Illinois Authors

Xlibris, Corp 2011

Psychic powers are among the most well-described plot devices in fiction. They work a certain way, without fail, every time. They let you move things with your mind and see the future. Most importantly, they are fiction…right? The life of Tom Edwards couldn’t be more ordinary. A recent graduate of community college, average intelligence, working manual labor to pay rent, he couldn’t possibly imagine life being more complicated than it is. That is, until a state-of-the-art medical scan shows something very wrong with him…and fixing the problem leads him into a conspiracy of mental warfare and psychic combat of life and death. Now, the ordinary Illinois twenty-something has to fight for his life…and his mind.

Canoe Tree Press 2021

They got what they dreamed about: magical powers. The bad news is, so did millions of others. Manny, an overworked nerd escaping the drudgery of the real world with comic books and cartoons, saw the answer to his fantasies when the skies lit up in colorful lights. Superhuman abilities were real, making him immensely powerful. Now, though, with millions having powers, the delicate balance of society risks tipping into utter chaos. His friends and he, not used to defending anything more important than a viewpoint, will have powerful figures to contend with: a billionaire trading money for superpowers, a government agent sworn to find answers, and religious figures hellbent on their own personal Revelation.