Coming of Age

FEATURED: Epitome of Hypocrisy by Kenny McGhee

FEATURED: Epitome of Hypocrisy by Kenny McGhee

Epitome of Hypocrisy by Kenny McGhee Epitome of Hypocrisy: Sex, Drugs and the Real Birth of Rock & Roll is an unflinching autobiographical journey through the tumultuous landscape of the 1960s and 70s music scene. The author delves into personal experiences marked...

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Featured Post: Do You Believe in Monsters? | Dark Circles Book 2 by Jim Melvin

Featured Post: Do You Believe in Monsters? | Dark Circles Book 2 by Jim Melvin

Jim is the author of nine award-winning novels, three novelettes, and thousands of magazine and news articles. He now lives in a valley surrounded by mountains in the Southern Appalachians. He was previously an award-winning journalist at several national newspapers and a communications director at Clemson University.

Jim grew up on the shores of western Florida where he spent much of his childhood swimming in shark-infested waters long before the movie “Jaws” put a scare into everyone. At the time, he probably was too skinny to attract a bull shark’s attention. About ten other boys Jim’s age lived on his same street, and they hung out morning, noon and night playing the usual sports that young boys love — football, baseball, “kill the carrier,” etc. — but as a group they also played fantastical games that contained magic, monsters and superheroes. It was in this setting that Jim’s imagination was born and nurtured.

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Featured Post: Picasso’s Motorcycle by Marc Sercomb

Featured Post: Picasso’s Motorcycle by Marc Sercomb

Marc Sercomb was born in Salinas, California. He grew up in Southern California and attended California State University, Northridge, where he studied Journalism and English Literature. He currently resides in the foothills of Los Angeles with his wife, Robin. He has been a teacher for 23 years.

He wanted to write a book about the miraculous resilience of the human spirit and the unexpected kindness of strangers and enemies during dark and dangerous times. Of “Picasso’s Motorcycle” he says, “This story kind of haunted me for a while. That’s how I knew I had to write it.”

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Featured Post: The Catalyst by Nat Bickel

Featured Post: The Catalyst by Nat Bickel

Nat Bickel is an energetic storyteller and PR specialist who aims to move people to action with her words. She has a bachelor’s in communications with bylines in the LA Times, Glamour, Darling Magazine, and more. She’s also the author of the children’s books, The Christmas Clue and The Volcano No One Could See. Through her journalism experience, Nat has interviewed celebrities, worked with musical artists, and reported on current trends and events—thus, creating a base for the main character in her debut novel, The Catalyst. She crafted this story in hopes that others would experience every raw, unsuspecting, sensational, and terrifying emotion surrounding falling in love. When she’s not writing, you can find her taking film photos, pressing flowers, or blazing new trails with her husband.

Follow her at natmosfear on all socials and at natmosfear dot com.

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Featured Post: An Empty House Doesn’t Sneeze by David Scott Richardson

Featured Post: An Empty House Doesn’t Sneeze by David Scott Richardson

David Scott Richardson’s new work of MG/YA historical fiction, An Empty House Doesn’t Sneeze, explores life on the home front during WWII. Drawing from two decades as a sixth-grade teacher, Richardson recognizes history as the keel that keeps us upright in heavy seas and aims to forge a connection with those who were more than a generation unborn when the world went to war.

Richardson’s characters convey nuanced and diverse perspectives as they work to unravel ethical knots—from the origins of war to the meaning of a promise—and shed light on how beliefs and fears influence one’s choices. His themes probe father-son conflicts, grief, and ethical dilemmas, all while invoking an innate connection with nature, compelling the heart as much as the mind.

Richardson’s first MG/YA historical novel, River’s Reach: Coming of Age Amid the Fish War, was published in September 2023.

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