Fierce Plum published Doworth Howard’s book

Fierce Plum published The Word Bear contributor Doworth Howard’s book Thick, Thin, What the Dragon Let In: Stories, Rhymes, and Reveries. Check it out at Fierce Plum, or buy it on: Amazon, Kobo, Apple or Books2Read to name a few stores. It’s everywhere.

Ready for a riot?

Strap in for a fast, sharp, funny, savory romp from one of America’s underground scribes. With more than 80 original works, Thick, Thin, What the Dragon Let In: Stories, Rhymes, and Reveries offers a bouillabaisse of unconventional stories, poems, lyrics, and ideas.

From sad sack vandals, broken down hoods, and an assassin fighting tooth decay to deep sea ventures, breezy lullabies, and enchanting dreamscapes, this captivating and surprising collection will have you bursting with laughter one minute, haunted moments later, and wondering what unexpected turn Doworth Howard will deliver next.

Doworth Howard started as an artist known for his wire sculptures of people before taking up the pen. Twenty years on, he’s shaped a new approach to books.

Check out Fierce Plum Asks 10 Questions with Doworth Howard.

We at The Word Bear are super proud of our pal Doworth!

Squeeze

A flying squirrel misses an acorn, instead hoping for apple pie, as it dodges a patch of blue blocks on its descent into a new opportunity.

Darker

Multi-blue hued showers fall upon a dark patch of shamrocks showing robust strength and luck by thriving in orange-red clay.

A rainbow darkens below colorful black-lined clouds floating through a purpled orange sky heading for night.

Half life

A peacock backs into an orange and red shield signaling truth. A conifer grows from the side of a steep, gray cliff. The sharp blue point of a blade threatens to cut it all by half right after the purple bird annoyed by the peacock’s howls flees.

Stuck

A blue blob encapsulated in a blood red rectangular cube, perhaps a prison. Three orange birds flutter above indifferent like nature to the blob’s troubles. Maybe the rising green mists are a sign of caring or else a gassy doom.

Showers expected

The green bar from a rainbow escapes betwixt as glittery red showers close in.

Sticky situations

Stickers and layered hearts abound in front of fertile greens.

Roasty

Happy snowman, in good proportion, longs for a new cold awaiting his assured demise of the rising sun.

Brief equals

Brad tried preaching the economics of inequality to a local community group of diverse ages and backgrounds. They weren’t interested in Brad’s theories. He gave up and asked to join in the group’s weekly soccer match. He played for 67 weeks, helping the team make the playoffs twice before finishing his master’s degree and joining a hedge fund.

Scaredy

A scared cat driven mad by its curiosities steps daintily over broken words, promising to those afflicted: never again. Hands idle close by.