I am a member of The Arts

I am a member of The Arts.
Years ago (in fact, many, many, many years ago), there was a group of people who had money and they were bored. And one day they discovered a group of people who had talent and needed a handful of supplies to express themselves.
And so, sponsors and artists bonded and for a time this satisfied both parties.
Over time, they both discovered a third, much larger group of common people. These people were tired and bored of the day to day routine of their lives and wanted to be entertained. Almost overnight, the supply and demand of all these groups grew by leaps and bounds.
Oh, sure, on occasion there were the inevitable squabbles over budgets and censorship and freedom of expression. But all three groups learned to live together.
Maybe one day we can all apply this concept on a much larger scale and have world peace. 

 I am a member of The Arts. I salute those groups of people who’ve come and gone before me. The sponsors who had money to spend on the artists who had creative energy to burn so that the common people who needed to be entertained could have a moment or two of distraction in their life. Perhaps even, once in awhile, take away a contemplative thought or two. 

I hope I can serve their memory and sacrifices with my small contributions. 

Copyright 2013 Frank Zubek

My work to date Sample one or two?

http://www.amazon.com/s?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Frank%20Zubek&search-alias=books

I now have five projects for sale on kindle or Audible.com in audio format

Most of the stories are common people facing common problems and one is a paranormal novella.

Go check them out. 

One important point of interest.... A portion of the money generated from all of my books will go to Coats for Kids. So the more I sell, the more the charity will receive.

Changes......and new stuff on the way

Kind of starting over as you can see. I've deleted everything
And it may be awhile before I get back to regular updates but rest assured I am still writing- though a bit slower then usual since I have a few real life issues to still handle.

But I have a few new short stories planned for summer and a fantasy novel due in 2014
Details on my webpage
 

http://www.frankzubek.net/my-books.html

No updates for a while

  I'm currently busy writing

But here is what's coming-

2014        Lives In Ruen      A fantasy novella

Barring, of course, the occasional curve ball from Life......

And I do have books available now. Check those out here
http://www.frankzubek.net/my-books.html
 

My work to date

Bibliography

You can contact me here---   frank.zubek@yahoo.com

http://www.bestcareanywhere.net/stories/liveswesave.htm

"The Lives We Saved"- 2006--
Hawkeye intercepts a mistakenly delivered load of bullets to the 4077th
This is my first published work

"Mr Baxter"-- Fall 2007---Ken*Again
 About a voyeur who stalks his neighbor

Demon Minds (Now out of print and off line)
The Nick Crowell series ran online and in print from 2007 to 2008

Crowell is a Cleveland cop who, after being shot in a cemetery, encounters with people with strange problems. Not being able to help them, this weighs on him through the series of stories.

The following five stories were published on Demon Minds either in print or online
"Blame it on the Snowman" Fall 2007
A woman is dead and her boyfriend insists that a snowman killed her
"Empath" Spring 2008
A young homeless boy seeks Nick's help when he discovers that he
suddenly has empathic-type powers
"Haunted" Spring 2008
Nick's old partner helps him solve an old missing person case
"Molly" Fall 2008
Nick's lady friend buys an old chair for her antique shop and plans to
refurbish it: until she finds out it comes with a ghost
"Just Another John Doe" Fall 2008
Police bring in a murdered homeless man.
A few hours later, the body vanishes

http://www.everydayfiction.com/a-christmas-toast-by-frank-zubek/

"A Christmas Toast"  December 24 2008
A man discovers a car in the driveway and walks out to see what he wants, thinking the man might be lost. But as it turns out, the man is actually the previous owner of the home and has a story to tell.....
This is my first paid piece

Empath: Horror Stories May 2010 Collection of nine Nick Crowell mysteries
June 2011 – Dec 2011 No longer available Sold 80 copies

Just a Theory November 2011 Short story on Every Day Fiction
http://www.everydayfiction.com/just-a-theory-by-frank-zubek/
A man assumes that most people who do bad things tend to live longer. He decides to experiment for a month and do one bad thing per day. The problem is, he gets caught at it!

 Summer 2012   
Ken * Again
COMPROMISES
A husband and wife work out an argument between them about his accepting a job from her brother- or is it about his not committing to losing weight?

Dec 30 2012
The Stapler
Two recently laid off employees take stock of their lives in the snow


A Strange Life  An e-book on amazon
  Nick Crowell, a cop, gets shot in a cemetery. After he recovers, he begins to encounter people with really strange problems. He cannot really help them as much as he would like to and this weighs on him. Crowell is a unique take on the paranormal genre

January 2013
Martin's House of Books
A young girl delivers meals to a shut in widower who's wife collected used books. Hundreds if not thousands of books.

May 2013
A Mother For Emily
A woman who can't have children encounters a homeless teen mother desperate to abandon the newborn she has. This is a heartwarming little 15 pager and all proceeds from the kindle version will go to Cleveland's Coats for Kids. 

2014
Lives In Ruen
A fantasy novella