CHAPBOOKWRITER

THE MARKED PLANET

 and three werks of ideation

by dean c. gardner 

This volume is a fictional portrayal of phenomenological research of the magical, the mystical, and the spiritual.

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Collected Chapbooks 1997-2009 includes four chapbooks, "chapter books," books under 100 pages.

• "Journey of a Martyr" is a poetic allegory that explores the dynamic of "a calling."

• "Fatherhood and Sonship" pulls from life experience as a celebration of bonding between three generations: father, son, grandson. It was written while the author’s father approached death and while his own son approached manhood.

• "The World on Stilts" is a fictionalized prose account portraying a man redefining the geometry that composes his life.

• "Seasons with an Unearthed Soul," through metaphor and personification, captures two critical concepts – what matters most and what constitutes forevermore, and the influences they have on how one sees, feels, dreams, thinks, believes, and hopes.

At the age of 13, Grandpa Gardner decided he wanted to be a writer. Educated at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, he received a BA - General Curriculum, MA - Creative Writing, and spent a number of years in literary criticism at the doctoral level. His was a dual career of twenty-five years as a technical writer for corporate concerns, and adjunct English professor for Milwaukee area colleges and universities.

For the past 30 years he has completed a chapbook every three years. In his sixtieth year, he left a life-long residence of Wisconsin for the forests, mountains and rivers of Tennessee. He hopes to write for another thirty years.