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The exploits and adventures of college student, computer geek, and occult detective Elaine Hadaly Mercer. She begins her career as an undergrad at Arizona State University majoring in Computer Science and Engineering; but comes from a long blood line of dabblers in the arcane arts with a strong bent for the scientific—hitherto that strange alchemy of genius courses through her . . .
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Lola Merriweather is the daughter of Mesmera, a bank robber with mind control abilities. Her mother wants her to follow in her footsteps, but Lola had other plans—she wants to take over the world. Lola’s best friend is Glory Hart. With her super-speed, she knows she was meant for greatness, and has never wanted anything but a future with . . .
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Corrie, Edie, and Dawn are excited, nervous, curious, and, well, lots of other emotions about their first semester at Chatoyant College. They know it’s going to be a weird few months: they’ve left their familiar high school existences for something completely new, their college is the only one in the United States with a magic program, and it comes complete . . .
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Welcome to Super Powereds, the story of five young people with abilities they cannot control, called “Powereds” by society. They are resigned to life with their personal hurdles, until one day each is approached by a company claiming it will give them what they never dared hope for: control of their abilities. This would make put them in a rare . . .
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“The Reading List” is an uncensored blog memoir about an English professor going AWOL on the profession she thought she would love, while her corporate high-flyer father takes up reading for the first time. With each new book she discusses with her father – introducing him to diverse literary masters from Joyce to Hemingway to Faulkner to Atwood – . . .
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Limp is the story of a neglected boy who grows up thinking his life is restricted by social and physical limitations, but upon landing a job at a local college, everything changes. To the boy’s surprise, he is not who he thinks he is, and unimagined opportunities unfold. Unfortunately, not everyone admires his good fortune, and jealousy leads to shocking . . .
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With money to burn and time to spend, Sol Mann embarks on a journey through Costa Rica that would change him in a fundamental way. Where does he get his money? And what is he running from? . . . We don’t really know. But that doesn’t matter when your days are filled with cheap weed, good rum, and great women. . . .
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When the Heroes of the world need to be trained, the Academy is there. The physical training has brought Marines to their knees, crying and begging for mercy, the educational aspect has confused university professors to the point of insanity. And the latest batch of recruits are going to be working hard to deal with dark pasts, rogue . . .
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Eight friends gather for a reunion vacation, but go missing after a hurricane strikes along their plane’s flight path. While friends and family mourn their loss when the crashed plane is found, the impossible happens: they appear in public claiming to have been in a cave in the mountains. Missing for months, they have no memory of the interval. What . . .
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It is the story of a nearby future, not too dark but neither too bright. A world ravaged by economic failure and a drastic solution, slavery. Follow the trials of Jonathan, a 12 years old, a bright student and a slave of a Scientific Institution . . . . . . which works to upgrade the intelligence of dolphins. And his unlikely . . .
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The exploits and adventures of college student, computer geek, and occult detective Elaine Hadaly Mercer. She begins her career as an undergrad at Arizona State University majoring in Computer Science and Engineering; but comes from a long blood line of dabblers in the arcane arts with a strong bent for the scientific—hitherto that strange alchemy of genius courses through her . . .
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No More Ramen is a fiction story set in the modern day. There are no monsters or magic, unless of course you count the mystical elixir produced by the sage known as Jose Cuervo. It is the story of college student who wins a record lottery jackpot, only to decide he prefers his life the way it is. Instead of . . .
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This is a comic novel about graduating from college into a recession. It’s meant to appeal to fans of Catch-22. I’m now a professional journalist and published non-fiction author, but I wrote this novel during a period of underemployment following college graduation. I managed to get it in the door with two publishers, but both gave me the same . . .
I’ve read the first 16 chapters of Estimated Time of Arrival, and either I don’t understand it, or it’s rather uneven. There are a good number of chapters when the writing is vibrant and funny and insightful and revealing—when I love its warmth, its honesty, its gentle, laid-back rhythm. And then there is a bunch of boring, frat-boy, stoned drunkeness [more . . .]
Goodness me, my second review of a Kyt Dotson work in less than a week. Another good one at that. Does that make me a fan? I guess it does.
Black Hat Magick is a contemporary fantasy mystery. The main character – Elaine – is a university student/tech support geek/paranormal detective. [more . . .]