National Award Winning Author

The World That Fell Into My Dresser Drawer:

And a few other things Drawer Two

This is my ninth book of literary art with over 330 pages and 8x10. Read from different angles of emotions, love, social awareness, conversational, long stories, and short 5 historical and current world essays.

My long or short stories make you think about life’s difficulties and complexities that can lead to a lack of or more sophistications historically or right now.

My poetry tells of the emotions of floating high with joy on a beautiful day or riding downhill on a sled, and you are out of control and don't know what will happen.

My Essays educate and make you question the world we live in and what we can or cannot do and learn about the nature of man in a way that evokes great conversation.

The passages from my novels are about our lives, friends, family, and ancestors. I take you places and let my characters talk to you and show you the world.

In The World that Fell into My Dresser Drawer and a few other things,

Drawer Two, you will discover a range of writings from 1973 until 2023.

Alvin Lloyd Alexander Horn, aka Alvin L.A. Horn, aka Romantic Blues 

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 Zelda Harjo’s life has been in a constant tailspin due to family she loved and lost, as well as hidden family secrets. She has injected herself into other folk’s families, and that has left her with consequences which torture her soul. How do we accept doing wrong sometimes in order to make things right in life?

Zelda has street fighter skills, the expertise of a hustler, and a strong work ethic. Everything that’s good and bad about her can and has crossed over into her sensual fires, sometimes resulting in bad decisions. She is not above compromising in mixing the good with the bad to go with her deep sense of morality that drives her in the right directions, but sometimes the mixture is done too late.

Her family ties are rooted in cryptic secret relations, leaving her feeling incomplete and struggling with how to move forward in life. A Black and Native American woman, Zelda is beautiful; but she doesn’t feel feminine or attractive even though others lust after her. She does, however, use the strength of both sides of her heritage to assist her in seeing inside of people in order to help her survive.

With a surprise opportunity, Zelda’s future seems to be changing, but lust, thievery, and mayhem seem to be always a hop, skip, and a leap away as she faces the legacy of her bloodline, and the reality of its dysfunctionality. Family lies, deception, and secrets all come to light in Bad Before Good & Those In-Between. 

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Gifts for you and all of yours

A great book leaves lasting memories and has great characters

Meet friends who talk to you

Read the best mystery, suspense, love, and romance with intimate times

The gift of a good book is saying, l love words of love entertaining your soul.

Alvin L.A. Horn is a national award-winning author of eight novels, and an acclaimed spoken word artist/poet/musician. He credits his mother, who made him go to the library, and the "little gray-haired Jewish lady, the librarian," a concentration camp survivor who had Alvin read, The Diary of Anne Frank. She presented writers such as Richard Wright and Nikki Giovanni, which inspired Alvin to be a writer. Alvin is a retired teacher, works with at-risk kids, and is a 30-year veteran of various print forms.

The new book is here.

The World That Fell Into My Dresser Drawer:

And a few other things- Short stories, Essays Poetry from inside and outside the windows of my world. Drawer Two

This is my ninth book available to you now, in time for Christmas. This is a large-size book - sometimes called a coffee table book.

It is literary art with over 330 pages and 8x10. I give you a lot to read from different angles of emotions, love, social awareness, conversational short stories, historical and current world essays, and poetry.

The World That Fell Into My Dresser Drawer

And a few other things

Drawer Two

The ninth book by Alvin L.A. Horn

PLACES TO BE

Marley Barton Tingle has graduated from middle school and is on his way to his first year in high school, and he believes he will be a basketball star. He's a great kid, terrific on the court, and good in school. Marley has it all going for him with supportive parents, a crew of good friends, and although she is not his girlfriend yet, Alana Kona-Sparks is his best friend. However, the young man turned left when he should have gone right. He put himself in a bind when he went into the Dollar Station Store with his crew on the last day of school. Marley paid for his candy, but his friends chose to shoplift instead. He wasn't sure what they had done, but he ignored the feeling inside of him that something wasn't right.

It came to light Marley was trespassed from ever going into the store again. The same day, Marley's mom downloaded his grades, showing that he had almost failed his history class. Marley loves all his classes, but he sees no benefit in studying the past.

Marley is acting out of character as far as his parents are concerned they put Marley on restriction for the whole summer and all Marley could do was go to the library and read.

