The Time Bomb In The Cupboard and Other Adventures of Harry and Paul

Here it is! The original, cult classic that began a nostalgic revolution and first introduced the characters of Harry M. Redmond Jr. and his faithful friend, Paul John Henson to the world. The Time Bomb in The Cupboard, and Other Adventures of Harry and Paul is the first book in the adventure series and it is a compilation of three stories, which detail the special friendship of two boyhood friends growing up in the 1970s in and around Paterson in northern New Jersey.

In the year 2009 and while living on the road in Atlanta, Georgia (and struggling to communicate with the locals who did not speak New Jersey) for his full-time job, the author took a part-time job writing music reviews for a progressive rock website, and that gig caused the writing bug to bite the author once more. He recalled old stories, written when he was only sixteen years of age and submitted by a high school teacher to a publication for young writers and to the author's astonishment, they were published and he received a royalty check for fifty dollars! After some digging around on a Saturday afternoon, Mr. Hausleben found the old manuscripts hiding in a dusty box and he dusted them off. After some doodling around with them, the author decided to revisit them. Those stories became the nucleus for the anthology now known as, The Time Bomb in The Cupboard and Other Adventures of Harry and Paul. This book contains the original versions of the three classic stories, with minimum editing and processing in order to capture the true spirit and authentic style of how the author wrote them originally.

The Time Bomb in The Cupboard is a story nestled within the Christmas season and while it is not an actual holiday story; Christmas is central to the theme of the storyline. When the fun-loving and jovial Ronnie "Ronzo" Boatmann concocts an extra powerful version of his famous holiday moonshine and the Redmond family, friends, and the old neighborhood assault Christmas Tree Mountain for their yearly "cutting down the Christmas tree" adventure, then the fun begins. In the midst of the quest for perfect Christmas trees, Ronzo uncorks his volatile mixture and the old neighborhood might never be the same!

Harry's Resort perfectly captures the essence of the old neighborhood and the amazing variety of people and personalities that live in old American urban cities. The story also captures what it means to live simple but special among humble surroundings. When the fun-loving, jovial, and legendary Mr. Redmond decides to replace his old above ground swimming pool in his city lot backyard, the decision creates a resort haven within the gritty urban neighborhood. What happens to the new pool becomes a hilarious romp through a very special time with some very special people.

The Eye of the Tiger is what the author describes as "His best and most authentic storytelling." When the bombastic, woman-crazy, teenage Harry M. Redmond Junior is caught two-timing his steady gi...