Winner Or Loser Takes Nothing: (Seventh Book, In Siluk’S Heptalogy Series: Fourteen Short Stories) (Siluk'S Nonfiction Short Stories)

This book "Winner or Loser Takes Nothing" is the author's seventh distinct work, and his intended last, his Heptalogy, or compound work of literature with over one-hundred short stories of nonfiction. Most of the stories have been written within the last thirteen years and never published publicly on paper. Now restored and reedited for book distribution. The seven book collection, the series consist of: "In My Time," "Men among Men," "Times and Seasons," "The Way You Have to Be," "An Unsuspecting Life," "To Want, and Want Not!" And the seventh book being "Winner or Loser Takes Nothing."Within this last of the series, are fourteen short stories, such as: "Three Nuns in a Basket" (Peru), "Loaf of Bread," that takes place in Seattle, "A Thankless Child," along with "Uncle Wally: POW" a WWII story, "Requiem for a Gang" (1950s & '60s), "Garmisch in Spring" West Germany (1976), "Cody's Arboretum" (1988), "The Scholar," "Hennepin Avenue" (Minneapolis, Minnesota-1980s), "A Long Day in Vietnam" (1971), "Bernardo's Footprint" (Brazil), "The Inevitable Papa Augusto" (2014), and one poetic children's tale: "Tamar the Turtle" (1987, revamped in 2016).Dr. Dennis L. Siluk is a poet since twelve years old, a writer, Psychologist, Ordained Minister, Decorated Veteran from the Vietnam War, Doctor in Arts and Education, and he received twice Honorary Doctorate. He have received nine times the distinction as Poet Laureate in Peru. One of his books, "The Galilean," took Honorable Mention at the 2016 Paris Book Festival, and received an award from the Congress of Peru, for his cultural writings. He is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives with his wife Rosa, in Lima, Peru and High up in the Andes, in Huancayo, also, in Minnesota. Back picture of the author is at the 'Diamond T. Ranch, ' Minnesota in 2002 A.D. (Taken by Rosa Penaloza).

• | Author: Dennis L. Siluk
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Oct 13, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 60 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1539479102
• | ISBN-13: 9781539479109