Submissions and book excerpts welcomed. Fiction of larger scale and/or historical import is preferred, though new works by Baha'i authors can also be showcased here.

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Barer, Burl

1. Swan Song, posted in May 1996, satirizes the history and personages of the listserver Talisman I.

   Dighton, Steve

2. Breathe Not the Sins of Others: A Tale of Suspense. Novel, published by Xlibris, 2000; excerpt only. Features Baha'is and their Faith in situations many will recognize as mirrioring their own spirtual battles.
   
   
3. Locked In: A Medical Mystery. Novel, published by Xlibris, 2000; excerpt only. A presentation of the principles of the Baha'i Faith as lived by an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation.

   Kluge, Ian

4. Coming Out, a short, humorous play depicting the confusions that can result from trying to be too delicate in announcing one's commitment to the Baha'i Faith.
   
   
5. The Light, a true life war story of an unexpected encounter with the miraculous in a large asylum for the incurably insane.

   Leacock, Steven (comp. Ralph Wagner)

6. Parody on 'Abdu'l-Baha: Excerpts and Brief Commentary presents parts of Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock's 1914 parody of 'Abdu'l-Baha, "The Yahi-Bahi Society of Mrs. Resselyer-Brown." (Stephen Butler Leacock (1869-1944) was a Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writing, contained in volumes such as Literary Lapses (1910) and Nonsense Novels (1911).)

   Perry, Mark

7. A Dress for Mona: the story of Mona Mahmudnizhad. See also synopsis and background. (both offsite)
   
   
8. "Layli, Majnun and the Infernal Tree," a work-in-progress and part of a larger play on myth, is a first draft of a short play dealing with the story of Layli and Majnun and partly inspired by the Seven Valleys.

   Roskams, Ben

9. "The Sailor's Problem" is a short play about unity featuring Sherlock Holmes.

   Stevens, E.S. (aka Lady Drower)

10. The Mountain of God, by E.S. Stevens (London: Mills & Boon, 1911, 380 pages), a novel about the Baha'is in Akka at the turn of the century, is out of copyright. It needs to be found, scanned, and posted--volunteers? (This posting is one excerpt, published in World Order 4:3 [1970])

    Thompson, Juliet

11. I, Mary Magdelen, (New York: Delphic Studios, 1940) is a semi-autobiographical account of Thompson's contact with Abdu'l-Baha. not proofread or formatted; please email to help

    Tudor Pole, Wellesley

12. Private Dowding: a plain record of the after-death experiences of a soldier killed in battle (London: Neville Spearman, 1917) is a record of a soldier allegedly "channeled" to Pole from the afterlife.