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A modern Navy fighter pilot travels back in time to WWII in the thrilling, action-packed Super Hornet 1942 A girl from a bleak apocalyptic near future comes back to try and change the future in Super 8 Images. A man looking to change his life becomes trapped in his own past in Lost in Time. Read these exciting stories and more in Time Travel Stories, an epic collection of mind-blowing tales of imagination from James J. Caterino, author of The Promise, Pop Star, and The Girl from the Stars.

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 ...

Fueled by the ugly rhetoric of a new leader, the cold civil war in America escalates until it splits the nation into two separate countries. Champion sprinter and Olympic hopeful Jasmine Pulp is trapped on the wrong side of the dividing line. She must now utilize all of her physical skills and mental toughness to survive behind enemy lines, in hope of escaping this dystopian fascist nightmare, and reuniting with her family on the other side. “The Pledge” is a harrowing piece of relentless action noir by James J. Caterino, the author of “Starfighter”, “Fireflies”, and “...

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 ...

An essay about listening to music on vinyl by James. J. Caterino, the author of Cool Stuff, Reviews and Essays, My Encounter with the Partridge Family, Why I Don't Drink, Chrome Dome, True Stories, To Meghan, Escape to Nowhere, and much more.

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.

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? The Man in the Window is an action horror short story from James J. Caterino, the author of Time Travel Stories, Ghost Stories, Romance Stories, True Stories, To Meghan, and much more.

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 femme fatale is. The closer he gets to finding her, the more dangerous his search becomes. Jade is a page-turning, thrilling short story from James J. Caterino, the author of The Andromeda Girl, The Man in the Window, Riverboat Steam, The Girl Out of Time, Ghost Stories, and much more.

The crayon blue sky. The calm, clear, glassy water. And a destination that included lunch on the water and a famous bikini contest. It was the ultimate South Florida day for five guys to be out on a boat. But soon alcohol and unforeseen events turned this perfect day into an absurd nightmare and a dark, comic adventure. Why I Don’t Drink is a harrowing and hilarious true story from the pen of James J. Caterino, the author of To Meghan, Method Acting, and The Geek Girl and the Quarterback.

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.

When a Partridge Family like band came to perform at my elementary school in March of 1974, it provided an epic moment in my life. A funny and nostalgic coming of age short story, My Encounter with The Partridge Family is another entertaining true tale from the pen of James J. Caterino, the author of Method Acting, To Meghan, and How Not to Become a Hollywood Screenwriter.

Feeling isolated and lonely during a pandemic quarantine, writer Jimmy Barton throws himself into a new project, a graphic novel called 1987. It is the story of Jennifer, a lost love from his past that never was. As he writes and draws, the focus of his work intensifies and becomes obsessive, until one day, he draws Jennifer into his life for real, straight out of the pages of 1987. Jennifer the Sketchbook Girl is a delightful, addictive, funny, suspenseful, and romantic tale of imagination from James J. Caterino, the author of Super Hornet 1942, The Green Girl, The Mesomorph, and The Girl ...

Jack Trainer is a sales executive working for the fossil fuel industry and as ruthless as they come. Then one day he meets environmentalist Kara Jones and Jack experiences something he can’t explain. Something fantastic and wondrous. Something that will change him forever. In the tradition of “The Twilight Zone”, “The Outer Limits”, and “Amazing Stories”, “The Green Girl” is an epic, page turning tale of fantasy, romance, and suspense, from the imagination of acclaimed writer James J. Caterino, author of “Watch the Skies”, “The Girl from the Stars”, and “Super ...

Barry McGriff is an illustrator at an ad agency. He is disrespected at work, bullied by local punks, and secretly in love with a girl at work he longs to be with. One day, he comes into possession of a mythic artifact called the Stone of Grok, and everything changes. The stone gives him physical strength and supreme confidence, allowing him to at long last pursue his dreams. But he soon learns this new power comes at a price, putting himself, and the people he cares about, in more danger than he could have ever imagined. 90s Comic Book Hero is a rousing, romantic, comedy adventure from ...

Girl Pop is an essay about my favorite sub-genre of music. James J. Caterino is the author of Jordan Rose and the Tomb of Resurrection, The Anti-Matter Girl, Dreams, True Stories, To Meghan, I Want to Believe, Ghost Stories, Pop Star, Time Travel Stories, The Girl from the Stars, and much more.

Kronos is one of the last of his kind. A descendant of the Neanderthal who once thrived throughout Eurasia, his people crossed the same ancient land bridge as the original Native Americans. They have roamed Pacific Northwest forests for thousands of years, and their occasional sightings by humans have become the mythic stuff of the Bigfoot legend. One day Kronos spots a helicopter with hunters, swarming down upon a family of wolves, including his friend Lucca. Kronos runs to the scene, trying to stop the slaughter. But then, the guns of the humans turn upon him. He is wounded, cut off from ...

An essay by James J. Caterino, the author of Girl Pop, Dreams, True Stories, To Meghan, I Want to Believe, Ghost Stories, The Geek Girl and the Quarterback, The Last Neanderthal, Pop Star, The Girl from the Stars, and Watch the Skies.

Anna Payton is a career woman, a mother, and a wife, living an ordinary existence in suburban South Florida. Then one night, during a wave of UFO sightings, she has a close encounter with something from beyond this world. Everything changes. She experiences missing time. She begins to have haunting visions of her twin sister April, a sister who tragically died in a boating accident twenty-seven years earlier at the age of thirteen.What happened to Anna during her close encounter and what does it have to do with her long dead twin sister? Anna needs to find out, no matter what the cost. As ...

California Dreaming: How Not to Become a Hollywood Screenwriter is the entertaining and often hilarious tale of one man’s cinematic obsession and his attempt to get a movie deal done in the place where dreams are made. James J. Caterino is the author of Fantastic Films, Cult TV Shows, and Perfect Pop Songs, To Meghan, The Geek Girl and the Quarterback, and Miami Noir 1987.

When college student Jim takes an acting class, he learns the true meaning of getting into character and receives an unforgettable lesson in acting, life, and most of all, love. Based on a true story, Method Acting is a short story about lost love by James J. Caterino, the author of To Meghan, I Want to Believe, and The Geek Girl and the Quarterback.