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Nobody Bats a Thousand


Good Stories .... several really good and several that are different and leave the reader hanging and thinking .. but overall, a good book.

Revised for Kindle, Nobody Bats a Thousand is a book of stories based on reality. The opening story, “A Bar Story”, showing a typical Friday night seen through the eyes of a middle-aged bartender, deals with conflicts that arise from changing times and generations. In “Home on the Range” a college student becomes reacquainted with his uncle, a famous touring musician, who teaches his nephew to look at life from a novel perspective. “Victims of Circumstance” centers on a young slacker and the 24 hours surrounding his 21st birthday in which he stumbles upon epiphanies about life, sex and his Vietnam veteran father. This book of literary fiction contains eight finely crafted stories about ordinary people involved in unique situations, presented in a style reminiscent of Raymond Carver, Richard Ford and David Sedaris.


On the Beach by Steve Schmale


"On The Beach" is a book that has left me conflicted in my emotions. It is the story of a kid who has refused to grow up. This is a recognizable scenario for a novel, the question really becomes one of whether the plot manages to rise from this to become a thing of originality and interest.

On the beach is, at times, very beautifully written. At times it seems to drag a little as the monotony of our hero's life is made abundantly clear. Essentially it is a book to nothing, that leads us nowhere but takes us on a journey of realization that we all make choices and not all of them are rational and not all of them are in our own best interests.

Does it rise to become a thing of originality? Not necessarily, or at least not obviously. It is a fine story and one that does compel us to find out what happens to Lenny but its major impact is in the occasionally brilliant descriptive writing style of the author.

The City Center


The City Center is #31 in Amazon's Sci-Fi Post Apocalyptic books.

A few things people are saying about The City Center:

"This story is decorated with familiar things, and at its heart contains thrilling characters and heroic journeys." - RevolutionSF

"Great writer, great story. I can't wait to see what happens next! Bravo!" - Dina Kucera, author of Everything I Never Wanted to Be.

"Looking for a new page turner? My eyes are burning because I couldn't put it down. I skipped meals, sleep, yoga, I HAD to finish it. You can thank or hate on me later."

"You will whip through this book, it is a fast and easy read, and Ava and other characters are fully imagined and instantly enthralling. Can't wait for the next one (there HAS to be a next one, right?!?)"

"Fantastic first book in what I hope is a long series. I thoroughly enjoyed this imaginative journey. Ms. Pond struck a great balance between story and character development. Can't wait for more!"

"The City Center got me thinking about all the great possibilities our future could hold for us, good and bad and that should be a true goal of the fiction writer. Well done Ms. Pond."

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