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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 ...

Ghost Stories is an epic collection of novellas and short stories featuring six spooky tales of supernatural suspense and mesmerizing horror from the prolific imagination of James J. Caterino, the author of over sixty published works including Time Travel Stories, Pop Star, The Promise, Starfighter Year 1, and The Geek Girl and The Quarterback.

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 ...

Jenna is stalked by a sinister man in a mask on the eve of her eighteenth birthday in The Man in the Window. What does he want, and is he even real? Two astronomers make first contact with another life form, forever changing both of their lives in The Andromeda Girl. In Jade, a writer at a comic book convention buys an illustration of a beautiful woman he has seen in real life. He becomes obsessed with finding out who this mysterious woman is. Sixteen-year-old babysitter Gina Zeneski takes the kids for a day at the amusement park and gets more than she bargained for in Rollercoaster, a ...

Laura and Laurie: The Trilogy was just the beginning of something extraordinary. The Art of Appreciation: Laura and Laurie part IV is a short story/essay about love, friendship, destiny, and the power of giving.

A lonely man pining away for a lost love and a chance not taken finds a way to change everything in Blair: a time travel story, a short story by writer James J. Caterino, the author of The Andromeda Girl, The Man in the Window, Escape to Nowhere, Night Skies, Ghost Stories, Cool Stuff, I Want to Believe, Fantastic Stories, Fantastic Stories: Season 2, The Promise, Time Travel Stories, and much more.

Sixteen year-old Gina Zeneski is leading a good life. She is smart, beautiful, a track star, and has a sweet gig babysitting the Robinson kids. One fateful Saturday she takes the children for what was supposed to be a fun Saturday at the amusement park. But when she and the kids witness something they were not supposed to see, it turns out to be a deadly day of harrowing danger. “Rollercoaster” is another knockout, action-packed short story from the lurid imagination of James J. Caterino, author of “The Eco-Warrior”, “Watch the Skies”, and the “Caitlin Star” series.

When most people hit middle age, they buy a sports car, or go skydiving, or start a new exercise program. But fifty-three year-old James Pezzini goes another route. He decides to become a quarterback and tryout as a walk-on for the North Dade University Spartans football team. “The Quarterback” is a hilarious, heartfelt, wickedly entertaining tale of inspiration and second chances from James J. Caterino, the author of “Super Hornet 1942” and “Miami Noir 1987”.

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 illustrator at an ad agency creates a drawing of a woman taking a selfie for a smart phone ad campaign. Then, he comes across a real-life, living version of the exact same woman and image. In the tradition of "The Twilight Zone", "The Outer Limits", and "Amazing Stories", "The Selfie" is a bold, shocking, romantic, unforgettable short story from the lurid imagination of James J. Caterino, author of “The B Girl” and “Caitlin Star: The Trilogy.”

When they decided to bring back a new, re-imagined version of “The Battle of the Network Stars”, writer James J. Caterino knew he had to find a way to get into the competition. And when he did, it became the adventure of a lifetime. “Battle of the Network Superheroes” is another wild, wickedly entertaining tale from the fevered imagination of controversial author James J. Caterino, creator of “Steel Phantom”, “Among the Stars”, “The Last Neanderthal”, and the “Caitlin Star” series.

"The B Girl" is the story of an extraordinary friendship, a planet in peril, and a science fantasy adventure beyond imagination. Her people were dying, suffocating from the toxic poisons sprayed upon them by the humans. There is but one chance to save them. The Queen must take a fantastic journey and transfer her life force into a dying human girl named Victoria Vetri. If the transfer works, the girl will be saved and the Queen will achieve human form as the two of them merge into one consciousness. Then, the true danger begins. Once in the human form of Victoria, the Queen must adjust to ...

Jenna lives in the year 2080. It is a dystopian nightmare; a world ravished by climate change and non-stop wars, an Earth on the verge of becoming a lifeless, barren rock with toxic air and acidic oceans. But there is hope as she finds a way to travel back into the past to 2019. Now she must try to change the course of history, create a new timeline, and save the planet. “Super 8 Images” is a clever, thrilling, touching tale of time travel from James J. Caterino, the author of “Fireflies”, “Watch the Skies”, and the “The Last Neanderthal.”

Angela is seeing things. Strange things. Dangerous things. She relocates to Pittsburgh and is haunted by intense visions of a menacing attacker clad in a welding mask who abducts her and takes her to an abandoned steel mill. The visions escalate, crossing the line into reality, and she soon learns the secret to stopping this Steel Phantom, may be buried in the dark mysteries of the forbidden past of her new hometown. Steel Phantom is a lurid, thrilling, supernatural horror story from James J. Caterino, the author of The Séance, Murder Psychic Incorporated, The Ice Mummy, Time Travel ...

We are driving on Street Runs Road now. This is the road the place where it happened, the birthplace of my journey, the crossroads, the crux of time where the line between life and death merged. It is the place where I was forever changed. In July of 1983, JC Pezzini and his parents were involved in a deadly hit-and-run car accident. A mysterious Good Samaritan referred to as She was the only reason JC survived and finding She has become his all-consuming passion in life. More than twenty years later, JC is a filmmaker, a voyeur, and a man haunted by his past. With the help of his ...

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.

Sharice and Samantha meet at the age of fifteen. Best friends from the start, they begin to make music together, and soon form a band known as The Femme Fatales, one of the greatest pop sensations of the 1980s. This is the story about the rise and the fall of that band, and the special friendship at its core.Anchored by unforgettable characters and a vivid sense of time and place, Pop Star is a musical journey, and an epic tale of family, friendship, success, heartbreak, and hope.

Carlos is the film critic for the Miami Herald. His life is all about the movies. But now, he is about to experience a cinematic plot twist that will change everything. “The Dream Factory” is a spell-binding science fiction short story by James J. Caterino, the author of “Fireflies”, “Watch the Skies”, and “Super 8 Images”.

Jordan Rose is a new high school graduate preparing to study archeology at the University of Michigan. She receives an unexpected invitation from a mysterious Oxford professor to join him on a fantastical quest in search of the ancient lost city of Azcar, and its mythic princess, Nadaya. What begins as a chance to earn extra college credits on the adventure of a lifetime, soon turns into a nightmare for the ages. Jordan Rose and the Tomb of Resurrection is a young adult action adventure by James J. Caterino, the author of The Anti-Matter Girl, Dreams, True Stories, To Meghan, Ghost Stories,...