Böcker av Ty Spencer Vossler

Lucia is a self-made Mexican woman, raised in poverty, determined to have a better life through education. Her eventual goal is to earn a Ph.D. in the male-dominated world of Algebraic Topology. Lucia must learn to balance her enthusiasm for mathematics with a desire for new sexual experiences. LUCIA chronicles thirty-eight years in the life and loves of this remarkable woman.LUCIA, allows readers to peer deep inside the little known realities of the Mexican culture, thus, gaining a greater understanding of the country and its people. It is sexy, romantic, funny, and philosophical.Lucia's first sexual encounter comes when she is twenty-two. Religious dogma has encouraged her to guard her virginity until she succumbs to Enrique, a young man who wishes to possess her. They make love on the tile floor of an empty university classroom. Afterward, her lover becomes possessive, and she cuts him loose to pursue academics, choosing married men to satisfy her needs. They are less complicated and easy to make agreements with.Lucia's life captures the diversity of the Mexican culture, and delves into the double standards imposed on women who want equal footing with men. She strives to control her life and expects more from herself than Mexican tradition allows. Most of her trysts are with experienced older men-university professors, artists and other intellectuals.The novel follows Lucia for thirty-eight years, highlighting sexual relationships with over thirty men (and one woman). Following her marriage to a North American, she enjoys discreet experiences with other men, which often leads to personal conflict. Yet, when she tries to stay faithful, other bees hover around her honey, and she succumbs to an ungovernable need for exploration.

Aliens, monsters, lunatics, and unlikely heroes abound in Seedlings, revealing the human condition in its raw glory. Aided by their own self-destructive nature, humans become an endangered species.In the near future a trio of events shape a perfect storm, altering life on Earth forever. A corrupt agreement with the Mexican bureaucracy gives North America mining rights to an extinct volcano in Tlaxcala, which they claim to use as a radioactive waste storage site. Instead, the greatest technological achievement in the history of man, Esperanza, is built inside. Esperanza is a starship designed to carry seedlings of the richest 1% to the closest exoplanet.A small, covert military alien population known as, The Collective, are stationed on Earth. For many years they've been waiting patiently for humans to annihilate themselves so that they can use Earth as a staging ground to conquer other (more important) planets. The Collective considers humans as parasitic-cattle to be driven into the slaughterhouse. Earth will make a suitable place for soldiers to take R&R.A brilliant, unhinged, computer software engineer facilitates the domino effect when he invents a drinkable nanochip, linking users to the Internet with a blink of an eye. The chip is engineered so that, with time, users can't disconnect, resulting in unimaginable horrors. After the damage is done, a few amazing survivors are left to fight against the alien presence.Seedlings, is beautifully written, begging the question: Can we overcome our self-indulgent ways to become truly human again?

Adobe Walls is filled with a diverse cast of characters that will thrive in memory long after reader's have turned the final pages. Here are a few examples of what to expect: The preacher who loses faith, and murders his wife before giving a final sermon. Utilizing unconventional methods, a painter creates his masterpiece with the help of a lovely Laotian immigrant. Just South of the border, a Chicano and his Mexican fiancé are pulled over and brutally terrorized by police. A lonely and furry Vietnam vet decides that a body wax may change his luck with women. Scars are revealed, reminding him of things better left in the past. Post-apocalypse, a Muslim and a Christian fundamentalist are thrust together with humorous, yet tragic results. Scythians are mythical creatures that hunt at night, sometimes kidnapping children to teach Scythian ways. A Mexican father returns home after working in the US for many years, and finds his wife with another man. Robert Lincoln Washington has spent twenty-three years in prison, and is accidentally paroled into an empty, uncaring world. Romance, horror, science fiction, magic realism, mystery, fantasy, and comedy abound in this diverse collection of original short stories. Coming of age, losing faith, social dysfunction, infidelity, falling in and out of love, searching for the meaning of life, finding forgiveness…ordinary lives faced with extraordinary circumstances. Adobe Walls, satisfies all the way to the bone.