Dear Reader, Love Theresa Cheung

 

Dear Reader,

If you are holding NightBorn in your hands or thinking about whether to step inside its pages thank you from my heart and soul. You may not realise it, but you are about to enter a story that lived inside me for years, quietly insisting on being written. After more than two decades of publishing nonfiction about dreams, intuition, spirituality, and the hidden workings of the mind, NightBorn marks a turning point for me. It is the first time I have taken everything I know about the subconscious and poured it into a fictional world. In many ways, it is the most personal and daring book I have ever created.

I wrote NightBorn for readers who love psychological mystery, emotional depth, and a touch of the uncanny. But I also wrote it for readers like my daughter - those who gravitate toward dark, twisty, atmospheric stories but would never pick up one of my dream guides. I wanted fiction to become a secret doorway into dreamwork, a way to teach the language of the subconscious through a page turning story rather than instruction. If you pay close attention to the symbols and shadows throughout the novel, you’ll find real dream decoding woven into the plot making it a crash course in how to understand and learn and grow from your dreams.

The path to bringing this book into the world was far from smooth. My long-standing nonfiction publishers couldn’t quite envision me stepping into fiction, so I had to make the difficult decision to publish independently. It meant less support, more uncertainty, and a great deal of creative risk. But it also meant freedom. It meant trusting my instincts. It meant believing in the story even when the path ahead wasn’t clear. NightBorn taught me to practice what I preach: that intuition is a compass worth following, even when others doubt the direction it points.

If you’re reading this before starting the book, I hope you enter its world with curiosity and a sense of wonder. Let the atmosphere draw you in. Listen closely to the dreams, both spoken and unspoken. If you’re reading this after finishing it, I hope something in the story resonated - perhaps a feeling, a question, and that it helps you wake up each morning with amazing dreams and gratitude for them on your mind.

Thank you for choosing to step into the world of NightBorn, for meeting Alice Sinclair, and for letting me reveal the beauty and mystery of dreaming in a new and unexpected way. I hope the story stays with you long after the last line and nudges you toward a future where you trust in the power and possibility of your own dreams. May your nights be filled with wild, vivid, and wonderful dreaming - tonight and always.

With love and nightlight,

Theresa

 

 

Theresa Cheung is an internationally bestselling author and public speaker. She has been writing about spirituality, dreams and the paranormal for the past 25 years, and was listed by Watkins Mind Body and Spirit magazine as one of the 100 most spiritually influential living people in 2023. She has a degree in Theology and English from Kings College, Cambridge University, frequently collaborating with leading scientists and neuroscientists researching consciousness.

Theresa is regularly featured in national newspapers and magazines, and she is a frequent radio, podcast and television guest and ITV: This Morning’s regular dream decoding expert. She hosts her own popular spiritual podcast called White Shores and weekly live UK Health Radio Show: The Healing Power of Your Dreams.

Her latest book is the paranormal thriller, NightBorn, available at Amazon US and Amazon UK.

You can visit her website at www.theresacheung.com or connect with her on X, Facebook, Instagram or Goodreads.

 

What if the line between your waking life and your darkest dreams disappeared forever?

Alice Sinclair, a driven psychology professor, is about to find out. When thousands of people begin experiencing terrifying, vivid nightmares … all centered around her, Alice’s quiet academic life is shattered. Haunted by the question of why she’s become the subject of these shared dreams, Alice embarks on a desperate search for answers, uncovering a chilling secret: someone – or something – hungry for global power has discovered a way to manipulate consciousness itself. The world is fast becoming a playground for those in control of the dreaming mind.  In a heart-stopping race against time, Alice must navigate a treacherous web of deception, where nothing – and no one – can be trusted, not even herself.

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NightBorn is available at Amazon US and Amazon UK.

Dear Reader, Love John Beilharz

 

Dear Reader,

Thank you for taking a moment to step into my world, a world that began in the wild, electric pulse of Hollywood in the late 1960s and 70s, and the unexpected twists life throws at a young person trying to find his place in it. My book, Tender Dreams, Harsh Reality, is more than a memoir; it is a journey through a turbulent era that shaped a generation and, ultimately, shaped me.

