Boy in the Barn: Journey of Triumph Over Horrific Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and PTSD
TRIGGER AND CONTENT WARNING! PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY! This book contains many graphic examples of foul, offensive, obscene language, child abuse, sexual abuse, brutality, violence, suffering, homophobia, and racism. This book contains mature, adult (18+) content. Therefore, it should not be read by children or minors. John grew up in an incredibly narcissistic, dysfunctional family on a farm in southeastern North Carolina during the repressive 1960s. This was the model family to the broader community; his parents were considered pillars of society. Yet, this family held many deep, dark secrets governed by family honor, vanity, and pride. The parents’ standing in the community was paramount to everything else. No one, no family member, circumstance, event, or situation, was to shame and embarrass them and get in the way of how they ranked and viewed themselves. This way of life was ripe for something more insidious.
Gods of Men: Where the Spartans are Made
Lysander, disadvantaged by his mothax status, is nonetheless determined to succeed in the harsh Spartan Upbringing. To achieve and shine as no boy before him since the age of the heroes.
Born under lucky omens, it’s not long before the boy is noticed by one of the most powerful men in Sparta, who, knowing that Lysander is favored by the gods themselves, quietly guides him towards a destiny that will one day change the world and the very course of human history in what will become one of the bloodiest and bitterest wars in Ancient history, marking a distinct change in the morality of warfare that resounds into our own age.
He is, from the youngest age, tempered in a crucible of unrelenting violence and cruelty. And Inspired by the young warrior Brasidas the Tamer of Helots, (a man with a destiny of his own) and a commander of those most feared of the Spartans, the 300 Hippeis, Lysander learns and masters the bloody mysteries of Aries like none before him.
Jay’s River
Jay’s River is a touching romance between two young men, from differing cultures, each of which has his own faults and fears, and tells of how they come together, despite missteps along the way, and a danger that revisits, threatening to break them apart.
Love’s Not Welcome at the Hotel Cairo
Hughie must sell his hotel shares to save his dream. Fabian must persuade him to keep them for same sex weddings’ sake. You are cordially invited to the Hotel Cairo, where everyone’s love story is welcome… The Hotel Cairo is an aging but still enchanting hotel that its majority shareholder recently axed 60-year-old soap actor Hughie Roman plans to sell to the highest bidder to get back his Hollywood dream. Not if Fabian Flores, the hotel’s 44-year-old manager, can stop him by winning him over with love. Love is Welcome at the Hotel Cairo, that is, an invitation to same-sex couples to wed in its magical setting in a conservative state which, in the past, denied them as petty as a wedding cake. Unlike the lovers that the Hotel Cairo woos, Hughie and Fabian don’t welcome love because of secrets from the past and fears about the future. They’ll fight their developing feelings tooth and nail even while others try to get between them, like Fabian’s fiancee, the hotel lawyer, James, Hughie’s TV nephew, Herbie, and co-owner, Xenia, who has her own plans for her deceased ex-husband’s legacy. Fortunately, a heavenly male escort named Hunky Hector lends his voice of reason in their bedlam. Are you looking for big, flawed LGBTQ+ characters with heart & wit in an unputdownable story with infinite humor & hope? Love’s Not Welcome at the Hotel Cairo is a romantic comedy novel about embracing love no matter how old you get or how jaded you become. Told through the eyes of a desperate, newly divorced Hughie and an equally determined but altruistic Fabian, not even a wedding cake will be safe from their explosive courtship.
Survival: From a broken childhood to PhD
Born illegitimate in north east England in 1944, John Fahey was sent to his father’s parents in western Ireland. John’s parents later married and brought back to England when he was nine, he was continually beaten and battered by his father, who called him a bastard, throughout his teenage years. Surviving on his memories of Ireland, his trust in his Catholic faith, the help of kind people and relatives, and his love of chemistry, John went through major crises, feeling lost and alone in 1960s England and Scotland, he took on challenges, fought back against despair, and struggled with his sexual identity under legal intolerance. But determined to find a better life he went to university and finally to America.
This is a story of surviving against the odds.
Taming the Dragon
Following are examples of the 75+, five-star Amazon reviews: “From the earliest kindergarten days when family and society define boyhood too narrowly to allow Gary’s vibrant spirit to express fully, through the awkward discoveries of teenage years, and into the higher stakes dilemmas of adulthood, Gary reveals a life of passion, love, addiction, pain and joy. A life that is a quest for true freedom that inspires me to examine my own life for blockers that limit my joy.” “Gary tells his story in a straightforward and compelling way, with exceptional clarity about himself and his heart. He has the courage to look honestly at himself and do the hard work that is necessary to be healthy and happy. Without apology, he talks about the inner demons he had to fight, including a sex addiction that isn’t widely discussed in our society, but is a real and potentially destructive force in the lives of many people. His book is a tribute to the eventual rewards that are realized when a person looks unflinchingly at his own truth and works hard, not giving up on himself in order to realize his dream of being whole and happy. Inspiring to anyone who wants to live a wholehearted life.”