Works by
Jay Miller
(Writer)

Bingo the Banjo Picking Bear (2007)
Bingo, a young bear cub, goes fishing with his grandpa. His one wish is to have a banjo, so he can sing and dance for his grandfather. Bingo catches a little fish, who promises to grant him a wish if only he could be set free. Bingo closes his eyes, wishes for a banjo, and lets the fish go...

Of course, nothing happened. Fishes are not magicians or genies, after all.

And yet, years later, as Bingo is fishing in the 'Sweet Hole' he once fished with his grandpa, he catches a very large fish, who tells him that he has safely kept the wished-for banjo until he would meet the bear again. Bingo is so delighted that he lets the fish go, and starts a pickin' and a strummin' on his new instrument, making up little songs.

Oh I want to be a Banjo picking Bear,

So I can play for Grandpa, cause he ain't got no hair? 

Ages 9-12.

Momma...? (2007)
Jeff awakens to find he is nearly hanging upside down from a tree limb; his head is in the jaws of a giant grizzly bear, and she is trying to yank him down and kill him.

"Ooooooohhhh, my neck is killing me, please God, help! Ooooooohhhh noooooo! I am still here; I must have passed out. This is not a bad dream, it's really happening! Somebody help me, please!"

In Jay Miller's pulse-pounding new novel Momma...? you'll find an assortment of cheating husbands; unfaithful, murderous wives; alcoholics; hunters; fishermen; ruthless bartenders; cops; and a mad, hungry mamma bear that solves all the problems. At the end, only one will remain-a very lucky one! Momma...? is a suggestive, strange, fascinating story that will leave you in breathless anticipation for Miller's next work.

Hang on to your head for this one, folks! Yummy!