Queen of America: A Royal Comedy in Three Acts

by C.D. Payne

Welcome to the Kingdom of America, where a crisis in succession imperils the 220-year reign of the Washington royal family. Into the breach steps a lovely descendant of King George Washington I. She may become America's first queen--if she can overcome the forces conspiring against her. In this fanciful rewriting of history, athletes in royal America play polo on pogo sticks, tourists queue up to tour opulent palaces, and behind every tree lurks a Canadian spy.

Genres: Fiction

75 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Author and showman C.D. Payne was born in Akron, Ohio in 1949 (making him a contemporary of Richard Gere and Meryl Streep). He spent his early years in West Virginia and southern Ohio, moving back to Akron while still a mere tot.

He went to public schools in Akron, and then graduated from Harvard College, where he majored in history and participated in the annual spring riot. In 1971 he moved to California. During the next 25 years, he held over 50 jobs including newspaper editor, book publisher's assistant, proofreader, trailer park handyman, and catalog writer.

Since 2004 he has been the proprietor of the Eyelusion Museum, a mobile discovery museum in a restored and polished 1964 Airstream trailer. His latest mobile sideshow is a 1950s miniature town (shown below) called Zippy Town. It can been seen at the Santa Rosa Handcar Regatta and other events.

He is married and lives in Sonoma County.

Reviews

[TL *Humaning the Best She Can* · Rating 3 out of 5]

a quick and interesting read, doesn't take itself seriously:-) only complaint, too short haha... would've been awesome expanded as a full length novel but I had fun reading it.

[Stuart · Rating 1 out of 5]

A good idea hopelessly shackled by ho-hum writing, flat humor, predictability at every front and the worst elements of lame-liberalism. The right has nothing to gain from this political play, and the left will find it overly simple, toothless and accidentally insulting (or at least, I did) to the intelligence. The dramatist is bored from scene three and never gets less bored thanks for extremely immature and cloddish writing. A total fail on so many levels.