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Hello and Welcome!

Get to know us!

Hello and Welcome!

Get to know us!

About us

our Background

Karen is a former bodybuilder who turned to powerlifting. She worked 33 years as a veterinarian's assistant. Ken has published four books of poetry and four of short fictions. He worked 33 years in the information management trade, and in the years before completing college worked in sales, construction, and law enforcement.

The children

We presently have two rescue cats and three betta fish. Each betta fish patrols his own 3.5 gallon bowl, and the cats command the dry land of the house.

The plan

We focus on Karen's powerlifting and Ken's writing. We travel to support both endeavors, but love returning home. Short trips are the norm. Nothing like a night or two in a good hotel with a fireplace and perhaps a hot tub and a beach or quaint historic downtown to walk.

Ken's Books

The bibliography

Cordwood, 22 Press, 1985, poetry, is out of print. Sciences, Social, Palanquin Books, 1995, poetry, can only be found second hand. Constant Animals, Creatspace, 2013, mini-fictions, available. The Book of Robot, Barking Moose Press, 2016, poetry, available. Victims of a Failed Civics, Barking Moose Press, 2016, poetry, available. Avenging Cartography, Barking Moose Press, 2017, mini-fictions, available. The Revenge of the House Hurlers, Barking Moose Press, 2018, mini-fictions, available. Engaging Cattle, Barking Moose Press, 2019, mini-fictions, available. Stone the Monsters, or Dance, Barking Moose Press, 2021, speculative poetry. Winter's Last Apple, Barking Moose Press, 2023, poetry, prose poetry, micro-fiction.

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Constant animals

A collection of mini-fiction/flash fiction : disunity in bird populations; a demimondaine made of glass; a man who falls in love with a mouth.

The Book of Robot

Speculative poetry. Our machines become aware of their existence, of their personalities, of their own comedies and tragedies.

How to find them

Where books can be found

Click on the image of any of the books and you will be taken to its Amazon page. Amazon is not the only on-line bookseller awash with these books. Practically any on-line bookseller served by Ingram, who is the international wholesaler for these books, will be able to find them. Kindle e-book versions are available at Amazon; epub e-book editions can be had at Smashwords and hundreds of on-line sellers. Sundial Books in Chincoteague , www.sundialbooks.net, stocks them all, for in-store or on-line purchase. Ever more bookstores are keeping them on their shelves.

Victims of a Failed Civics

Poetry. A town holds out against a warring temperance league. A man who is constantly on fire. The wolf at the door.

Avenging Cartography

Mini-fictions/flash fiction. A woman dating an insect, even though her father is a spider herder. A town made of books. Houses that migrate.

Previous Appearances

The poems and stories in these collections have previously appeared in places such as Poet Lore, Asimov's Science Fiction, The Iowa Review, Potato Soup Journal, Cafe Irreal, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Alaska Quarterly Review, Black Denim, Menacing Hedge, and several dozen other journals and websites.

The Revenge of the House Hurlers

Mini-fictions/flash fiction. Unappreciated deconstruction workers. Carnivorous butterflies. What your closet monster might be doing while you are away.

Engaging Cattle

Mini-fictions/flash fiction. A cattle tuner falls for a clothesline sander. Buying words on the black market. Genetically modified corn goes rogue.

The Latest Outings

Stone the monsters, or dance

Lessons From lingering houses

Ninety-four speculative poems from places like The Iowa Review, The Indiana Review, The Alaska Quarterly, elsewhere. A man carving his wife from a tree. A carnivorous lawn. The dinosaur in the basement.

Lessons From lingering houses

Eight-four poems collected from The New Mexico Humanities Review, Colorado-North Review, The Hiram Poetry Review, elsewhere. A mistress of dragons. The arrival of rainmakers. What to do on the world's last day.

Winter's Last Apple Poetry, Prose poetry, micro-fiction

Ranging from the clumsy arrival of Europeans in the Americas to immoral commerce for automatons, this is a collection of surreal encounters, debauches, and saintliness which will titillate the hinges of the imagination. Poetry, prose poetry, micro-fiction originally published in places such as Café Irreal, Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Pacific Review and more than three dozen other literary venues. 2023.

Paperback, $13.00

E-book, $ 2.99

106 pages (paperback)

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www.sundialbooks.net, Chincoteague, Va., paperback on-the-shelf and mail-order.

Karen's Powerlifting

Karen engaged in bodybuilding for a number of years before switching to powerlifting. She has twice won the USAPL Raw Powerlifting Nationals, won the WNPF World Powerlifting Championships, several times won the 100% Raw Federation World Championships, and holds many world records in many federations.

100% Raw Federation: Open 97 pound world records: Bench, 54kg; Deadlift, 113.5kg. 60-64 97 pound world records: squat, 75kg; bench and single lift bench, 54kg; deadlift and single lift deadlift, 113.5kg; three lift total, 237.5. 50-54 105 pound world records: squat 86.1kg; bench and single lift bench, 58.9kg; deadlift and single lift deadlift, 120.2kg; three lift total, 265.3kg. 55-59 105 pound world records: squat, 90kg; bench and single lift bench, 58kg; deadlift and single lift deadlift, 122.5kg; 60-64 105 pound world records: squat, 80.5kg; bench and single lift bench, 53.5kg; deadlift and single lift deadlift, 111kg; three lift total, 245kg.

The above WABDL world record has since been superseded, but for a while she held it. She also holds the USAPL single lift national raw bench press record in the 47kg 3a age class at 52.5kg. Add to that the USPA drug-tested open and 60-64 44kg national raw bench press record, 51.5kg. And the USPA non-drug-tested raw bench national record, 52.5kg. Along with that the USPA 60-64 44kg drug-tested and non-drug-tested deadlift national record, 104kg.

Hello and Welcome!

Hello and Welcome!

About us

our Background

The children

The plan

Ken's Books

The bibliography

Constant animals

The Book of Robot

How to find them

Where books can be found

Victims of a Failed Civics

Avenging Cartography

Previous Appearances

The Revenge of the House Hurlers

Engaging Cattle

The Latest Outings

Stone the monsters, or dance

Lessons From lingering houses

Lessons From lingering houses

Lessons From lingering houses

Lessons From lingering houses

Lessons From lingering houses

Winter's Last Apple Poetry, Prose poetry, micro-fiction

Links to work examples

Brief Wilderness

Cafe Irreal

Mobius

Karen's Powerlifting

Social

Photo Gallery

At the USPA Va. State Drug Tested Championships Aug 17, 2024. Competing in the 65-69 age, 44 kg weight class.