“A thriller that offers a good read for a week at the beach.”
Kirkus Reviews
~ Scuba ~
Scuba
Things in Ditches
“Olsen’s sense of place is perfect. He makes you feel the Caribbean even if you’ve never been there.”
St. Paul Pioneer Press
~ The Hero of Blind Pig Island and Other Island Stories ~
Things in Ditches
Jimmy Olsen
Hoffman House Press
Published Works

Blog
Who’s Got the Juice?
December 28, 2018
Remember this? People were tired of smiley face and made a little joke. Bullet in the head. Good for a chuckle, but some large power companies haven’t tired of it yet, sending smiley and “frowny” to their customers depending on how much energy they use. What a clever thing. It’s a comfort to know your […]
Panhandler
December 3, 2018
On a blustery autumn day last week I was walking across a bank parking lot toward my pickup when a voice called, “Hey Man, can you spare a few bucks?” Some version of this has happened to most of us, and often more than a few times. Keys in my hand and only a few […]
Twice Told Tales
October 15, 2018
My apologies to Hawthorne for borrowing his title, but it fits. A tale is a story, and a good story is worth telling twice and sometimes many times over. There are family stories everyone in a family has heard countless times. So I am astonished that I so often hear someone say “Oh, I read […]
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