I grew up in a time and place overflowing with contradictions, sunshine and grit, dreams and danger, innocence and upheaval. Hollywood wasn’t just my hometown; it was a character in my life: unpredictable, seductive, and sometimes unforgiving. Graduating from Hollywood High in 1967 meant stepping out of the classroom and straight into a storm, Vietnam, the draft lottery, the drug culture, the music that defined a movement, jail time in Mexico, and the social awakening that changed everything.

As I look back, I feel privileged to share with you the period of my life when I truly became a man. It didn’t happen in a single moment, and it didn’t arrive wrapped in clarity. It emerged in the quiet spaces between chaos, during nights when the world felt uncertain, during friendships that pushed me to be better, during losses that forced me to grow, and during opportunities that challenged me to rise to my own potential. Those years were rough-edged and unpredictable, but they carved out my understanding of responsibility, courage, and how to keep standing when the ground beneath you shifts. To invite you into that time is an honor, because those memories aren’t just stories, they are the building blocks of who I became.

For years, I worked with wayward teens, believing deeply in the power of second chances. The work was meaningful, but it also burned me out. Teaching psychology at a junior college taught me patience, but the routine left me restless. Being a therapist was trying as it was to stationery and routine. In time, I discovered that my true calling was creating my own path, building my own marketing and advertising firm from scratch. That leap didn’t just give me a career; it gave me back my voice.

In writing Tender Dreams, Harsh Reality, I wanted to capture both the tenderness and the turbulence of a life lived fully, sometimes recklessly, often imperfectly, but always honestly. My hope is that as you read, you’ll recognize pieces of your own story: the dreams you chased, the mistakes that taught you, the moments that shaped who you are today.

Thank you for letting me share this journey with you. It means more than you know.

Warmly,

John Beilharz

As a Ph.D. in psychology, John Beilharz has had an illustrious career in various fields. From practicing as a therapist to teaching at a junior college, he eventually founded his successful marketing and advertising firm. Yet, despite his success in these endeavors, John has always been drawn to the art of storytelling.

Through his memoirs, John shares his life experiences in a poignant and captivating way. This collection of short stories is a testament to the power of the human spirit and the enduring resilience of the human soul.

You can visit his website at https://jbadvertising.com or follow him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/people/John-Beilharz-Author/61573799214000/.

 

Tender Dreams, Harsh Reality make up the memoirs in John Beilharz’s lifelong dream to share his most cherished life experiences with friends and loved ones, and perhaps with a broader audience.

In this collection, readers travel through a collection of short stories about John’s coming of age in the 1960s and 1970s amid a rapidly changing world. From his idyllic childhood in Hollywood, California, to his adventures in unknown territories, John’s stories capture the essence of his rites to manhood.

Readers discover John’s life challenges as they delve deeper into his world. However, amidst the chaos of drugs, music, prison, wilderness, and Vietnam, his guardian angels seem to appear during his most significant times of need, offering guidance and support when he needed it most.

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Tender Dreams, Harsh Reality is available at Amazon at https://a.co/d/fSnC3fN .

Dear Reader, Love Johanna Frank

 

Dear Reader,

It has taken me well over a decade to piece together unusual happenings with God’s abundant sense of mystery. Fifteen years to be precise, since the passing of my teenage daughter, whom, for the purposes of this book, I refer to lovingly as Sadie.

This story you’re about to read is based on true events. The prologue reflects knowledge handed down through generations, from mother to child, over a century ago. Everything else—coincidences, dreams, and visions—happened as described. While I’ve fictionalized the characters and modified some timelines, conversations between the main characters have all been reconstructed from memory. Several exact and taken from preserved journals. Discussions among classmates within the final chapters were created to maintain the spirit and tone of my visit to the middle east.

