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"Boomsters" An Unexpected Adventure" by David Marks

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Boomsters: An Unexpected Adventure David MarksWheatmark (2023)ISBN: ‎ 979-8887470801Reviewed by Sandra Cruz for Reader Views (01/2024) In David Mark’s “Boomsters: An Unexpected Adventure,” the story revolves around David Blazen, a man who has just retired after 50 years in a comfortable job. He is desperately looking for a purpose in his life and decides that he will become a detective. With no…

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

By Michael Thomas Perone

Pub. Date: October 14, 2024

Publisher: Wheatmark

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 251

𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐛:

A small town becomes obsessed with television—to the point of madness.

A cheerful innocent confronts the harsh reality of the world and is forever changed by the experience.

A struggling author begins receiving strange messages on the paper he uses to write.

A bullied, brilliant teen is put through the wringer of his high school and comes out the other side insane.

A detective of the future discovers he may be investigating his own untimely demise—and that of the world’s.

These and one more dark fable await you from the imaginative mind of the award-winning author Michael Thomas Perone. Part fractured fairy tales, part nightmare fuel, The Electric God and Other Shorts follows characters who struggle to remain sane in an insane world and features stories that will keep you up at night, wondering what might be lurking in the shadows.

𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰:

“𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓.”

It's a collection of short stories that deals with darkness. I got a disturbing yet great reading experience as it explores horror themes intermixed with ordinary. It definitely blurs the line between reality and imaginary, as the characters often find themselves in illogical situations. I appreciate the author for blending the supernatural things in reality so well. Without giving away the entire plot, I'll explain my favorites among them.

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌. 𝑰𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆."

The story revolves around Bill who finds himself in a strange scenario as he faces a baby with supernatural power.

"𝑻𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔."

The story deals with Jonathan, a writer who's immersing himself in writing, as he finds a mysterious message, it takes him back to his childhood and the deep bond he shares with the writing process, highlighting the differences of modern equips.

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒛𝒛𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆."

The story follows Nick as he ends up in an abandoned house after experiencing some strange events. His memories from his high school days, his past facing his deepest fears of being an outcast.

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑹𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔—𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍.”

“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒛𝒛 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍.”

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫:

Michael Thomas Perone is an award-winning author who has written for The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Long Island Voice (a spinoff of The Village Voice), and The Island Ear (now titled Long Island Press), among others. Online, he has written for Yahoo!, WhatCulture!, and other websites that don’t end with an exclamation mark.

His debut novel, the action-adventure Danger Peak, was the recipient of multiple awards, including The Fall 2022 BookFest Award in the category of Young Adult – Action and Adventure. His follow-up, the coming-of-age/sci-fi mindbender Déjà View, won First Place at the Spring 2024 BookFest Awards in the category of Young Adult – Literary and Coming of Age. It was also a finalist of The Eric Hoffer Book Award. He currently works as a Senior Editor and lives on Long Island with his wife and two daughters.

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Publishing Consultant / Editor

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August 2019 - September 2024

Tucson, AZ (to Remote)

• Copy edit, proofread, and apply edits to books in InDesign and Word

• Work with writers on their manuscript and offer the appropriate service, such as proofreading, copy editing, a manuscript evaluation, layout, etc.

• Run the bookstore by selling books in bulk to retailers and authors via Quickbooks, Ingram/LightningSource, and Amazon KDP

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• Run and design media for Wheatmark’s booth at the Tucson Festival of Books

• Prepare monthly webinars (presentations, interviews, etc.) for Wheatmark's online Authors Academy, host monthly office hours, and create newsletter

• Run audiobook production with ACX on Amazon and local audio producers

• Edit and create, manage assets for, and upload book trailers for authors

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Cover Reveal of "Danger Peak" by Michael Thomas Perone, Wheatmark, July 3, 2022

Cover Reveal of “Danger Peak” by Michael Thomas Perone, Wheatmark, July 3, 2022

#Coming of Age, Action and Adventure, and 1980’s What’s on top of Danger Peak? That’s what thirteen-year-old Robert Kin and his two best friends, wisecracking and loyal Chris and sweet but put-upon Rinnie, want to find out in their small suburban town of the late 1980s. The three teens are members of the motorbike-racing club the Wild Boars, and with the inadvertent help of their eccentric…

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@FTThum #BookReview 'Nina's Memento Mori' by Mathias B Freese

@FTThum #BookReview 'Nina's Memento Mori' by Mathias B Freese #memoir #nonfiction #book

This quote from Gabor Maté comes to mind as I read Nina’s Memento Mori by Mathias B Freese.

