November 2025 Update

New Releases!

Eastern CyptidsMy first non-fiction work since 2017 is an addition to my 2014/2015 Handbook for the Amateur Cryptozoologist and digs deep into some of the most well known, and some not-so well known, creatures of the eastern area of the United States. I wanted to do something different and avoided an Ohio only or a United States based book and even a worldwide collection in favor of a regional book covering twenty six eastern states. This is a book for those interested in cryptids as well as those who research cryptozoology and are looking for the unbiased stories behind the legends. Hopefully it's a book that people will not only read cover to cover but will use as research for these specific creatures.

2025 has been a busy year of publishing and I've released three different types of books this year. After Eastern Cryptids, I published a novella on Kindle and paperback on Amazon that is a follow-up to my second novel. The Kalas Papers Volume 1.5: Trust of Beytrayal came out in mid-November. Less than two weeks later I published my first coloring book and the first in a new series of children's book with Coloring Cryptids A-Z.

Hot stove

I made my goal of publishing Eastern Cryptids by spring of 2025 and shifted gears to finish a bridge between my volume 1 and 2 Kalas Papers novels. I've also jumped in to complete a long overdue project for a coloring book on cryptids that will lead to a series. I have flushed out ideas for many more books in the Kalas Papers series and have a larger pile of ideas on the back burners. My goal by the end of next year is to finish one or two new coloring/workbooks in my Primary Cryptozoology Education series as well as a new novel or continue with the Kalas Papers (or probably both). The real issue is having more ideas than time.

Back burners

  • There are a number of other books in various stages of development. What began as my first novel has been sitting at around 30,000 words after I abandoned it years ago to write The Beast of Friday Lake which is based on a character intruduced within it. This book focuses on a ghost group and the characters to must navigate through their personal demons to confront the paranormal.
  • Another book project that I have written a snyopsis as well a short story and outline for is tentatively titled, The Savage People, and is a historical novel set in the 15th century. The book follows real and fictional characters into the dangerous waters of the Mediterranean Sea and off the African coast as a young British runaway and a crew of Corsairs, pirates, and privateers find more than they bargain for as they attempt to free an important slave on a volcanic island.
  • I have also written a deep synopsis for a book that details the search for the elixir of life. The fascinating thing about this novel is the way in which I intend to write it by stitching together the past and present as it weaves through the book toward the climax where it will all meet together. It's an ambitious project that I will sit on until I feel I can commit to this story 100%.
  • I have also developed characters and an outline for a superhero novel that is also part horror and comedy. The novel combines parkour/free running, alien life, the afterlife, a secret government agency, and chromosone 6 deletion.
  • This is just the tip of the developmental iceberg as other ideas include a series on a U.S. Marine sniper, a horror novel dealing with a serial killer and a pest control technician, as well as a comedy/horror/paranormal team book that is different than my first book that is still in the process of writing but has since been taken off the hot stove, covered, and put in the freezer in a baggie.

More to come...

Books and Beasts Tour 2024New dates are soon to appear for the 2025 Books and Beasts presentation tour. Every Powerpoint I create is unique for each event.

I am also looking to add some more libary, podcast, and conference/convention appearances in the near future. The launching of a new book will hopefully bring some new events during the year.