Jeff Hayes: 11 books

Bunnies on Parade, a novella. Three rabbit friends find themselves on an adventure of inquisitiveness. Confidence and courage are learned on their journey into the outside. Old friends and new help them through their day in this endearing child's story. Inspired from the author's impressions of family...

A quiet outing paddling on a southern German lake takes a turn into the mysterious after a couple’s stop along a secluded shore. A short walk into the forest brings the pair into contact with a new perception of their life’s forward momentum. Lasting bonds endure, resistant to severing, relaxed into the passage of time. Share their passage with the short story, The Walk.

End of the World, a short story. Part, the fourth, in Rabbitry, a pentalogy. Grief from a death is visited upon the surviving members of a polyamorous family. The departing partner’s wish: scatter her ashes upon the waters at a cape they had frequented. Honoring the promise given required...

Menthe is a French word pronounced “Mont”. It is a lovely aromatic herb complementing hot and cold beverages, and many foodstuffs. It enjoys a mysticism concerning its base oil and properties. This is a hardy plant which seeks to spread itself among us, in our gardens and beyond. Concerning...

Three women are so close as to be complete strangers. Four others are strange, but couldn’t be closer for it. A man threads a course of inbetweens. Two are Happy (Les deux Heureux), a novel, placed in the French Alps in a time when free-thinking is enjoyed as an acceptable alternative. The...

A little boy's accident appears to bring people together in help, passion, and destruction. The soon following orchestrated tragedy blurs the nature of reality, resulting in decisions with unexpected consequences, in the Panpsychism world of the novel, Drift. The tale poses the nature of perception...

A Couple's Hunger, a short story. Part, the second, in a pentalogy. Benevolent benefactors of street urchins can run the gamut of motivations. For some, it is an end in itself. For others, it is the end, beautiful though it may seem. High mountains keep their stories secret. Those not...

A Fine Day, a short story. Part, the first, in a pentalogy. Standing before a precipice of her own making, the cost of a life hiding behind beauty is required to be paid in full. Could it be that the currency one acquires will not suffice on such a fine day? Would the bill collector relent,...

The Word of Jeb, a short story. Part, the fifth, in Rabbitry, a pentalogy. From reconciling the senselessness of fate, can comfort be found in one's life? Would understanding the intricacies of a tragedy bring solace? The remaining member of a family relives the guilt of survival in...

Rabbitry, a pentalogy. Five fine short stories, upon two themes. The first three follow adventure deep in high Alpine mystique. The latter two stories trace relationships spanning life and tragic death. The stories had been provoked from a picture series the author had encountered. Daydream...

Dipster Hoofus, a short story. Part, the third, in a pentalogy. End of the line comes into view. Two women’s unremitting trust finds reward in a familiar Alpine world. A world where one’s goal long prepared is brought to fruition assisted by the other’s destruction. For some, time slips...