My purpose for sharing this personal experience boils down to a simple message. God communicates in many ways. Often, he even catches us off guard. It’s when we crawl into that upper room inside ourselves that we can hear what he wants us to hear, see what he wants us to see. It’s there, with his Son in our hearts, we feel the breeze of his Spirit. We discover the business that he’ll go to great lengths to accomplish. He wants—deeply desires—our agreement to allow him to lift our souls, to join his family.

Compelled to share this, I present to you The Voice I Couldn‘t Ignore, a creative nonfiction work. When a window opens, the breeze can find you. Though don’t be misguided, sometimes it takes a whole lot of courage to accept the winds of change. Even so, we can wholeheartedly trust that God is already at work in our stories.

With gratitude that you have chosen to open these pages, I thank you for walking alongside.

Johanna

 

 

Johanna Frank is a Canadian author based in Southern Ontario, where she lives with her husband, and delights in time with her children and grandchildren. Her award-winning A Lifeline Fantasy Series includes The Gatekeeper’s Descendants (Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Medalist), Jophiel’s Secret (Winner of the 2023 General Market Suspense Fiction Award and the Christian Speculative Fiction Award), and Here Lyeth (finalist for The Word Guild’s 2025 Christian Speculative Award). 

In addition, Johanna has introduced a creative memoir, a deeply personal work that explores God’s abundant mystery and healing. 

Known for her lyrical, imaginative style rich in symbolism and spiritual depth, she invites readers into otherworldly adventures and real-life reflections that illuminate belonging, faith, and the unseen.

“Frank, one of Canada’s emerging authors in spiritual fantasy, walks a fine line between general fantasy and faith-based fiction. Her work aims to innovate and transcend traditional boundaries, catering to a hungry market of curious readers who don’t want to be preached to but are open to exploring spiritual themes through fantasy.” – Sheri Hoyte, Reader Views

Her latest book is the powerful Christian nonfiction, The Voice I Couldn’t Ignore.

Connect with Johanna at Facebook, Goodreads, Instagram and BookBub. 

 

The Voice I Couldn’t Ignore—a work of creative nonfiction, a story when God forewarned, held and healed.

In a vision, God told Hanna he was taking her child. Seven years later, he did.

This story leads the reader through an ancestral prophecy, profound visions, and a mother’s journey through symbolisms in the Holy Land. It shares how she guided her teenage daughter through a devastating diagnosis while wrestling with God, and reveals her spiritual rebuilding of an unshakable house of faith in the aftermath of loss.

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The Voice I Couldn’t Ignore is available at Amazon.

Dear Reader, Love Paula Onohi Omokhomion

 

 

Dear Reader,

I hope this letter finds you well.

I wrote this book after two years of being faced with male leads that were held to zero standards and romance without accountability. 

There are so many questions a reader gets plagued with: What does it mean to be a hero? What does it mean to be a villain? What will it feel like to read a book with romance, family saga, and inheritance drama?

Shape of the Sun was borne out of those questions, out of my quest, my need to make a difference, and to subvert expectations of what it means to read and to write and to be.

And there is no perfect letter without imperfect thanks.

There is no amount of roses or gifts that would impress an author as much as the presence of a reader. When I spent every day of eight months writing this book in my college dorm, I never imagined that over 4.5k people would read Shape of the Sun in its baby form on Wattpad, or the reviews on Kobo, or the DMs I get on Instagram without fail on how the book made them cry, or laugh, or feel something and nothing at once.

I never imagined that this book or news of it would get to you. And I still wonder, dear reader, what will you do? 

I anticipate your action, almost as much as I anticipated this secret letter being made public, my love letter to my benefactors and friends who are spread across the oceans or might be just around the corner.

It's the uncertainty of our bond that makes our love turn stronger. Because that is what writing Shape of the Sun was really, a labor of love to my passion for reading and a desire to write a book that would entertain as much as it spoke meaning to others.

I sincerely hope you like Shape of the Sun as much as I do. Regardless, I wish more to read your sincere and productive feedback.

There is a book that tackles romance as unraveling, dynastic rot, toxic masculinity as a cover and collapse, as well as class contempt masquerading as elitism. And there is an author who is made better by the intentions of a reader.

