Common Sons is the story of Joel Reece, a farm kid who finds himself feeling an unfamiliar affinity for his best friend Tom Allen, who is a new kind in the small town of Common New Mexico. Although they...

The Blind Season: Common Threads in the Life, Book 2 In The Blind Season, the second book in the series, the characters deal with another important thread—whether to have children by adoption, artificial...

The Salvation MongersCommon Threads in the Life 3A broken-hearted and enraged Kelly decides to pose as a recruit at Lion's Mouth Christian Ranch to discover why his beloved William committed suicide after...

The GatheringBook 4, Common Threads in the Life series Thirty-four years have passed since Tom Allen and Joel Reece met and fell in love in 1965. The one constant in their lives has been their undying...

Common Threads in the Life, Book 5The Runawayby Ronald L. Donaghe In December 1999, following a chaotic summer when both Tom and Joel (a gay couple) were shot by an old nemesis, a desperate teenager named...

A Season of FamilyCommon Threads in the Life Book 6 By the time the new millenium dawns, Tom and Joel Allen-Reece have been together for thirty-five years. Their daughter Shara is now twenty-eight years...

The Early Journals of Will Barnetta three-volume book in oneFourteen year old Will Barnett lays eyes on his Uncle Sean for the first time since he was a toddler and he is struck by his uncle's beauty...

Slice of Real LifeAutobiographical Essays Aside from my fiction writing, I have been published in several anthologies, both locally and nationally, and I have written autobiographical essays for literary...

The Rest of Their LivesA Summer's Change book inCommon Threads in the Life Book 7 This is the last book in the Common Threads series. This saga began for the characters Tom and Joel in 1965 and ends in...

CinatisTwilight of the GodsAn allegory for our troubled times. Beware of authoritarians and despots Some said it was a real plague, a pandemic sweeping across the land; others said it was a great lie...