The Austen Chronicles Book 1
Welcome to Mansfield
Sometimes you have to leave home to find where you really belong.
Junior Price wanted desperately to get out of her small town and the demands of her big family. Upon winning a scholarship to an elite private college thousands of miles away, she packed her bags and went to find her place in the world. She soon discovers that she may not be ready to be out on her own.
Mansfield College is full of the rich and the wealthy who play by a whole different set of rules. She tries her best to fit in and follow her heart only to discover that her small-town southern charm doesn’t work on everyone.
Will she become someone she doesn’t recognize to try to make everyone happy or will she find herself and become the young woman she wants to be? This book is a modern-day, coming-of-age retelling of the classic Jane Austen story filled with heartache and friendship.
The Austen Chronicles Book 2
That Other Dashwood Girl
Sometimes, you must be totally lost to finally find yourself.
Maggie Dashwood thought her whole life was laid out for her. Her well-to-do father had a plan that she and her two older sisters would follow to ensure the family’s success. When tragedy strikes, everything she knows about the world changes and her life is turned upside down.
Now, she, her mother, and her two sisters must leave behind everything they’ve ever known while relying on the charity of others to begin again. Stranded in a new place with relative strangers, the Dashwoods try to stay a family while they work through their grief and find out if life can go on.
Will the family survive intact? Will Maggie discover her true self? This modern-day retelling of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is full of heart, tears, and ultimately, triumph.
The Austen Chronicles Book 3
Universal Truth
Sometimes, being overlooked allows you to be seen more clearly.
Everyone thought they knew everything there was to know about Mary Bennet. The quiet, bookish, middle daughter certainly didn’t have anything going for her. While her beautiful and talented sisters did great things, everyone assumed she would spend all of her days locked away in her parents’ library.
One day, an old family friend arrives and gives Mary hope. There is a small, elite college that offers full scholarships to five special people each year. To apply, Mary has to admit that her family, whom she loves, might be holding her back even though they mean well. Can she muster the courage to walk away from everything she knows for a world that might not understand her?
This modern-day reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice tells the story of one young woman’s relentless search to find and live her own truth.
Flip
A political utopian story published on Half and One, a space for journalism and narrative non-fiction, art and creativity, comic books and cartoons, prose and poetry.
A Year of Romance
A collection of short stories inspired by the first thirteen tips in 52 Love: Weekly Love Lessons in Bite-Sized Bits.
Contains the essay, "Play it again, Junior" of The Austen Chronicles.
Comics Lit Vol. 1
Comic books are high art.
They and their graphic novel counterparts harken back to classic literature and artworks. Through a series of essays, the authors will illustrate that modern pop culture characters are direct descendants of classic works of literature and their visual depiction is inspired by the works of master artists.
Join us as we peel back layers to discover gothic influences, representations of badass females, uses of the mask, and the new look of Rappaccini's Daughter as well as discuss teaching comics in college, Black identity and power, mythological and religious tie-ins, and many more correlations hidden within the pages of action-packed heroes and villains.
The essayists in this collection are, first and foremost, comic book fans with extensive backgrounds in art, film, education, literature, and writing.
Contains the Essay, "Rappaccini's Ivy"
Waxing and Waning: Essays on Moon Knight
Waxing and Waning: Essays on Moon Knight dives into all the different iterations, exploring what they mean to the fan base and how they have impacted the Marvel universe.
These essays explore the evolution of art, social commentary in comics, depictions of mental health, and our relationship with religion.
Foreword by David Finch and interviews with Bill Sienkiewicz and Chuck Dixon.
Contains the Essay, "Exploring a Mindscape"
The Strong Stuff: The Best of Fictional Cafe' 2018 - 2020
This second anthology of work published by The Fictional Café contains the creative work of 85 writers and artists worldwide.
The collection contains short stories, novel excerpts, award-winning poetry, imaginative painting and drawing, and provocative creative nonfiction.
Contains the Essay, "Surgeon General's Warning"
Revenge
This collection of short stories, Revenge, puts together 25 very human responses to feeling slighted. Those who can’t let go become the prisoners of revenge. But, those who can, can find a positive sense of direction and a new, liberating mission.
The collection of short stories weaves itself around the idea of revenge. How to see revenge coming, and how to flee. The desire to take revenge, the guilt, and the confusion. It is all here.
Contains the Essay, "Jumper"
Judging Dredd: Examining the World of Judge Dredd
Judging Dredd: Examining the World of Judge Dredd travels the mean streets of Mega-City One and the wastes of the Cursed Earth. This collection of essays examines the series and its world, from its greatest sagas, its predictions on national security, Dredd’s weirdest crossovers, and even his movie adaptations.
With a foreword by Matt Smith and an interview with Rob Williams, this book is a must for every Judge Dredd fan!
Contains the Essay, "Day of Chaos"
Anachronistic Comics
Eight short comics stories from a bevy of contributors, featuring time travel, martial arts, and pandemic humor!
Contains the comics, "Clio" and "It's a Miserable Life" as well as the short story, "Security"
Narrator January LaVoy returns for the final installment of Bray's Diviners series. The dead are rising, and only a band of supernaturally gifted people can stop them. The producers of this audiobook might have been tempted to hire a full cast as there are more than 25 characters in this story.
The world has given us a lot of darkness lately. We're locked in our homes and we're scared after reading way too many news articles and stressing out. Everybody really needs to take a break to just do something fun. Luckily, Ominous Media has a delightful distraction for all of us.
If Roger Corman had a fever dream that George Miller directed Bruce Campbell as the lead, then you might have the beginning of the new series from DC and Hanna Barbera called Wacky Raceland. The title does not really do this justice and I fear it will scare some readers away.