Author Spotlight

About the Author

Ronald J. Fischer holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and a second master’s degree in mathematics. His most recent book “Cities in Orbit and the End is Near” is a gripping and fascinating tale following Tom Stevens and his new life above the earth in new cities designed to curb the climate and overpopulation crises of Earth.

“In the late twenty-first century, the world had neglected to pay enough attention to climate change and was in bad shape,” writes Fischer. “The temperature of the earth and the oceans was high and rising fast. The ocean levels were rising; tornadoes, hurricanes, and flooding were increasing. The world population had reached 10 billion and was overcrowded. The crime rate in the United States was very high. One result of this was the construction of cities in orbit, which were very large cylinders that rotated about their axes. Millions of people had moved up there to get away from the earth, including Thomas Stevens, whose father was a key figure in the construction of the Cities in Orbit and who encouraged Tom to get an apartment in the sky. This is the action-packed story of Tom and his women.”

Ronald J. Fischer’s book portrays a fictional but all too possible future that springs forth from ignoring the Earth’s climate crisis currently threatening the entire human population. Expertly paced and full of suspense, this character-driven tale will leave readers spellbound as they follow Tom through his new life above the Earth in his thrilling tale of survival.

Readers who wish to experience this engaging work, can buy “Cities in Orbit and the End is Near” at bookstores everywhere, or online at the Apple iTunes store, Amazon, Google Play, or Barnes and Noble.

Homeless Man

Malcolm Chester

About the Author

I took creative writing courses at Brown and for many years I wrote occasional poetry, but did not publish it. I also obtained a law degree from Kent/IIT and a Masters in Child Study at Tufts. I worked as Public Affairs Executive at Pepsi. Then in 2010, I decided to write a book. The Rise of the Human Androids, which I published.. A sequel to the book, The Rise of the Human Androids, Galactic War was published in 2014. My first child fantasy book Elysia was published in 2011 and republished in 2012 as a second edition and won a Gold Seal Award from Trafford. The sequel Elysia Magic World was published in 2014. With a long time involvement in politics, I currently serve as an Alderman in Des Plaines, I published the two part Legislative Dance, the first being State Legislative Minuet and the second being Menage a Trois Reel. I returned to writing child fiction with the Magic Keys of Tanglewood in 2015, which also won a Gold Seal Award, and the sequel Magic Keys of Tanglewood Summer Camp in 2016. Finally, I put all my various short stories and Novella’s into a collection Short Stories and Novellas from the Ordinary to the Extraordinary published in 2013. The Homeless Man is my 10th book.

Sir, I Can Explain (A Jenny O’Shane Adventure)

Stephen Cork

About the Author

Stephen D. Cork retired as a Colonel from the U.S. Army after a successful career of nearly twenty-seven years. He served in staff and command positions in Germany, Vietnam, Hawaii, and several military posts throughout the continental U.S.

Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, he attended Indiana University and Ball State University for Bachelors and Master’s degrees, respectively. He commanded units from forty to over seven hundred men and women.

The last four years of his career saw him assigned to lead the writing of doctrine and tactics,
techniques and procedures for joint war fighting for the Army, Air Force, Marine and Naval forces. This assignment resulted in the publication of eleven nonfiction manuals that were approved, jointly published and implemented by the U.S. senior military leadership.

Since military retirement, Colonel Cork worked for Sarasota County government for eight years, first as the General Services Director, and then as the Director of Public Works. He oversaw the construction of the Selby Library and new Judicial Center as well of the renovation of the old Courthouse. Other projects in which he was involved include expansion of Cattlemen and Weber Roads, and the completion of The Celery Fields. After leaving County government, Colonel Cork helped start the Sarasota Military Academy. He served for ten years as its Founding Commandant and Chief Financial Officer. Colonel Cork retired from the Military Academy in 2012, to devote more time to writing. He’s penned a fictional short story, “Take That”, which was published by a local news magazine called The Pelican Press.

