Kinda Sorta American Dream Collected Stories by SteveKaras Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 2015 by Tailwinds Press Enterprises Llc ISBN-13: 978-0-9967175-0-2, ISBN: 0-9967175-0-1
"In Steve Karas’ debut collection, an unemployed autoworker finds himself at an elite seminar for aspiring Santa Clauses; an IT specialist eagerly awaits the Mayan apocalypse in his parents’ basement as his father descends into dementia. Through fourteen curiously ambivalent studies, Karas methodically examines and reconfigures the core archetypes—dot-com entrepreneurs, hard-striving immigrants, obsessive diner owners—that haunt and domi ..."
"The first triennial collected volume of winners and top-five finalists of the Luminaire Awards for Best Prose and Best Poetry for the years 2014 through 2016. Features 13 gut-punching short stories and 15 heart-rending poems by various authors, each piece having won out over hundreds of others to be selected as the best work of its respective year through a blind judging process, conducted by Alternating Current Press and external judge ..."
In Black and White(1st Edition) The Media and the Election of President Barack Obama by Prof SteveKaras Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2009 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-4486-7521-0, ISBN: 1-4486-7521-9
Hunky The Immigrant Experience by Nicholas Stevensson Karas Paperback, 580 Pages, Published 2004 by Authorhouse ISBN-13: 978-1-4140-3037-1, ISBN: 1-4140-3037-1
"Everyone has been the victim of a bully at some point. Many say it’s an unavoidable part of growing up. The way we respond to bullying — whether by fighting or fleeing, making peace or silently suffering disgrace— tends to color our self-concept long after the danger has passed. Some emerge from the threat of violence with a renewed sense of self; others painfully endure the memory whenever it forces its way back into consciousness. ..."