The Markov Anniversary Meeting, June 12-14, 2006 was the fifth in a series of conferences devoted to the Numerical Solution of Markov Chains (NSMC).

The setting is the Big Island of Hawaii. With its active volcano and its frequent earthquakes, it has long been the subject of Polynesian legends.

Back when I was a kid growing up in South Chicago, I never dreamed that having a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother would turn out to be an asset.

A cycle of thirteen episodes told in Story Theater form, a narrator speaking and life-sized puppets performing simultaneously.

Midnight Plays anthologizes four plays from four different worlds of story-telling.

The Classic era centers of Quirigua and Copan are the eastern most outposts of early Mayan civilization.

John A. Broussard's Murder at Milltown Junior College is packed to the last page with murder.

In Necessary Evils, Hal, an L. A. cop driven to avenge the murder of his three partners, himself blindfolded.

Hawaii is a paradise, especially for real estate salesmen. But Ron Crockett, recently arrived from the mainland.

Now Mourn the Space Cadet is the second in a series set in Connor Beach.

When Matt Carlsberg is found dead in a cottage on Connor Beach, the police must find not only who killed him, but why.

With quiet surety, Naomi Myles cultivates a contemplative wordscape.

Imagination is man's most fearsome weapon.

The story of the cop was a made-for-tabloid tragedy.

Prelude to Hemlock is a black comedy that follows the fortunes of the young narrator.

The unusual thing about the collection Quite Contrary is the range of subgenre.

Rogues in the Gallery exposes it all: the cozy insurance ransom racket, the professional gangs of art thieves.

Rust Bucket is the first in The Rust Bucket Universe series from Boson Books.

Bache gives us an American family richly created and lovingly depicted.

Scott City is the third of three historical novels depicting the life of fictional plains adventurer.