He’s written two novels; both thrillers with a woman named Jenny O’Shane as the main character. His first book titled Knight Moves is about stolen top secret weapons. His second novel is called “Sir, I Can Explain”. It’s about human trafficking. His current project is to publish the third Jenny O’Shane novel (Mission: Silent Death – about a biological weapons attack on the U.S.). Steve currently resides in Sarasota, Florida with his wife and three poodles. He enjoys jogging, agility dog competition, and walking on the beach.

Evan Dicks is a brilliant journalist and writer, with a screenplay optioned by Netflix. He is also a serial killer. This memoir details the inner workings of his mind, his dark, his psyche and the possible genesis of his actions. Evan Dicks can be charming, giving and loving but the account of his life is chilling, frightening and unnerving.

About the Author

Philip Schulman, MD is a noted hematologist oncologist with over 40 years of experience in academic medicine. He has served as Chief of Leukemia and Associate Chief of Hematology at North Shore University Hospital-Weill Cornell School of Medicine and Chief of Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-Long Island.

Following his retirement, he worked part-time at NY Cancer and Blood Specialist at Mount Sinai as Director of Hematologic Malignancies. In addition to his medical expertise, he has been interested in music and literature and has published 2 novels and original music. His most recent novel, “Confession”, is a first-person account of the life of a serial killer including his psychological mark-up, his past demons, and the genesis of his killing spree. It details Dissociative Psychological Disorder, so common in serial killers. Sparked by the recent interest in serial killers as evidenced by multiple documentaries such as, “Crazy, not Insane”, and TV series such as, “Dexter”, this novel has garnered significant interest among its readers.

Philip Schulman, MD

To learn more, visit my website @ philschulman.com.

OTHER WORKS:

Deadly Motivations: A Novel

Daniel Whitacore is a brilliant oncologist who discovers a way to use a deadly virus to treat lymphoma. His discovery is a miracle to those who suffer from the devastating disease. Unfortunately, Daniel has enemies. These enemies hope to alter his miracle cure to make it something deadly to harm Daniel as well as the entirety of mankind.

Forget Me Not: Late Dr. H. Kabir, 1959-2014

Treating infections with antibiotic drugs that fight bacterial infections does not cure colds, flu bugs, and bronchitis. On the other hand, most common viral diseases appear self-limiting in healthy people’s life. This means viral infections cause illness, then resolve and symptoms disappear as our immune system fights back the virus and we recover. In some cases, viral diseases can lead to serious, possibly life-threatening complications. Pneumonia is a secondary viral infection. Prior to Dr. Kabir’s ICU admission at Prince Salman Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia he was struggling with a cough, fever, and pneumonia-like symptoms that seemed partially related to MERS. Symptoms lingered even though he was taking antibiotics and cough syrup. Eventually, the ailment paved the path to a dire situation for him, at which point he was admitted against his will to the ICU center of the hospital where his eternal life’s activity shut down abruptly. The incident happened so fast and so quietly that we as Dr. Kabir’s entire clan did not find even enough time to clarify what exactly was Dr. Kabir suffering at that time. Within two weeks Dr. Kabir’s dead body arrived from Saudi Arabia in his native country Bangladesh. It was quite a painful episode in our life. How can a healthy, fully aware experienced physician get infected with the MERS virus in Saudi Arabia? After all, the MERs virus is not so dangerous according to research. But the truth of the matter is we already lost our loved ones. In my book, I talk about Dr. Kabir’s struggle with MERs-CoV infection, and how he was treated for nine days in the hospital. In doing so, my core objective here is to highlight the legacies of Dr. Kabir. To me, he was one of the best-mannered professionals and a gentleman from Bangladesh. I encourage all to read this book.

Begum Fouzia

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The Big Dance

I’ve written a book about two teenagers, Alex and Jennifer, who were both passionate about dancing that they started taking dance lessons in the 7th grade. Every day, they went to the dance studio to learn from Mrs. Lands, who also owns the place; along with many other students.

This routine went on until their senior high years where both of them had become so much better at dancing. Something that caught Mrs. Land’s watchful eye. She wanted both of them to enter a prestigious dance competition slated just a week before graduation. It is a choice they have to make. One that may impact their future.

