Stein J. Rubach

When young Ida finds herself facing the first great crisis of her life, help arrives from the most unexpected of places.

As a gay man in a world that rarely made room for people like him, Fabien has learned to meet life with a unique blend of humor, kindness, and a...

Earlier this year, I published the book "The Mist of Oblivion": the prequel to a series I am currently completing.

The book focuses primarily on Heinrich Ernst Göring, a former jurist, diplomat, and governor of German South West Africa (now Namibia).

In my book, he is an old man, afflicted by Alzheimer’s and rheumatic ailments. He spends much of his time reflecting on the life he has lived—and the women he loved: Ida and Franziska (Fanny). He was once a man driven by fervent ideals of creating...

Today, I’m going to do something that may shock and surprise you.
I’m going to write about something almost never mentioned in history books — the American concentration camps in the Philippines.

I’ll try to do it by sharing short excerpts from my own novel. You might think I’m indulging in historical suffering, but that isn’t my intention. On the contrary, I hope you’ll see that it’s really about love, respect, and the struggle to do what is good in a world where reality rarely aligns with our...