“I needed to write, to express myself through written language not only so that others might hear me but so that I could hear myself.”

  Title:      Nina’s Memento Mori Author:  Mathias B Freese Publishers: Wheatmark Format: Paperback (2019) Pages:   136 Genre: Non-fiction, Literary, Memoir

    What’s it about?

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It's 1995 and Denver is humming. Telecommunications inventors and investors chase after fame and big bucks, all trying to produce the "next big thing." Hawk Kidree, a mixed-race Nanticoke Indian, watches the scene using a skeptical eye. One night, Hawk has a vision: He watches the brilliant, neon sign of Telwest flicker out because the skyline of Denver is plunged into darkness. Before long, this "outsider" finds himself caught up in a mysterious complex of corporate forces.

This may be the story ? of a culture unmanageable then one man's journey towards the far wall of the darkness ? told in Soundings, the newest book by Silver City author William Charland (Wheatmark,$17.95).

Though Soundings is Charland's first novel, it can be in no way his first book. He's published six works of nonfiction, all variations with a theme to build a meaningful life and finding rewarding work ? including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Changing Careers, published by then-Alpha Books, a publishing company later purchased by McMillan.

With a doctorate in religion, an extended career in outplacement and years of living in Denver, where he also wrote a careers column, Charland's foray into fiction seems a natural progression. His fictionalized version in the Mile High City provides perfect setting through which to understand more about and expose the darker side of life, greed and ambition he'd observed from a lot of living there in real life.

Charland started writing Soundings about six in the past, as they and the wife, Phoebe, were surviving in Mexico. "I was looking back in my years in Denver from your perspective of another culture ? the one that moves much slower and cultivates some deeper human values," he states. "I may not attended on top of the storyline had I not experienced Mexico."

He'd found a publisher in Barbed Wire Press in Las Cruces, then run by George Stein, a one-time high-tech communications manager, who keyed straight into Charland's description of Denver's "go-go" years. The plan would have been to bring the book out this season, but then Stein died of a sudden heart attack. Charland shopped around and made a decision to bring the ebook out himself through Tucson-based Wheatmark, a self-publishing and print-on-demand house that gives marketing support because of its authors.

Truth may be stranger than fiction, as the saying goes, but fiction is harder than research and relating facts, Charland says, something he did for years writing journalism (for the Denver Post, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Examiner and many others) and in the concept of academia.

I find writing fiction far more challenging than anything else I've done, he admits that. "You need to listen for the story to emerge. It's almost given to you, wonderful."

He's written another novel, based on the closing of his South Dakota alma mater as well as the conversion of these campus to some prison. As in Soundings, according to him, a good bit of this story is situated actually. He promises to bring that book out the coming year, also through Wheatmark.

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harland and the wife gone after Silver City from Denver four in years past ? via Guadalajara, where they lived for that better part of your year anf the husband taught English inside a university. His wife, Phoebe, is produced by Tucumcari, so moving to New Mexico would be a sort of homecoming on her. And Charland, having attended college in the little town of Yankton, SD, inside them for hours lived in other small towns, says he feels right in your own home in Silver City. Not quite able to be completely retired, Charland works part-time, directing the honors program at WNMU.

Of Hawk Kidree, his main character in Soundings, Charland says, "I wanted a character to be 'in and not of' the field of high-tech mania such as I saw in Denver within the mid-1990s." He adds that their own quiet "outsider" quality often leaves him feeling outside social groups.

He could also correspond with Hawk's vision. "I'm very attuned to visions, especially in my dream life," he admits that. "I think many Native American cultures possess a sensitivity to this side of life that technologically driven cultures go beyond."

And Hawk Kidree is an excellent vehicle to present voice to Charland's observations on standard of living and character. "Most of most, I hope that readers are certain to get involved inside a story that invites another take a look at our race to get a constant round of the latest technology," Charland says. "Denver, in the period I wrote about, was obsessed using a new era in telecommunications. I've been struck with the figure of Joe Nacchio, ex-CEO of Qwest, who was considered almost a messianic estimate Denver from the mid-90s. Now, of course, he's a convicted felon facing a long prison sentence.