The story also depicts my passion for dancing when I myself was in senior high. No, I wasn’t in a dancing class but all my friends and I would hang out across the street from our school and did a lot of dancing along with the popular music at the time. And but we weren’t on any contest opportunity.

There were many Sundays when my friends would want me to hang out with them, but turned them down because I have always gone to church. Though I always prayed that they come to church with me during Sundays and hang out on Saturdays instead.

“The Big Dance” isn’t entirely about my experiences growing up. The love for dancing has become the focal point of the story.

You will find the interesting twist and turns of “The Big Dance” when you read it.

Shirlie Calabrese

Author

Ann Marie Hannon

I have written poetry most of my life, and published several books, both fiction and nonfiction. Right now, my efforts are directed toward a narrative story “All About a Boy Who Was Afraid of the Dark (And How He Got Over It). However, I will soon be issuing a new rhyming story titled “A Going Home Surprise” which offers an interesting turn of events.

My mother wrote poetry also, and I co-authored a story with her many years ago, that is now published as “Puffy and the Formidable Foe”, the first in a series called Little Kitten Books.

I will always be proud of the fact that when Mom was alive, our local town newspaper would always look forward to her latest poems to publish in observance of many holidays and home-town events.

Most of my poems are dedicated to my Mom, and to the memory of Emily Dickenson who like my Mom, wrote poems using words that we can still discover and repeat again and again. Those words always sustain me and offer a wondrous and magical sense of emotion and an important and pleasant lyrical resonance.

I hope that you are able to resonate with my efforts at poetry and narrative story-telling as well.

All About a Boy Who Was Afraid of the Dark: (And How He Got over It)

Patrick has been afraid of things before, but this time when he is almost two years old, just before his birthday, he wakes up at midnight —only to learn that he is afraid of the dark. Can Patrick’s older sister, Margy, help Patrick to stop being afraid? Read how it all develops if brother and sister work as a team.

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A Going Home Surprise

In this story, a mom shows other moms how it took time, patience, love, and understanding to allow her pre-teen daughter to own a pet. It has earned the prestigious MOM’S CHOICE AWARD seal of excellence and also has a 5-Star Readers’ Favorites rating, with delightful illustrations that will warm your heart.

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The First Day of School

Winner of the Mom’s Choice Awards Seal of Excellence in family-friendly media. This prestigious award is based on evaluations by teachers, psychologists, mothers, and kids.

When Lila’s mom cannot take Lila to her first day of school, Lila tries to be brave, but “worries” make her feel sad. Find out how Lila turns “sad into EXCITED” and has a great time. “A cute and reassuring tale for the little ones in gentle rhyme makes a fun poem. Lila’s solution to her normal fear of leaving Mom is one that other children can learn from. I love your ending “don’t ever give in”.

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Puffy and the Formidable Foe

“Puffy and the Formidable Foe” offers parents a super way to make children aware and quickly sense the danger in roaming and meeting up with a stranger.
It’s definitely an upbeat and provocative story that can find a place in every reader’s heart.

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An Innocent Favor for a Dying Old Friend—-

Fifty years ago, a group of college friends dabbled in the occult and released a malign presence on the world. Now, on his deathbed, the last of the students, now a trustee of Reister University enlists the aid of three newcomers to banish the thing they summoned. Russian anthropologist Anna Rykov, doctor Harry Lamb, and Father Sean O’Malley are all indebted the ailing trustee for their positions. Together, they pursue the knowledge and resources needed to perform the ritual.

Joab Stieglitz

Author

Joab Stieglitz is an avid tabletop RPG player and game master of horror, espionage, fantasy, and science fiction genres, including Savage Worlds (Mars, Deadlands, Agents of Oblivion, Apocalypse Prevention Inc, Herald: Tesla and Lovecraft, Thrilling Tales, and others), Call of Cthulhu, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and Pathfinder.

Jerrycblanton.com

JERRY C. BLANTON has taught high school English, managed a bookstore, served as an academic dean, and worked as a copywriter, proofreader, English professor, and writer. He has written more than twenty books that include mysteries, sci-fi novels, and poetry collections. Jerry currently resides in Homestead, Florida.

JERRY C. BLANTON

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