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Pulpy supernatural horror short story from James J. Caterino the author of The Séance, Psychic Murder Incorporated, Time Travel Stories, The Promise, Pop Star, Watch the Skies, The Last Neanderthal, The Girl from the Stars, 50 Films, and much more.

Barry Baton dies in a car accident and is cryogenically frozen in suspended animation. When the technology to bring him back arrives in ten years, he is revived. He awakens into a Trumpian, fascist nightmare—a dark, dystopian, oppressive world, more terrifying than anything he could have imagined. Written in 2017, first published in 2018, and again in 2019 as part of the Fantastic Stories anthology, Barry’s Run is a tragically prophetic, riveting, cautionary, action-packed science fiction short story from the lurid imagination of James J. Caterino, author Escape to Nowhere, Battle of ...

Sacred Cinema: why movie theaters matter, is an essay by James J. Caterino, the author of The Art of Listening to Music, My Encounter with the Partridge Family, Why I Don't Drink, The Green Girl, Chrome Dome, Megan Ward: the best actress you never heard of, Girl Pop, What If, Make Me Cry, Please, True Stories, Cool Stuff, Escape to Nowhere, and much more.

Musical Poetry is a glorious, glossy collection of entertaining, original pop music song lyrics. There are songs about life, lost loves, personal obsessions, friendship, pop culture, celebrities, sports, and even songs about UFOs. Packed with beautiful, full-color, authentic photos and super cool illustrations, Musical Poetry is a wonderful read, and a visually stunning coffee table book. James J. Caterino is the author of over ninety published books including Reviews and Essays, The Anti-Matter Girl, True Stories, I Want to Believe, Time Travel Stories, Pop Star, and The Promise.

The Case for Real Books is a short essay by James J. Caterino, the author of Did That Really Happen? (How Taylor Swift Got Me Through the Pandemic), My Encounter with the Partridge Family, Method Acting, Why I Don't Drink, Make Me Cry, Please, Alex, Jordan. Desiree, and the story behind To Meghan, To Meghan, True Stories, Girl Pop, Romance Stories, Time Travel Stories, Ghost Stories, Reviews and Essays, and much more.

The year is 1983 and something strange is going on in Cross Creek, Pennsylvania.After a devastating family tragedy, Emma moves across the country at the start of her freshman year of high school. Grief-stricken, isolated, and harassed by local bullies, she is feeling lost and lonely. One day, she takes a shortcut home from school through the woods and encounters a group of strange, otherworldly, flying orbs of light that she dubs “the fireflies”. She feels a deep connection to them as her interaction with the fireflies continues, bringing her new hope, wonder, startling insights, and ...

On December 9th 1965 a strange, other-worldly craft crashes into a ravine in Kecksburg, a town south of Pittsburgh. It becomes known as Pennsylvania’s Roswell. The crashed UFO is witnessed by scores of local residents, including ten year-old Eliza Straight, a curious and intelligent young girl who is forever changed by the horror and wonder of what she experiences that night. On July 2nd 1993, fourteen year-old Shelly Stevens and her two friends have a close encounter with a glowing craft that descends down from the night sky, hovering above them. They awake three hours later with no ...

An essay by James J. Caterino, the author of Girl Pop, Chrome Dome, What If, True Stories, To Meghan, I Want to Believe, The Girl from the Stars, Watch the Skies, and much more.

On March 22nd, 1976, twelve-year-old Ellie Barton and her two friends are out on the balcony of a hotel in Fort Lauderdale when they have a close encounter with something not of this world. In 2013 ace Navy fighter pilot Cole “Viper” Hanson has an aerial showdown with a group of mysterious glowing discs dubbed “Tic-tacs”. He experiences two hours of missing time and is looking for answers. In May of 2022 in Coral Springs, Florida, sixteen-year-old Ariel Odeski is out walking her dog Luna in the park one night when a magnificent, glowing disk zips down from the night sky and hovers ...

How I Became a Stockbroker is a funny, nostalgic, and entertaining true tale from James J. Caterino, the author of Why I Don't Drink, Method Acting, To Meghan, and How Not to Become a Hollywood Screenwriter.

Dr. Anton Mason is a brilliant biologist and anthropologist who has a problem asserting himself and has never gotten his way in life. He develops a revolutionary anti-aging genetic formula that turns back the clock of evolution to a time when we were a less frail species. When the project is stolen from him, Anton decides to begin his own human trials, using himself as the test subject. The formula changes him. He begins to transform into something stronger. Something faster. Something primitive and primal. Something, other than human. Dr. Anton Mason is “The Mesomorph”. “The ...

U.S. Navy fighter pilot Captain Brin Fallon is the best of the best. She is chosen as the test pilot for a new quantum invisibility drive and is accidentally sent back in time to 1942, at the peak of WWII in Europe. Facing a sky full of Nazis and a skeptical Allied command, Brin will have to use all of her skills to survive in the past and get back to the future where she belongs. “Super Hornet 1942” is another intense, action-packed work of epic imagination from acclaimed writer James J. Caterino, author of “Fireflies”, “Fantastic Stories”, “The Girl from the Stars”, and ...

I Really Do Believe is a short essay by James J. Caterino, author of the UFO themed books, I Want to Believe, The Girl from the Stars, Fireflies, and Watch the Skies.

Riverboat Steam is a short story about an intense and mysterious romantic encounter aboard a riverboat cruise ship, by James J. Caterino, the author of The Girl Out of Time, My Encounter with The Partridge Family, The Green Girl, The Anti-Matter Girl, True Stories, To Meghan, and much more.

My Top Ten Favorite Books of All Time is and essay by James J. Caterino, the author of My Encounter with the Partridge Family, sort of, What If, Girl Pop, Make Me Cry Please, The Girl Out of Time, Romance Stories, To Meghan, True Stories, Time Travel Stories, and much more.

Two astronomers make first contact with another life form, forever changing both of their lives in The Andromeda Girl, a short story by James J. Caterino, the author of The Address Book, The Man in the Window, The Girl out of Time, Ghost Stories, Time Travel Stories, To Meghan, True Stories, and much more.

An essay by James J. Caterino, the author of Romance Stories, Reviews and Essays, To Meghan, True Stories, Time Travel Stories, Ghost Stories, and so much more,

In a dystopian world, Caitlin Star lives in the Congo rainforest with her animal and human friends, protecting this last paradise on Earth. After ten years of peace, her home is threatened by a new evil in the form of a ruthless tyrant who rules the remains of what was once America. To battle this new enemy, Caitlin finds she must travel back to her birthplace where she will face grave danger and new challenges beyond anything she could have imagined. The Legend of Caitlin Star is an exciting, brand new stand-alone Caitlin Star adventure from James J. Caterino the author of Caitlin Star: ...

Thirteen-year-old Anna escapes the horrors of Nazi occupied Warsaw and joins the underground. Under the guidance of a resistance fighter known as the Captain, she learns to survive, to cope with devastating loss, and to fight back. Every day is a challenge, and every mission is a battle against impossible odds. Then one night two allied planes fall from the sky, and everything changes in this action-packed, epic tale of despair, heartbreak, hope, and the triumph of the human spirit. “The Promise: A World War II Story” is a riveting, decades-spanning, sweeping story, and an emotionally ...

Am essay on legendary Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino by James J. Caterino, the author of True Stories, To Meghan, I Want to Believe, The Anti-Matter Girl, On Writing, Girl Pop, and What If.