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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.

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 ...

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.

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”.

In the fall of 1982 Jim went away to college for his freshman year to embark on the next phase of his life and there, he met a trio of girls with whom he formed an instant connection. This is the story of that friendship. A funny and nostalgic coming of age story, Nancy, Debbie, and Kathy 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.

How I Became a Stockbroker is a funny, nostalgic, and entertaining true tale from James J. Caterino, the author of Why I Don't Drink, Method Acting, To Meghan, and How Not to Become a Hollywood Screenwriter.

Delila is a senior at Coral Springs High School. She loves movies, writes film reviews for the school newspaper, has only two friends who are as eccentric as her, and keeps to herself. Then one night, she gets noticed by the celebrity star quarterback, and just like that, everything changes. The Geek Girl and The Quarterback is a funny, romantic, endearing, entertaining homage to 80’s teen movies and pop culture from writer James J. Caterino, the author of Pop Star, The Promise, Time Travel Stories, and The Last Neanderthal.

“Alex, Jordan, Desiree, and the story behind To Meghan” is a fascinating, humorous, and heartfelt behind the scenes real life story about the four girls behind one of the author’s works of fiction. Both this story and “My Hilton Adventure part II” (contained in this volume) are part of James J. Caterino’s True Stories, sort of, a brand-new epic collection of twelve tales from the author’s real life. James J. Caterino is the author of True Stories, To Meghan, I Want To Believe, Miami Noir 1987, and much more.

He is not human. He is not an ape. He is…something else. He is, the Mesomorph. Dr. Anton Mason invents a revolutionary anti-aging formula by turning back the genetic clock to a time when humans were a more robust and durable species. When the project is taken from him, he continues the research by injecting himself, transforming him into a hominid from our evolutionary past. Return of the Mesomorph is an action-packed suspenseful science fiction adventure from James J. Caterino, the author of Time Travel Stories and The Last Neanderthal. Also contained in this volume is the riveting ...

While on the job, contractor Baker Rosen comes across an old analog TV that becomes a mysterious gateway into the past, where he must find a way to change history to save someone he loves. In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Amazing Stories, VHF is a sweeping, emotional tale of imagination from James J. Caterino, the author of Pop Star, Lost in Time, The Green Girl, and The Promise.

Jim has always dreamed of being a film director. After decades of false starts and disappointments, he finally catches a break when his twenty-year-old supernatural horror screenplay Steel Phantom strikes Hollywood gold and he becomes attached as the director. He signs a major star talent to play the female lead and the shoot starts off as a smashing success. Then, as the intensity of the production ratches up, the lines between film and reality blur and Jim finds himself living in the world of his own creation, where the danger is deadly, and the horror is all too real. James J. Caterino ...

Jack Carlito is a writer, an artist, and a wannabe movie director looking for a deal. But time is running out and when he travels to Orlando for the annual Creative Screenwriting and Directing Convention, he knows this is his last best chance of making it happen. After checking in, he goes down to the hotel bar to grab some dinner, and then he sees her standing behind the bar, the real-life embodiment of the girl of his dreams. He leaves Orlando confident he has met the leading lady for the movie he is writing, and for his life. But when she vanishes, he is left without either, as he ...

Deeply personal, extremely self-indulgent book with something to offend almost everyone. Read at your own risk. You have been warned. True Stories, sort of, is an autobiographical memoir. Sort of. Each story is based on a real-life event experienced by the author. There are stories about best friends, mentors, lost loves, beloved pets, fanatical obsessions, an encounter with a Partridge Family style band, stories about being a stockbroker in the roaring 80s and 90s, pitching screenplays in Hollywood, the real story behind some of the author’s books, and even a dangerous, alcohol-fueled ...

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.

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