Books by Clyde James Aragon

   ABANDON ALL HOPE! cheerful humor for impossible days

   Abandon all hope? Yes! And this collection of humorous short stories "ABANDON ALL HOPE - cheerful humor for impossible days" will make you wish you'd done it sooner. You've got 20 comic tales dealing with such matters as the bumbling machinations of castle intrigue in MACBETH P.I. - detective to the Middle Ages; the travails of Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov trying to get his subject to cooperate in PAVLOV'S CAT; and the sordid history of a man whose loss of his chile cooking crown makes him go mad trying to regain it in THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ESTRADA.

    But wait! There's more: Dr. Sherlock Holmes chases the evil Professor Moriarty across London hoping to halt his fiendish candy-coated pill substitution plan in THE PILL SCHOOL; Doc Holliday and the Earps valiantly fight fish rustling in SHOOT-OUT AT THE O.K. FISHING HOLE; and scientists team up with military leaders to stop the Nazi menace by creating a decent cocktail in THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.

     20 stories of glittering mirth designed to make you ABANDON ALL HOPE!

   SPANISH FOR DOGS

    Have you ever wondered why you and your dog don’t see eye to eye on things? Buddy won’t come when called or Princess completely ignores your commands? Well, the most likely reason is a linguistic communication failure. And by that I mean you’re speaking the wrong language to your pet.
     Now it can be scientifically shown that dogs worldwide prefer Spanish 20-to-1 to cover their day-to-day affairs. There is no better idiom.
     With this book the language gap can be crossed and, as a grateful Duchess would say if she could talk, “¡Qué maravilla!”
     SIMPLE SPANISH COMMANDS:
No muerdes el cartero. — Let the postman deliver his mail.
No cagas en la acera. — Do not obstruct the sidewalk.              And More!

 BEHIND THE ELECTRONIC IRON CURTAIN

This is a book of humor stories with just a touch of horror and mystery to keep you on your toes. PLUS you get the detective radio play “Matty Howe - Senior Librarian Crime Solver” to finish off your reading. Here are a few of the titles: THE FURNITURE OF DORIAN GRAY - why was his furniture so clean?; THE REALLY HOT ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU - the Doctor was playing around with hot peppers;  THE CODE POETS OF WWII - how poetry saved World War II;  DR. TIME TRAVEL TO THE RESCUE - the good doctor rushes through time saving the famous;  BLACKBEARD’S TUNA what Blackbeard the Pirate was really searching the seven seas for, THE MANHATTAN PROJECT - scientists and generals rush to save America with a good tasting drink,; and many others like: THE PUZZLE MASTER, WYATT EARP’S E-MAILS, REBEL SPAGHETTI, THE TEN BILLION NAMES OF SALSA, and THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING DOCTOR!

TALES OF DELIGHT AND SHAME

Humor? Satire? Vegetable? Here are 19 fun stories with a Southwestern/Hispanic edge. The stories begin on the high seas with Christopher Columbus' true thoughts on his first voyage and end in space with the confrontation between the star vessel Vagacielos and a pinata-shaped space creature. In between are Pancho Villa's experiments in weather forecasting, Billy the Kid's unexpected visitation by La Llorona on the night of his death, the strange comic book character Gila Monster Man, the chronicle of Captain Miguel Casaba inside the human body, and the heretofore unknown dealings of the first Frankenstein of the Americas. Jokes, puns, slapstick, satire, and parody abound in TALES OF DELIGHT AND SHAME, and there's enough Good Cheer to choke a grumpy horse. And when you get right down to it, isn't that all you really want? Table of Contents: FROM THE SECOND LOG OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THOSE IMAGINATIVE MEN ON HORSEBACK, LA LLORONA AND THE KID, THE MAN WHO HATED EDISON, POOR PANCHO’S ALMANACK, THE CLAMS ARE COMING!, THE CARNIVOROUS CHILDREN OF SÁNCHEZ, FRANKENSTEIN OF THE AMERICAS, FANTASTIC VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PANCREAS, GILA MONSTER MAN TO THE RESCUE , THE PECOS VALLEY WERECHICKEN and many more!

 THE MYTH OF INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION

A collection of12 short humorous stage plays full of zombies, Frankensteins, floating people, super heroes, mad scientists, conniving rivals, tacos and salsa, bank robbers, Sherlock Holmes, Dracula and so much more: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Grumpy; Zombie Sheriff; The Song Inside His Head; The Bride Of Frankenstein, Working Girl; Happy Hour At The Taco Bar; Fat Vampire; Veterinary Services; The Mask Of Amontillado; The Floating Man; A Simple Withdrawal; The Illustrious League Of Super Hero Game Show Hosts; and Sherlock Frankenstein.