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James Trivers
Bio: James Trivers is the author of two young adult novels, ?I Can Stop Anytime I want? and ?Hamburger Heaven? published in hardcover by Prentice Hall and Harper Collins and Avon in paperback separately and respectively. He published a short story, ?History? with Swank magazine that was later optioned by New Path Pictures and was produced as a film ?Norma
Jean, Jack and Me.? It starred Michael Murphy and Sally Kirkland. The movie played various film festivals (Cairo, Palm Springs, San Jose) and was broadcast in ?heavy rotation? on the High Def. Movie channel
.A short story, ?Conscious Dream,? was published in the e-magazine ?Portable Muse.? Currently he is collaborating with leading German screenwriter, CP Hant on a book on Adolf Hitler which will be published by Severn House in the UK.
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Hamburger Heaven
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Pock-marked Kenny Lapin lives with his mother in a forlorn one bedroom apartment and sleeps on a fold out sofa. His mother works as a part time receptionist, in which every month is a struggle to make ends meet. Kenny Lapin would love nothing more than to be rich, so that he could be free to do and buy what he wants. He would love to leave the suburban torture of Hayworth and flee to Southern California's eternal summer. Instead he is forced to work at Benny Burger a fast food franchise and ear... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 26214 - Reading Time: 74-104 min.
Category: Young Adult
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I Can Stop Anytime
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Graham Samson is one of the greatest looking guys in his class and though he's no big brain, he's still able to get not only what he needs, but what he wants. To Graham, high school means hanging out with the crowd that sticks close to Bob Chan. Bob Chan is richer than Graham, smarter, crazier, and more popular. It's Bob Chan who is the life of the party, who sets the styles and who always has the car to cruise around in. And it's Bob Chan who suggests that the cop buy some crystal meth at "Poss... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 32794 - Reading Time: 93-131 min.
Category: Mainstream
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I Have Slept In Nicer Garages
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"I Have Slept In Nicer Garages" is a fable in which a haughty twelve year old from Texas is forced to relinquish his small-minded thinking to a world consciousness. While playing Roller Hockey Peter Blanchard is deliberately tripped and hurls head-first into the abyss of black asphalt. Upon waking up he finds himself a Chinese youngster in Maoist China unable to speak the language. Suddenly he experiences what it is like to be Learning Disabled and is forced to work as a child labourer in a swea... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 26548 - Reading Time: 75-106 min.
Category: Young Adult/Fantasy
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I Remember Gravity
by James Trivers
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On the militaristic Homestead, Velcro lines the bottom of objects and the soles of shoes to hold things down. The ten-thousand-manned space ship has meandered on the far reaches of the empty universe for thirty-five years. Nonetheless, the ship's shops, schools and services attempts to recapture the amenities of suburban life in the now long-gone earth. A psychiatrist suddenly has a revolution on his hands. Entire demographics of men, women and children are acting out in a sexual compuls... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 18528 - Reading Time: 52-74 min.
Category: Mainstream/Science Fiction
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Merry Existential Christmas
by James Trivers
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Merry Existential Christmas assuages those of us who bemoan holiday season. This short and smart novella is the perfect Christmas story for those who are sophisticated, savvy and grouchy on your list. This ten chapter tome chronicles Christmas from post World War Two France through the Swinging Sixties to present day at an exclusive rehab in the Malibu mountains. Every chapter is a story about seeking meaning and hope in one's life during the Christmas season. It, at times, illuminates as well a... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 29108 - Reading Time: 83-116 min.
Category: Humor/Mainstream
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Touched By A Charlie's Angel
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A bisexual hack writer sells a script to Charlie's Angel and is invited to snort cocaine with Robin Doe, the newest angel, when the two-person party crashed by a star-struck lesbian cop. To avoid being busted-they kill the cop, mince and dice the corpse and make it mulch for the actresses garden. The writer flees LA for the Mojave where he hides out from the law as a born-again Christian. Two years later, Robin Doe, emerges from rehab and after given a governor's pardon (she is a celebrity after... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 44974 - Reading Time: 128-179 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime/Mainstream
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Year Round Chrristmas
by James Trivers
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As adults we realize that it is children who monopolize our culture-what would happen if they actually took over the reins of power? How could such a thing happen? The Christmas Coup officially began on Christmas morning on the president's Texas ranch when the second eldest of the grandchildren, Alan Albert, opened fire and massacred all the adult family members and the accompanying secret service. Across the nation scenes similar to the one played out at the Western White House were being du... more info>> (Published: 2012)
Words: 19151 - Reading Time: 54-76 min.
Category: Humor/Mainstream
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You Are What You Get Away With
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After years of being an intelligence analyst, Charlie McHenry, once a child of the Sixties, is now nearing retirement. However his supervisor E is sending him out on one last assignment; pose as a disgruntled agent with a cache of sensitive documents which he intends to sell personally to Simon Bray, the mastermind behind Winky Links. In the process of infiltrating the Winky Links infrastructure, Charlie Mc Henry is forced to confront his own liberal past. (Published: 2012)
Words: 37141 - Reading Time: 106-148 min.
Category: Humor/Mainstream
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