While using his one freedom, he encounters an older woman librarian. She watches as he reads comic books, sports magazines, and nothing else. She tells him, "If you " read...," Well, the librarian tells him something dramatic that she feels will change his life if only he reads books of historical interest. She places the right books in his hands. They capture his attention for how they make him feel inside and out as they expand his imagination but bring about unexplained parallels between what is real and non-existent. The librarian has a verbal mantra that she shares with Marley on almost a daily basis, and the young man becomes aware.

Places to Be is a journey for young adults and adults alike. It is filled with life lessons, mystery, suspense, and the transitions experienced during the coming of age. It is a captivating read for young people who love athletics or any outside-of-school activities and must learn to balance education and social interactions

2001 - Poems from My Dresser Drawer, the poem Trembling, the winner of Best Poem by, The Flava Coffee House Association

2006 - 2016 Brush Strokes - Romantic Blues Publishing - A fictional story of one’s past painting the present and future through a romantic journey

2006, AALA award for Best Romance Novel

Ebony Magazine - Top Ten Novel of the Year

Heart & Soul, Magazine - Best New Erotic Writer

2012 - Perfect Circle, published by Simon and Schuster Publishing and Zane Imprint -released as the Hottest New Writer. Stalking, violence, and philandering in the Emerald City. The novel reached national bestseller status; an Image Award nominee.

2013 - Pillow Talk in the Heat of the Night (Peace in the Storm Publishing) anthology of romantic stories

2014 - One Safe Place, published by Simon and Schuster Publishing and Zane Imprint.

Friends and foes, politicians and lovers intersect in love and crime in the Emerald City. The novel reached national bestseller status.

2015 - The Soul of a Man 2: Make Me Wanna’ Holler, (Peace in the Storm Publishing) an anthology of essays concerning the Black man in America

2017 - Bad Before Good & Those In Between, Romantic Blues Publishing

Mystery and suspense in Seattle along the streets of Beacon Hill and Rainer Valley -  Zelda Harjo’s life has been in a constant tailspin due to family she loved and lost, as well as hidden family secrets. She has injected herself into other folk’s families, and that has left her with consequences which torture her soul. How do we accept doing wrong sometimes in order to make things right in life?
 

2019 - Heart & Home, Romantic Blues Publishing

A historical mystery and suspense fiction of Negro soldier from Seattle coming home from WW2.  Home & Heart intersects both sides of the ocean when lost and concealed love crisscrosses with foes committing crimes against women. Stationed in the vicinity – the French, Spanish, and descents of other societies reside; and the U.S. Army has sanctioned brothels for the soldiers on leave. Of course, the Negro soldiers cannot go near the brothels. Sirletto understands that he must hide and protect this distinctive sensual woman from senseless, dangerous, shadowy-like killers. 

 Journey to Love

Serene May, a remarkably stunning elderly Black woman, has less than a year to live because of a tumor growing on her brain. She is elegant and well-educated. Her resume as a highly acclaimed author includes fictional books in which she describes history through tales as if they depict actual people's lives. She has chosen to live out her final days in a high-end healthcare residence designed for wealthier residents who may not have a family connection to help care for them in their current status in life.

The proprietor and creator of the facility is a Jamaican-born Black American named Blunile Rivers, aka Blu. He is a handsome forty-year-old man with two years of med school. Becoming a businessman, he has converted a retired hospital into a charming senior-care facility, and he makes sure each resident lives a life close to the one they once had. Each room is designed to house the clothing, furniture, and ambiance of the resident’s past life. Blu never falls short in his delivery.

Serene has traveled the world and taught at universities, but now with a brain tumor limiting her speech and soon her memory, the African and Black anthropology professor shares a diary of stories about her personal life with Blu. Often at Serene’s bedside, Blu reads history within the love stories of her life, and connects with the kind of love he wants in his life.

Blu travels emotionally while reading the journal, yet he still manages to oversee the comings and goings of the healthcare facility. He begins to weigh his feelings about Serene, an extraordinary woman in his care, against his own struggle with finding love. Those paths cross in a Journey to Love.

Hidden in Serene’s journal stories are surprises of her past, tying history to the present. Journey to Love captivates readers, allowing them to experience and feel the emotions of nearly ten decades of life and love.

Written by Alvin L.A Horn & Lorraine Elzia

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