THEMES is a collection of fifty-two short manuscripts: nineteen of which are articles and stories along with thirty-three of which are essays that reflect the author's personality and philosophy. Articles range from biographical sketches to some of the author's humorous adventures, and then the manuscript section is dedicated to the writer's observations about matters running the modern social spectrum from the Iraq War to inherent problems associated with American democracy.

THEMES is author Jay Dubya's 56th published hardcover/paperback book. Other story collections by this prolific author are: The Psychic Dimension, The Psychic Dimension Part II, The FBI Inspector, First Person Stories, Modern Mythology, Prime-Time Crime Time, UFO: Utterly Fantastic Occurrences, Snake Eyes and Boxcars, Snake Eyes and Boxcars Part II, Time Travel Tales, Suite 16, One Baker's Dozen, Two Baker's Dozen, RAM: Random Articles and Manuscripts, Pieces of Eight, Pieces of Eight Part II, Pieces of Eight Part III, Pieces of Eight Part IV, Nine New Novellas, Nine New Novellas Part II, Nine New Novellas Part III and Nine New Novellas Part IV.

Jay Dubya is author John Wiessner's pen name, and it is also a corruption of his initials J.W. John is married to wife Joanne and the couple has three grown sons. Jay Dubya's books exist in hardcover, in paperback and in Kindle, Nook and Smashwords ebook formats. The author is a retired New Jersey public school English teacher of 34 years experience, and John and Joanne live in Hammonton, NJ, USA.