To some degree, I think most of us fed from the excesses inside the 1990s, he adds. "At some level, we had arrived all Joe Nacchio, in their ambition and greed. I'd like to help readers take an extra have a look at that part of our culture as well as ourselves."

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It's 1995 and Denver is humming. Telecommunications inventors and investors chase after fame and cash, all looking to produce the "next popular trend." Hawk Kidree, a mixed-race Nanticoke Indian, watches the scene with a skeptical eye. One night, Hawk features a vision: He watches the bright, neon sign of Telwest flicker out because the skyline of Denver is plunged into darkness. Before long, this "outsider" finds himself caught up in a mysterious complex of corporate forces.

This could be the story ? of your culture out of control then one man's journey for the other side in the darkness ? told in Soundings, the brand new book by Silver City author William Charland (Wheatmark,$17.95).

Though Soundings is Charland's first novel, it can be by no means his first book. He's published six works of nonfiction, all variations with a theme to construct a meaningful life and finding rewarding work ? including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Changing Careers, published by then-Alpha Books, a publishing company later purchased by McMillan.

With a doctorate in religion, a good career in outplacement and years of residing in Denver, where younger crowd wrote a careers column, Charland's foray into fiction seems an organic progression. His fictionalized version of the Mile High City provides the perfect setting whereby to understand more about and expose the darker side of life, greed and ambition he'd observed from many years of living there in the real world.

Charland started writing Soundings about six years back, when he and the wife, Phoebe, were surviving in Mexico. "I was looking back on my own years in Denver through the perspective of another culture ? the one that moves much slower and cultivates some deeper human values," he admits that. "I probably would not attended track of the tale had I not held it's place in Mexico."

He'd found a publisher in Barbed Wire Press in Las Cruces, then run by George Stein, a one-time high-tech communications manager, who keyed right into Charland's description of Denver's "go-go" years. The plan ended up being bring the novel out this coming year, but then Stein died of your sudden cardiac arrest. Charland shopped around and made a decision to bring the book out himself through Tucson-based Wheatmark, a self-publishing and print-on-demand house that gives marketing support because of its authors.

Truth could possibly be stranger than fiction, as we say, but fiction is harder than research and relating facts, Charland says, something he did for many years writing journalism (for the Denver Post, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Examiner or anything else) plus the concept of academia.

I find writing fiction far more challenging than anything else I've done, according to him. "You have to listen for the story to emerge. It's almost directed at you, ideal."

He's written another novel, depending on the closing of his South Dakota alma mater as well as the conversion of the campus to some prison. As in Soundings, he states, a good bit of that story is reliant in fact. He intends to bring that book out pick up, also through Wheatmark.

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harland and his wife gone to live in Silver City from Denver four years ago ? via Guadalajara, where they lived for that better part of an year and he taught English in a very university. His wife, Phoebe, comes from Tucumcari, so moving to New Mexico was obviously a kind of homecoming to be with her. And Charland, having attended college in the little capital of scotland - Yankton, SD, and achieving lived in other small towns, says he feels right in the home in Silver City. Not quite able to be completely retired, Charland works part-time, directing the honors program at WNMU.

Of Hawk Kidree, his main character in Soundings, Charland says, "I wanted a character to be 'in and not of' the concept of high-tech mania such as I saw in Denver in the mid-1990s." He adds that his very own quiet "outsider" quality often leaves him feeling outside social groups.

He also can relate with Hawk's vision. "I'm very attuned to visions, specifically in my dream life," according to him. "I think many Native American cultures use a sensitivity to this side of life that technologically driven cultures go beyond."

And Hawk Kidree is an excellent vehicle to provide voice to Charland's observations on quality of life and private character. "Most coming from all, I hope that readers is certain to get involved in the story that invites an additional take a look at our race to get a constant round of the latest technology," Charland says. "Denver, at that time I wrote about, was obsessed using a new era in telecommunications. I've been struck through the figure of Joe Nacchio, ex-CEO of Qwest, who was viewed as almost a messianic figure in Denver of the mid-90s. Now, naturally, he's a convicted felon facing a long prison sentence.

To some degree, I think we all fed off the excesses in the 1990s, he adds. "At some level, we had been all Joe Nacchio, in the ambition and greed. I'd like to help readers take a second take a look at that area of our culture in addition to ourselves."

