"Pieces of Eight" is a collection of eight imaginative novellas. Themes represented in the work are science fiction, humor, paranormal, horror, psychological drama and astrology fulfillment. Pieces of Eight" is the companion book of "Pieces of Eight, Part II".
"In Quest of Argentum" and "The Inimitable Dr. Spencer" are science fiction selections.
"Winslow Junction" and "The Voodoo Dimension" are paranormal/psychic fiction pieces. "The Voodoo Dimension" takes place in Montego Bay, Jamaica where the author and his wife once vacationed.
"Olympus Lives" is a humorous mythology offering.
"What Goes Around Comes Around" is a psychological/revenge plot thriller. Part of it is set in Aruba, another island frequented by the writer.
"The Trespassers" has a revenge/murder plot. The story occurs on the Delmarva Peninsula, not far from where the author once owned a boardwalk arcade in Ocean City, Maryland.
The setting "Winslow Junction" is an abandoned train depot that (in real life) is several miles from the author's home.
"A Video Horoscope" also takes place in the writer's hometown, Hammonton, New Jersey, and explores an astrology fulfillment theme.
- ISBN10 1589092678
- ISBN13 9781589092679
- Publish Date 1 October 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Bookstand Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English