Fake it 'til you Make it Collected Stories by I.C. Dawkins-Moore Available now: $14.95

Ian C.Dawkins Moore, has brought together an eclectic collection of two screenplays and seven short stories, for his fifth published book. Each story, although very individual, has it's own curious twist at the end, prompting the reader to reflect on the magic and conflicts that exist in today's world.

• A man and a woman from different worlds find love in "Timbuktu" and a curious trade-off for their emotions.
• "Love & Marriage" is a screenplay which tells the story of two couples from a California valley town, who get drunk in Reno and marry the wrong partners with hilarious consequences.
• The title story, "Fake it 'til you Make it", follows the exploits of a feisty African American career criminal, who's always trying to be one step ahead of the white man;
• "Zen, and the Art of Construction" is an outrageously funny descent into the adversarial world of inspectors and construction superintendents.
• "The Wretched of the Earth" is a screenplay which strikes a harrowing chord about the devastating effects of torture on the victims of brutality, as well as the effects on the torturers who inflict the pain.
• "Jamaica Farewell" is an introduction to a historical epic tracing the disaspora of a Jamaican family throughout Europe, Canada, the USA, Panama and the Carribean, from the 1880's to the present time.
• "Dead Secrets" is the terse story of betrayal, decit, murder and a prisoner's last wish.
• "Irene's Song" tells the tale of an African woman who journeys to America in search of her husband, who has disappeared into the heart of whiteness.
• The last piece is a narrative poem titled "The Happy Cuckold".

Ian C.Dawkins Moore, writer and video producer, was born in London, England, of Jamaican and English parents. He started traveling in his late teens, visiting many cities in Europe as well as the Middle East and West Africa. Based in Oakland, California, USA, since 1981, Mr. Moore produces a weekly cable show throughout the East Bay, called Culture Shock News: "changing the world through poetry and artistic expression".

Cover design by Melanie Hofman visit: www.moonfiredigitalart.com.

Available now: $14.95