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"Angoleth's Heir" by Meagan Poetschlag

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Angoleth’s Heir Meagan PoetschlagWheatmark (2023)ISBN:  979-8887471099Reviewed by Tammy Ruggles for Reader Views (01/2024) “Angoleth’s Heir” (Dragons of Angoleth) by Meagan Poetschlag is a compelling and highly entertaining novel of magical realism that will soon become one of your favorites in the genre. Soraya is a New York City high school student with the usual ups and downs that come with…

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It's 1995 and Denver is humming. Telecommunications inventors and investors chase after fame and big bucks, all trying to produce the "next popular trend." Hawk Kidree, a mixed-race Nanticoke Indian, watches the scene having a skeptical eye. One night, Hawk carries a vision: He watches the intense, neon sign of Telwest flicker out since the skyline of Denver is plunged into darkness. Before long, this "outsider" finds himself distracted by a mysterious complex of corporate forces.

This could be the story ? of an culture out of control and one man's journey towards the other side of the darkness ? told in Soundings, the brand new book by Silver City author William Charland (Wheatmark,$17.95).

Though Soundings is Charland's first novel, it is by no means his first book. He's published six works of nonfiction, all variations over a theme to construct a meaningful life and finding rewarding work ? including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Changing Careers, published by then-Alpha Books, a publishing company later purchased by McMillan.

With a doctorate in religion, a good career in outplacement and many years of living in Denver, where actually is well liked wrote a careers column, Charland's foray into fiction seems an all-natural progression. His fictionalized version with the Mile High City supplies the perfect setting by which to explore and expose the darker side of life, greed and ambition he'd observed from years of living there in real life.

Charland started writing Soundings about six in years past, when he with his fantastic wife, Phoebe, were moving into Mexico. "I was looking back on my small years in Denver from your perspective of some other culture ? the one which moves much slower and cultivates some deeper human values," he says. "I may not have come with the story had I not held it's place in Mexico."

He'd found a publisher in Barbed Wire Press in Las Cruces, then run by George Stein, a one-time high-tech communications manager, who keyed straight into Charland's description of Denver's "go-go" years. The plan would have been to bring the ebook out this season, but then Stein died of your sudden heart attack. Charland shopped around and chose to bring it out himself through Tucson-based Wheatmark, a self-publishing and print-on-demand house providing you with marketing support for its authors.

Truth might be stranger than fiction, as the saying goes, but fiction is harder than research and relating facts, Charland says, something he did for years writing journalism (to the Denver Post, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Examiner and many more) and in the concept of academia.

I find writing fiction far more challenging than whatever else I've done, he admits that. "You need to listen for the storyline to emerge. It's almost provided to you, ideal."

He's written another novel, depending on the closing of his South Dakota alma mater and also the conversion of that campus to some prison. As in Soundings, according to him, a good bit of the story is situated actually. He plans to bring that book out next year, also through Wheatmark.

C

harland and his wife moved to Silver City from Denver four in the past ? via Guadalajara, where they lived to the better part of your year anf the husband taught English inside a university. His wife, Phoebe, is from Tucumcari, so moving to New Mexico was obviously a type of homecoming to be with her. And Charland, having attended college within the little capital of scotland - Yankton, SD, and having lived in other small towns, says he feels right in your house in Silver City. Not quite willing to be completely retired, Charland works part-time, directing the honors program at WNMU.

Of Hawk Kidree, his main character in Soundings, Charland says, "I wanted a character being 'in but not of' the concept of high-tech mania for example I saw in Denver in the mid-1990s." He adds that his own quiet "outsider" quality often leaves him feeling outside social groups.

He also can relate with Hawk's vision. "I'm very attuned to visions, particularly in my dream life," he says. "I think many Native American cultures have a sensitivity to this particular side of life that technologically driven cultures go beyond."

And Hawk Kidree is an excellent vehicle to offer voice to Charland's observations on standard of living and private character. "Most of all, I hope that readers is certain to get involved in a story that invites another examine our race to generate a consistent round of new technology," Charland says. "Denver, in the period I wrote about, was obsessed using a new era in telecommunications. I've been struck from the figure of Joe Nacchio, ex-CEO of Qwest, who had previously been viewed as almost a messianic figure in Denver of the mid-90s. Now, needless to say, he's a convicted felon facing a long prison sentence.

