It is 1912; teenager Eric O’Connor growing up in a rough and tumble Irish family, tries to live by his Immigrant father’s credo. More interested in being an American, he follows family tradition in all things.

America’s entry into WWI sidelines Eric’s plans for college. Eric enlists in the Irish Brigade, New York’s famed 69th Regiment. The boy’s rites of passage prepare him for the disappointments as well as the triumphs of life.

Home from the war Eric has lost the love of his life to his hoodlum brother Pat. The ending is memorable. A must read for everybody.

Daniel Lanter is born to Vicky Rollins, a sixteen-year-old high school senior, in the year of 1946. It is with a heavy heart and a foreboding premonition that Vicky is forced to sign the papers allowing her son to be adopted.

The adoptive couple provide a loving, stable home for the youngster, however, when he turns two, they are killed on an icy road in Chicago. Danny is then placed into a foster home where he is used as a servant and treated with brutality. At seventeen, after a violent altercation, he finally flees this "house of horror's". Reaceiving no love as a child, Danny grows up with a crippled spirit--sabotaging every relationship, every job and even a promising career in baseball. The story takes you on a roller coaster ride through Danny's life of desperation, despair and sometimes emotional madness. At last, it is through a surprising source that Danny receives the help he has coveted all his life.

Roger is a nineteen-year-old boy in the US Navy and is about embark on the adventure of his life. He is stationed aboard a guided missile cruiser home ported in Japan. American hostages are being held in Iran and he has been sent to fill a billet in the Seventh Fleet. Come with him as he sails off to exotic, foreign ports of call such as Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Philippine Islands, and hits every bar in between. Watch as Roger goes from boy to man and learns about sex, drugs and racism. And, don't forget that when you're in "Gonzo Station" you're really gone.

Sue K. is an attractive, accomplished production executive, whose acerbic wit and somewhat jaundiced outlook often prove intellectually challenging but romantically disastrous. This—coupled with a nightmarish mother and a certain sense of caution—results in the dissolution of Sue’s relationship with Matt, her best friend and lover. Enter Stefi!

Stefi is a latter-day hippie, an anachronistic 24-year-old flower child in tie-dyed clothes. Accompanied by the music of Led Zeppelin, the Stones, and the Beatles, she’s a meteoric force who charges into Sue’s life—and when things really get moving, Stefi disappears, leaving Sue in the thick of things. Having thrown caution to the wind, Sue is left to deal with the results. By the time the pair leaves London to travel to the furthest parts of the world, Sue, encouraged by Stefi, has had to confront work, men, her mother, and her very being, in order to begin an entirely new chapter in her life.

Stefi is the story of an amazing friendship, a spiritual, romantic comedy across the outlandish peaks and through the emotional valleys of two diametrically opposed women—one the catalyst, the other the vessel—seeking experiences that have eluded them both. Beginning in London, traveling to Calcutta and the Himalayas—and then back to London again, Stefi and Sue play an emotionally charged, riotous game of psychological and physical hide and seek, as each searches for and finds fulfillment.

Stillbird (Wessex Collective, January 2005)

A midwife perceived to be a witch is strangled in Scotland in the 1880s whereafter her sons immigrate to the new world. Each falls in love with the same Native American woman in the Appalachians where her people live like ghosts ("moving about like rumors") after eluding the U.S calvary and the forced march to Oklahoma.  When the brother she marries, dies, the brother she disdains rapes her and so begins a family story that is as ancient as the Greek tragedies and as modern as the daily news.  The action continues through two world wars and the depression in between from West Virginia to Denver, Colorado on the eve of the sixties.  The combination of accurate history with elements of magical realism results in a mythical epic in less than 200 pages.  Layers of symbolism make this a perfect choice for book clubs that like to dig deep into human psychology.  It has been recommended to book clubs by Lisa Caspar at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver and for serious readers by Mayra Calvani in the January issue of The Bloomsbury Review.

Edges: O Israel, O Palestine (Glad Day, June 2005)

"Edges" is set in a pre-1967 Israel, during the Cold War.  Characters are drawn from Israel's long-forgotten past, members of the 1940's Haganah and Jewish underground who find themselves displaced amidst the chaotic and complex tensions of an Israel just beginning to modernize and expand. When Liana's mother takes her back to her native land of Jerusalem, Liana embarks on a journey of self-discovery and sexual awakenings.

