No Frills Buffalo

Pooleville Pete is a different take on an old story. Pete is a groundhog who always cries on Feb. 2nd. Find out how 8 year old Molly makes a difference in Pete's life. "Every elementary classroom...

The poems in this collection speak of the epic tale of being mortal, of viewing death as life's twin and the pressing questions the human condition gives rise to. They mull over the persistent...

Maple Springs, "a beauty spot on Lake Chautauqua," has proven to be "a beauty retirement spot" for Colin and Vonny O'Brien. The O'Briens have settled comfortably and are enjoying life at the lake...

11-year-old Fritz Reynolds recalled his father telling him that man is the only creature who can find amusement in killing. Little did he realize that those words would become the theme for his...

Hope to Life is an example of enhanced faith in God proving His blessing can show up just in time and be delivered by anyone He chooses. Being new converts in the Lord planting our mustard seed faith...

I wrote this book hoping it would discourage readers from succumbing to their darkest desires. I wanted to use myself as an example of what not to be, to share my struggles and empathize with those...

Carolyn Krupp already has her hands full as a single mother raising a special needs child. When her brother Mark is assaulted and left for dead at the edge of a park she asks her neighbor, ex cop...

Squatter's Gold is a novel with a prologue of historic ?ction about Sacramento, the California gold rush, hidden gold and the Squatter's Riots of 1850. Fast forward to Sacramento in the year 2002: A...

Tommy Patton is a small-time crook from Buffalo's gritty Irish-Catholic First Ward who's always been committed to never living a law-abiding day in his life. Upon being sprung from the Erie County...

Stones is a book of poems of everyday experience, sometimes illuminated by a flash of sunlight or darkened by a passing cloud. Some are laments for a broken world or meditations on how we could do...

Sweet Cheeks and More Stories from the Nickel City is a poignant and vibrant collection of short fiction from author Michael Burns Haggerty whose characters have deep roots in Buffalo and Western New...

The ship bobbed gently, pulling on the lines and heaving the gang plank just enough to make the passengers hold the ropes tighter. They were weak, unsure of their footing and looked sickly in the...

Lawrence Millman's The Book of Origins is a rattle-your-brains collection of tales in the tradition of George Carlin, Jonathan Swift, and Italo Calvino, but not Jane Austen or Henry James. In its...

Except it's not a dream. It's a memory. A fragment of imagination, a fiction of reality. It happened and it will keep happening. Sometimes, it doesn't happen enough, and I fear I'll forget. The...

The Humane Race, The Human Erase, and The Human is a list of sins, a condemnation, and a defense of the human race. Bliss starts at the beginning by considering the actions of early humans, then...

To most people Riley Caldwell may appear to be an average sixth grader from New York City. However, things are not always what they seem. The truth is Riley is descended from a secret legacy of art...

In the 1974 NHL Draft, 247 players were selected by the eighteen teams. Everything seemed normal over the course of the three-day proceedings. Nothing seemed out of place as the summer wore on and...

It seems so important as you do what you do, But in times to come no one remembers you. Your actions are forgotten and your feelings destroyed. You've become one with the nihilist void. Inspired by...

In 1978, Jimmy and Michael, two long time friends from Buffalo, NY, engage in a cross-country hitch-hiking adventure throughout The United States to look for George, Michael's brother, who...

Shot from the cannon of the turbulent 1960'2, Ernie the Pro and his Great Lakes hometown are on trajectories that move anything but straight ahead into a new century. "The Seventh Generation" traces...

Tom Edwards and his cousin Neil are perplexed. They're teenagers on a roving fishing and camping trip during the 1960s with their fathers, uncles and cousins. It's the last fishing trip that the men...

Dear Mother was how the letters began. Love Rum or Love Ed was how they ended. Roman and Edward Bartz are brothers. They were also a sailor and a soldier. In Two Brothers, One War, they speak across...

Johnny Nolan was one of Buffalo's favorite downtown draws. He spent his evenings exhaling rock's greatest lyrics, grinding out covers on guitar while basking in the adulation of devoted fans and...