To some degree, I think all of us fed from the excesses inside the 1990s, he adds. "At some level, we had arrived all Joe Nacchio, in their ambition and greed. I'd like to help readers take an extra take a look at that element of our culture as well as ourselves."

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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the DEJA VIEW by Michael Thomas Perone Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

  About The Book:

Title: DEJA VIEW

Author: Michael Thomas Perone

Pub. Date: October 6, 2023

Publisher: Wheatmark

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 275

Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/DEJA-VIEW  

Twelve-year-old Bobby Dalton doesn't want to grow up. All his life, he has relied on the imaginary games of childhood with his best friends Joe and Max to get him through the tough times. But this all changes when his Seventh-Grade class buries a time capsule to commemorate the end of the 1980s. Now Bobby is being haunted by visions: ghostly doppelgangers of himself, his friends, and others. He calls them "déjà view." Are these visions real, or has his imagination finally gotten away from him? And if they're real, what do they want? Bobby needs to figure this all out to survive his childhood…and his life.

From the author of the award-winning Danger Peak, Déjà View is a darkly funny coming-of-age dramedy with a sci-fi twist, cranked up to eleven. But even more, it's at once a pulse-pounding thrill ride and a haunting portrait of paranoia, mental illness, and the unbearable sadness of growing up.

    Déjà View Excerpt

 by Michael Thomas Perone

 I picked the following excerpt from my new novel, Déjà View, because for one, I just think it’s funny, but also, it’s the first sign to the reader that things are not quite right in Bobby’s world, and it foreshadows the strangeness to come. Finally, this excerpt reinforces the major theme of my book, which is the death of childhood.

 An hour later, Bobby’s guests were seated around a table in the party room, devouring towers of pizza. Bobby and his friends had a front-row seat to the stage of Chuck E. Cheese’s band, an assortment of animatronic animals: a chicken, a dog, some kind of purple monster that resembled McDonaldland’s Grimace, and, of course, Chuck E. himself. Bobby often wondered why anyone would make a rat the mascot for their kid-friendly pizza restaurant; it seemed unsanitary. It mattered little, though. He came for the food and games, not the dinner entertainment. Every year, these robotic animals would mortify him by crooning “Happy Birthday,” their voices becoming craggier as the robots got older, worn from singing over a thousand birthdays to over a thousand boys and girls.

 “Mom,” he asked, leaning in conspiratorially so his friends couldn’t hear, “can we skip the Chuck E. song this year? I’m getting a little too old for it.”

 “It’s tradition, sweetie,” she replied in a singsong voice to keep up appearances. Before he could respond, Chuck E. came alive, as if possessed by some ancient curse.

 “Hey everyone!” it began. “I hear it’s somebody’s birthday!” Derrick and Joe, seated next to each other, offered sardonic, golfer’s applause. The twitchy robot tried reaching for its guitar as his “bandmates” grabbed their own respective instruments. But the twitching suddenly became a trembling as the robot’s arms flailed past his guitar and bonked the chicken, who in turn bumped into the dog. Now all four automatons were shaking as if caught in their own personal earthquake.

 “Uh, is this part of the show?” Derrick asked Joe.

 “Nah,” Joe replied. “I think Chuck E.’s had one too many birthdays.”

 An announcement came over the loudspeaker that there were some “technical difficulties,” but the perverse show continued unbidden. At once, a comet of sparks burst out of the robotic rodent’s back; for a split second, it resembled a flame-spitting sprinkler. Bobby briefly wondered if the thick red curtain behind the performers would catch fire, but fate was kind, and the sparks receded. In the throes of its last herky-jerky movements, Chuck E. finally keeled over and died, its head collapsing onto the floor with a clunk to stare directly at Bobby with one glowing dead eye.

  “Hep-pee...burth-dee...,” the mangled voice managed to eke out one final time. Bobby stared in horror as the beloved childhood mascot bit the big one. He was never a huge fan of these robot shows, but he never meant to attend Chuck E.’s funeral. Bobby turned to the end of his table to spy Derrick and Joe snickering to each other in a private conversation, and he felt an aloneness he had never experienced before.

    About Michael Thomas Perone:

Michael Thomas Perone is an award-winning author who has written for The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Long Island Voice (a spinoff of The Village Voice), and The Island Ear (now titled Long Island Press), among others. Online, he has written for Fatherly, Yahoo!, WhatCulture!, and other websites that don’t end with an exclamation mark. His articles for WhatCulture! covering the world of entertainment alone have been viewed over 374,000 times, and his expertise on critical writing in the music industry has been cited on Wikipedia and featured in national press kits. He currently works as a Senior Editor in Manhattan and lives on Long Island with his wife and two daughters. For more information, please visit www.michaelthomasperone.com.