In the early 1990s, Jack Smith, a former CIA operative, dies at the Ocean Side Health Facility, CA.  Thousands of miles away, in Russia, David Tallman, the lead of the same CIA group, dies at the hands of Dr. Natasha, Director of the former KGB Special Projects department.  Jack’s and Tallman’s deaths culminate decades-long battle for supremacy in mind control.

Thirty years back, a CIA agent David Tallman is assigned to form a special projects group.  The USSR is feverishly involved in experimentation in mind control.  The CIA must respond.

Tallman is facing Krilov, once the Soviet spy-master in Eastern Europe, now the chief of the KGB Special Projects, and a psychiatrist Dr. Natasha Malienkova, his bewitching mind control specialist.

The remaining leftist force in Russia is threatening the fledgling Democracy.  The new CIA weapon is tested in the imminent hard-liners’ coup.  Successful in foiling the coup, the power-minds are assigned to roam the Cosmos in search of Life.  Of the original four, only Jack Smith survives the ordeal.  In the end, all evidence of the mind control experimentation is destroyed, including Jack Smith. Tallman, executed by Natasha, becomes the final victim in the CIA-KGB feud. 

This lyrical and allegorical, award-winning novel depicts the male perspective of being Asian in mainstream American society, exploring issues of racism, war (and children), love, and identity. David Wong, the antihero protagonist, murdered an old Mama-san and her granddaughter while on long-range patrol in Vietnam. It is his great sin.

Like yin and yang, the psychology of guilt is intertwined with the psychology of desire in this PTSD tale of sin and redemption. Even in his deepest despair, Wong still holds onto that most elemental human emotion---hope. With hope, he strives mightily to reach the light at the end of his psychosis, figuratively crawling through darkness toward survival and, yes, even love.

A subplot tells the extraordinarily poignant story of Stella Abramson, whose war loss resonates even today.

"I read a lot of books. An American Sin blew me out of the water. It's fantastic! I loved it!" Carmen Palomera, Director, Rainbow Bookfest, Seattle. "I cried."

Have you ever encountered a stranger with whom you felt immediately familiar? Were you unable to deny the bond between you though there was no rational explanation for the connection that you felt? The most significant event of our lives sometimes calls to our heart and spirit from barely beyond our current perception.

“Sacred Vow is a metaphysical novel about a man who responds to the mysterious call of a woman, opening the way to redefinition of both himself and his understanding of the world around him. He takes his first steps on a journey to accept the world around him as a place to live, not simply a place to survive day-to-day. Sacred Vow is both a narrative and the means for the author to communicate a positive message about life and fully integrating the most into each moment. Highly recommended.” -- Midwest Book Review

Before I Go (Campfire Press, September 2006)

The What-If Guy: A Girl's Guide to Finding Her Soulmate (Nautilus Press, October 2006)

CrossRoads (Authorhouse, August 2005)

Every era has its share of dirty deeds and violence, and the wholesome time of 1950s America was no exception. Denis C. Wojcik’s debut novel, illustrates the intriguing and tragic fates that emerge when paths collide.

The story begins in 1950 and takes the readers through 13 years of romance, scandal and violence as five eclectic characters collide at varying stages of their lives. John Farintino, a retired professional baseball player, becomes a reluctant pawn in the world of organized crime. Marty Marian, a gorgeous blond actress, crosses John’s path, and instant sparks ignite a brief marriage. J. Edward Hooten, a top-notch law enforcement agent proves to be an efficient, effective player in his field and an abuser of power. Sean Kiley, the son of a powerful American immigrant has been groomed for political success by his father and soon realizes his highest aspirations.

As their stories interweave, scandalous plots are revealed, passions flare and blackmail threatens to destroy polished reputations. — all in a time when Americans believed in the leaders of their country, and role models ranged from movie stars to politicians.

My novel, A Dedication, was released in June of 2005. It's a story told be a rebellious 17 year old boy (Quinn) and the poor choices he makes. He is befriended by a 74 year old former Marine (Joe) who is now a perpetual student and a painter. Their relationship grows in an odd-couple sort of way with listening and laughter and life-lessons. But about half way through the book the reader learns Joe has some serious issues of his own and Quinn is forced to make some adult decisions for the sake of his new best friend. It's a tearjerker, but because of the inspirational nature, they're happy tears. A Dedication is a story of frustration and struggle, of compassions and forgiveness, and ultimately, about awakening to life's possibilities.