Böcker av Tim Pompey

In this second volume of stories, the author continues to weave tales that are slightly out of the mainstream and leaning toward that odd dream you have when you wake up and wonder: Real or imagined? You can't quite tell in this collection, but you know somewhere out there is life beyond, and reading these stories takes you a little closer to that other place. Another planet. Another century. Wars past and present. Time travel, ghosts, witches, angels, and a demon on the run. Step in and take the journey. After all, the mind and the body are all part of that same strange universe we call imagination.

From one concentric circle of life, many points extend in all directions in search of the meaning of life: aging, love, death, gun violence, spiritual wonderings, and a willingness to accept responsibility for those lines. Radii adds to author Tim Pompey's viewpoints about his personal identity, his spiritual quests, and his moment of existence, all an attempt to make sense of life on this beautiful, tormented planet.

It's 1970 and 18-year-old Howie White, who has lived most of his life at Good Shepherd Home for Children in northeast Tennessee, must leave and find his own way in the world. But having lived for fifteen years in a very well ordered religious and social environment, Howie discovers what that real world is really like: complex, odd, sometimes dangerous.Boarding a bus in his hometown of Bridgeport, Howie makes his way across the state from Knoxville to Nashville to Memphis to rural Arkansas and encounters new age oddities, sexual awakening, the drug culture, racial conflicts, and the meaning of the blues, all framed by a burgeoning war in Vietnam and a powerful musical counterculture.To survive, Howie must come out of his shell, even if it means forsaking some deeply ingrained Gospel lessons. In this great big messy world, it is time for him to move out and move on. Life down the road. For Howie, it is a very strange step in the right direction.

Jan Kelvin works as a journalist for the New York literary magazine Page. One morning, her editor gives her a tough assignment. Locate and interview Walter Randolph, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book The River Flows Back. The immediate problem: Randolph was last seen near his hometown of Runyan, Tennessee, more than twenty years ago. For Jan, it's the beginning of a long, strange journey through Southern culture and behind the curtain of a nefarious world of drugs, murder, and child abuse. Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Appalachian Mountains, her daily quest becomes more personal and dangerous. How far will she go and what will she risk to find Walter?

Everyone at Ventura High School thinks Brandon Reese is a loser. What they don't know is that he has a secret power. Brandon can fly. He keeps his life and his power under wraps; that is until he meets J.C. Wynn, who draws him out of his shell. They become good friends. Even better, they both like Metallica. Then J.C. mysteriously disappears and Brandon is heartbroken. He makes it his mission to find out what happened to her and why, even when it means risking his life. Geek by day, bird by night. This is Brandon Reese. The boy who flies across the dark horizon in search of his girlfriend. This is Brandon Reese-Nightfly.

A summary of almost 30 years of poetry, this book deals with personal issues related to life, love, loss, grief, and spiritual longing. Examining these issues from a variety of angles - the natural world, personal observations, global politics, family history, and cultural divides - the author zeroes in on essential questions related to the meaning of life and summarizes what matters most. From the opening title to burning man, from used cars to the death of friendship, the author takes a knife to everyday life and lays it bare on the page.

Sarah Perse is a human wreck. Burned badly from an IED explosion during the Iraq war in 2004, she now lives a hermit's life in a small town in northern Idaho. Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, too much drinking, and drug abuse, Perse serves as the town's nemesis and doesn't care much whether she lives or dies.While sprawled on the street after a night of drinking, Perse meets her next door neighbor's young daughter, Suzy, and something extraordinary happens. Suzy whispers to her, I know magic, and Perse begins to have vivid dreams that reveal visions of a new universe and a new presence in her life.Then Suzy vanishes and Perse gets blamed for her disappearance. As local law enforcement bears down on her, she sets out to find the girl. Follow the light, Suzy tells her in a dream, and the light Perse has been given could be the key not only to finding Suzy, but also discovering her own healing and peace of mind.

Nature. Humanity. Spirit. Each is interconnected and matched together like a well-sewn coat. These poems explore that interconnection and ask essential questions about life. The author probes his own psyche, the world around him, and the powers, seen and unseen, that hold it all together. Like air, lungs, and blood, there are small and universal synapses that create the elements, the animals, the trees, and the souls that behold it all. And above everything, the sky watches, adapts to our existence, and informs our senses. It is beauty enfolding us and enriching the deep roots of our souls.

From Tim Pompey's previous novel Down the Road (2015), Howie White has grown from an 18-year-old naive kid to a 66-year-old responsible adult. When Howie retires from his Washington cherry farm, he plans to take his beloved 1972 Harley on the road. But what starts as a light-hearted adventure soon turns mysterious and dangerous as Howie is transported mysteriously from one point to the next. City by city, country by country, his body is not his own. Even more difficult, each "flight" forces him to look deeper in his soul for healing and redemption. From Washington to Idaho and Oregon, from Russia to California and back to Oregon, Howie draws closer to his personal truth, his deep sorrow, and his last flight. But what will these flights cost him, and what will he surrender in order to survive?