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It's 1995 and Denver is humming. Telecommunications inventors and investors chase after fame and lots of money, all hoping to produce the "next growing trend." Hawk Kidree, a mixed-race Nanticoke Indian, watches the scene having a skeptical eye. One night, Hawk features a vision: He watches the bright, neon symbol of Telwest flicker out as the skyline of Denver is plunged into darkness. Before long, this "outsider" finds himself caught up in a mysterious complex of corporate forces.

This is the story ? of your culture out of control then one man's journey towards the far wall with the darkness ? told in Soundings, the modern book by Silver City author William Charland (Wheatmark,$17.95).

Though Soundings is Charland's first novel, it really is by no means his first book. He's published six works of nonfiction, all variations on the theme to build a meaningful life and finding rewarding work ? including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Changing Careers, published by then-Alpha Books, a publishing company later purchased by McMillan.

With a doctorate in religion, an extended career in outplacement and years of moving into Denver, where actually is well liked wrote a careers column, Charland's foray into fiction seems a natural progression. His fictionalized version in the Mile High City supplies the perfect setting by which to educate yourself regarding and expose the darker side of life, greed and ambition he'd observed from numerous years of living there in person.

Charland started writing Soundings about six years ago, as they and the wife, Phoebe, were moving into Mexico. "I was looking back on my years in Denver through the perspective of one other culture ? the one which moves much slower and cultivates some deeper human values," he admits that. "I might not have come track of the storyline had I not been in Mexico."

He'd found a publisher in Barbed Wire Press in Las Cruces, then run by George Stein, a one-time high-tech communications manager, who keyed right into Charland's description of Denver's "go-go" years. The plan was to bring the novel out this season, but Stein died of an sudden cardiac arrest. Charland shopped around and decided to bring it out himself through Tucson-based Wheatmark, a self-publishing and print-on-demand house that provides marketing support for its authors.

Truth could possibly be stranger than fiction, as the saying goes, but fiction is harder than research and relating facts, Charland says, something he did for a long time writing journalism (for that Denver Post, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Examiner and many more) along with the field of academia.

I find writing fiction far more challenging than whatever else I've done, he says. "You need to listen for the storyplot to emerge. It's almost given to you, wonderful."

He's written another novel, based on the closing of his South Dakota alma mater as well as the conversion of that campus to your prison. As in Soundings, he says, a good bit of that story is situated in reality. He offers to bring that book out next year, also through Wheatmark.

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harland and his awesome wife gone after Silver City from Denver four in the past ? via Guadalajara, where they lived for the better part of your year and the man taught English in a university. His wife, Phoebe, is produced by Tucumcari, so moving to New Mexico would be a type of homecoming on her. And Charland, having attended college inside the little capital of scotland- Yankton, SD, and achieving lived in other small towns, says he feels right at home in Silver City. Not quite prepared to be completely retired, Charland works part-time, directing the honors program at WNMU.

Of Hawk Kidree, his main character in Soundings, Charland says, "I wanted a character to get 'in and not of' the joy of high-tech mania like I saw in Denver inside mid-1990s." He adds that their own quiet "outsider" quality often leaves him feeling outside social groups.

He can also correspond with Hawk's vision. "I'm very attuned to visions, specifically in my dream life," he says. "I think many Native American cultures possess a sensitivity for this side of life that technologically driven cultures look past."

And Hawk Kidree is a superb vehicle to offer voice to Charland's observations on standard of living and private character. "Most of all, I hope that readers are certain to get involved inside a story that invites a second look at our race to generate a constant round of the latest technology," Charland says. "Denver, in the period I wrote about, was obsessed using a new era in telecommunications. I've been struck through the figure of Joe Nacchio, ex-CEO of Qwest, who was viewed as almost a messianic determine Denver with the mid-90s. Now, needless to say, he's a convicted felon facing a lengthy prison sentence.

To some extent, I think many of us fed off of the excesses inside 1990s, he adds. "At some level, we were all Joe Nacchio, in the ambition and greed. I'd like to help readers take a second look at that element of our culture as well as ourselves."

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