A QUICK PITCH OF ALL MY LIFE'S WORKS
Posted on August 22, 2020
I thought it might be fun to try to distill each of my books into one sentence. Here goes:
novels by Brian
Irving Wishbutton and the Questing Academy
Irving Wishbutton and the Revision Ravine
Irving Wishbutton and the Tomb of Tomes
Irving Wishbutton and the Domain of Sagas
– Hero goes to a school for characters to learn how to play his part
Graham the Gargoyle 1: Graham's Grief
Graham the Gargoyle 2: Flenn's Folly
Graham the Gargoyle 3: Ot's Ordeal
– Young gargoyle conquers his fears and his bully
Here Is Where I . . . Wield a Really Big Sword
– Sideline character fills the shoes of a dead big hero
The Powers That Flee
– Teens gain superpowers with an expiration date
Ghost Coast
– Something's taking out all the ghosts along the shore
Bring On the Magic
-Never trust a talking spellbook
Tagalong
– Bully and nerd uncover a fake quest
Flame and Fortune
– A plucky will-o'-wisp steals the show from a bounty-hunting were-elf and lava man
Ned Firebreak
– An alleged dragonslayer rescues and is rescued by rowdy princesses
The God Wheel
– Facing world-ending evil with the help of a personal pantheon of deities
Arcana Creek
– A magical creek overflows and spreads dark magic
With a Side of Universal Destruction
– The fate of the universe falls to an average Joe
Turncoats Book One: Overrun
Turncoats Book Two: Overwhelmed
– Dead teen girl and live teen boy face a daunting horde of the undead that is mutating
We Kill Humans Book One: Offshoots
– Human/alien hybrids re-engineered to eliminate mankind resist their programming and fight their alien overlords
Angus Farseek Book One: Untimely Agents
– Nearly dead man is recruited to safeguard time and learns about his past and his future
Monsters in Boxers 1: Chaos At the Door
– Hi-tech boxers from the future transform ordinary tweens into superhero monsters
with Keith Robinson
Fractured
Unearthed
– Two boys from different realms set out on a quest to unify their worlds
as D. Spangler
We Three Meet
– Two characters become aware of their narrator and his plot to match them up
Decisive Magic
– A phone app that allows you to choose your own fate drives two twentysomethings with a mutual past either together or apart
as Landon Alspiret
Burnt Jesus
– Someone is killing off alternate reality Jesusi and an accountant must solve this crime of the millennia
Sure would be nice if you went out and ordered a few or roped a friend or two into trying my projects. No pressure, but I did hear that all of reality might collapse if I remain an obscure writer much longer.