must-read. In addition, Blue also features eleven shorter works that run the gamut from bawdy humor in "The Erotic Adventure of Dick Speed" to the contemplative surrealism of "Death Hates His Job".Wodke Hawkinson's writing includes a tasty variety of subjects which are peopled with unique and...