Mark A Nobles: 9 books

Never judge a man until you’ve walked a mile using his walker or at least, given him and his walker a ride to the dollar store. “Popeye the Asshole’ is a short story about a broken man who simply can not be helped but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. Mark A. Nobles is a...

Metaphor in a Hat Volume 1 is an eclectic collection of stories from the life and imagination of Fort Worth writer, Mark A. Nobles. From a first kiss to a father's deathbed, these stories are about coming of age and coming to grips and focus on a writer's life both real and imaginary. 

Growing up on Navy bases across the country, Mark's family back in Texas always kept him grounded and gave him a strong sense of place and home. However, death can come 'Out of the Blue' in even the most idyllic childhood. 'Out of the Blue' is a creative nonfiction, coming of age story about...

Mare Island is my personal coming of age story about turning ten, getting my first kiss, and how the Zodiac killer ruined my life. 

Ever had one of those days? Bet you haven't had one like Jimmy. 

Late one Sunday night, two brothers risk the wrath of their parents by climbing out of their bedroom window and into their treehouse to see if the full, red moon really is a harbinger of a coming apocalypse. The Red Moon first appeared in the March, 2018 edition of Cleaver Magazine. 

A son travels halfway across the country to the deathbed of his estranged father. He thought the hardest part of the journey would be driving from Baltimore to the southern tip of the Eastern Shore in a blinding blizzard. He was mistaken. "Eastern Shore" was first published in The Panther City Review 2017.

Alan was a broken soul wandering through life without purpose until his uncle Paul told him a strange, fantastical story about the man in Dick Van Dyke's hat. The man was a deranged, demonic carnival barker traveling the world in search of broken and damaged souls to entrap in their own private nightmares.  Alan...

A mysterious old projector, somehow connected to a poverty row producer from the 1940s, lead young Nick Root and his mentor, Edgar Ulmer, on series of adventures inside the films of a library tucked away in a television station in rural Texas. Set in 1962, 'A Death in the Dark' is a Southern...