The magical kingdom of Laroar is without a ruler on the throne. Magicians, thieves, holy men, and others all fight for possession of the vacant throne. To achieve this end they will stop at nothing to obtain the Enigma Crystal, a powerful artifact...

Don't let the title fool you: this collection is about channeling one's anger in a positive manner. The poet takes a snapshot of his opinions of blackness, black manhood, and America as a whole, and puts them out there for the reader. When we begi...

What begins as a routine missing person case for Seattle private eye Dick Hunter turns into a personal vendetta. In this zany adventure, Dick Hunter and the angelic jinn, Amie, team up with a host of magical animal familiars to defeat Mort des Hom...

This collection is full of poems chronicling the triumph and tragedy of humanity. In a world where differences are emphasized, this collection is universal because it simplistically relates the common threads that bind us as a species. The collect...

This is a poetry chapbook of masculine love for the feminine. Love is broken down into four categories -- romantic love, unrequited love, sexual love, and love for ones family -- each of which is examined through verse. It as an imaginative ode to...

Haiku's purpose is / To display life's mysteries / Three lines at a time.

Part tribute to the dead, part celebration of the poetry of life, part affirmation of the god within us all, part homage to our eternal spirit.

Seattle's Hymn is a collection of 17 poems written in 2002 after A. Jarrell Hayes took a cross-country train ride from Baltimore to Seattle. The poems are very somber, reflective, emotional, and personal, exposing the reader to a different side of...

In April 2009, A. Jarrell Hayes participated in a Poem-A-Day writing challenge from Writer's Digest. This collection are the poems written during that month.

This story is inspired by the political events in Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and other countries in the region. It asks the question: What if Americans did something similar? This story is one possible answer. *Disclaimer: The author is not tr...