Before the Benedict Mafia, before the Warlord turned life in Woodvale upside-down, aspiring writer Ron Bently was eager to find out what surprises awaited him in his eighth grade year at Woodvale High. Unfortunately, the first of these turns out to be his best friend, …
Read MoreDoll Universe
The Dyn’taren Guard These books for young readers (ages 7 and up, I think) are all about Fluffy Dog and his team of other talking animals, who hide in the world by pretending to be stuffed toys. They use magical artifacts from the planet Dyn’taren …
Read MoreWoodvale Universe
Children of Woodvale Formerly Known as School Kids SG Taking place in the (just barely) fictional town of Woodvale, New Jersey, this series chronicles the lives and adventures of teenagers growing up surrounded by a near-constant war between street gangs and vigilantes, driven by powerful …
Read MoreNight Driver, Daydreamer
These are memoirs from my student days at Bard College. Especially in 2006 and 2007, when I was working a phone-answering job that didn’t even allow me to read news on the Internet when things were slow, I put my photographic memory to use scribbling …
Read MoreThe Dyn’taren Guard and the Power of the Name
When Fluffy Dog opens a box filled with treasures from another planet, he and his friends become the Dyn’taren Guard: a team dedicated to making the world within their bedroom a nicer place. But a stranger known only as the Bright Hand is after the treasure, too, and the Guard already has its hands full dealing with scary skeletons, giant lizards, and one nutty little sister. Can Fluffy, Benny, Detective Dog, and the rest master the magic of the star wands and solve the mystery of the doll with no name?
Read MoreThe Case of the Crooked Candles
This is a children’s book about Detective Dog and his team of talking animals (who were named after my elementary school classmates) trying to solve the mystery of a jewelry store heist in my hometown of Westwood, NJ. It was created from a short story …
Read MoreBroken Lightning: Legend of the Qi Symbol
In the last days of the world, the energies of man and nature mingle, giving birth to Linkers – people with the power to control the elements. Kurt Ciardi, an electrician and first among the chosen, is determined to use his command over lightning to …
Read MoreWhere You Haven’t Been
This is a point-and-click adventure game in the style of the original Myst, set at my parents’ house in New Jersey. Originally created as a way to archive the house in its familiar state (and also to let my friends who’d otherwise never get to …
Read MoreNight of the Crimson Twig
Ron Bently was just an average fourteen-year-old boy, living in the small suburb of Woodvale, hub of the Prattcorn Valley. He hung out with his friends, played sports, and secretly wrote stories for a hobby. Sure, his confidence was impaired thanks to a kid named …
Read MoreThe Arc of Time (Children of Woodvale #3)
The teen angst hits the fan as Mark Daley slides to the brink of a nervous breakdown, pushed along by the troubled Tre Carmack. Weighed down by his vigilante past and feeling responsible for the awkwardness of his friends, Mark struggles to escape the idea …
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