Whatever it takes

a journal in the form of a novel  By Vincent McCaffrey Copyright 2025 / 2026 ***          At the center of the known universe is the small town of Rumford, New Hampshire, once a farming hub. The original center of this town...

Whatever it takes a journal in the form of a novel  By Vincent McCaffrey Copyright 2025 / 2026 ***          At the center of the known universe is the small town of Rumford, New Hampshire, once a farming hub. The original...

In a breath of stars

(from Whatever it takes: a novel in the form of a journal) In a breath of stars          Supreme tactician, Geoffrey Donne, having successfully maneuvered Maya out the door for a little privacy, gazing from the field behind the barn tonight, with the sole light from...

Delusional

[An excerpt from the novel ‘Whatever it takes’]          And this is an average day.               The smell of cooking is thick in the house when I arrive. I...

A Ship of Words

I imagine my salvation Being a memoir, a happy re-consideration of human frailty, an enthusiasm for foible, an appreciation of failure, and a rage against the end of time.   Other works by Vincent McCaffrey          Hound...

The Invention of Man

The novel as essay (an unnessesary sequel to The Republic of Books) copyright 2024  By Vincent McCaffrey In love, but broke, the sixty-eight-year-old bookseller, Michael McGeraughty, has converted a fifty-year-old camper-trailer to a small bookshop of about 1500...

In our lost time

  [A portion of the novel A Young Man From Mars, currently being re-written and somewhat available elsewhere in this ethereal site] Recalling any given lecture I am impressed by the fact that Professor Tripp himself was not nearly as kind as his classroom manner...