Please have a good day ahead, even as you always carry with you that in the Shape of the Sun and everywhere in the world, nothing is perfect, but everything is real.

Love,

Paula 

Paula Omokhomion is a Master of Public Policy student at the UC Riverside School of Public Policy, though she’s fairly certain that won’t be forever. She holds a B.S. in Public Health Nutrition from UNC Chapel Hill, where she also minored in Creative Writing (Fiction) and graduated with highest honors for her 120-page thesis novella, New Age Taffeta.

Paula developed her skills and love for writing fiction in a very, very interesting Nigerian boarding school, where the lack of television meant she had to invent entertainment for everyone else. She loves reading manhwa, watching Indian TV dramas, listening to music, and writing short stories.When not doing any of those or in the classroom handling R code, she’s refining her LinkedIn or taking Instagram selfies.
She lives in California with her family, including her two fellow triplets, and is currently dreaming of a future PhD in public health—and maybe another novel.

Visit her website or connect with her on Facebook and Instagram.

 

 

In a world where novels defy conventions and heroes defy expectations, Shape of the Sun dares to ask: What if the one at the center isn’t kind? What if no one is misunderstood? What does it mean to be the hero or the villain?

Beware: this is not a love story. The author just likes meta-fiction a bit too much.
Rajkumar ‘Raj’ Reddy is top-tier Male Lead material. And a freaking DRAMA KING. 

He is a gorgeous, disgustingly rich, and ultra-confident Child Abuse Pediatrician. He’s also emotionally finished, a narcissist, and a scammer all but in name.

But what did it matter if he was soulless or morally bankrupt? Why should anyone care that he married someone only because of their money?

He was the Male Lead, right? Since when were Male Leads ever held accountable? 

And then he falls in love. Utterly useless. Very, very unnecessary. Annoyingly delicious for someone as self-aware as he is.

Raj knows he’s in love. He knows it every second he smiles when she talks to him or says good morning Rajkumar, in that sweet voice he dreams about more often lately.

So now, our Male Lead is on a mission to GET OUT OF LOVE. 

This relationship holds too many green flags!

Painful. Also doesn’t allow him to be hypocritical for more than three seconds. Horrid, really.

And in the background is the Reddy family. It’s not an easy home. It’s never been easy with all that power and wealth involved. There’s too much scheming and engineering in one place.

There’s an overlooked half-brother that literally descended from hell, a sweet twin sister that has more than her fair share of buried grudges to Raj (and vice versa), and a patriarch that might be loving father and enabler all rolled into one. 

There are traumas that our Male Lead wants to never remember. 

You see that’s the thing about Romance with Accountability. It can be sweet. It can be deadly. 

Will our Male Lead manage to protect his secrets and secure the inheritance, or will his deepening emotions force him to confront his inner demons? Can greed truly give way to love? Or is that just something we only see in the movies? 

Will he finally go to therapy? 

A gripping tale of love, family, the high stakes of inheritance, and the journey to self – Shape of the Sun explores what happens with leads in a world where the rest are left to silence. 

Read a sample here.

Shape of the Sun is available at Amazon, Kobo and Apple Books.

Dear Reader, Love Christine Amsden

 

Dear Reader,

Dear Reader…

 

Oh, you’re about to read my newest book, Knot of Souls! You’ve made a great choice, really. Don’t mind me looking over your shoulder to see how you’re reacting. Can you believe I still get a little nervous when I release a new book, even after twenty years? Every single time. 

 

Knot of Souls is something I’m really proud of. It’s unique – there aren’t a lot of body-sharing stories out there – and more than that, it’s written to be a ray of hope in otherwise bleak times. 

 

I got the idea at the end of 2020, after a grueling pandemic year spent working social media for two state senate campaigns. Politics is always fraught, and that year, I had a front-row seat to some hateful, trollish behavior that has become the hallmark of political discourse. I found myself thinking that we don’t’ even talk to each other anymore, we just try to score points. So after the election, I retreated to my computer and wrote three words:

 

Write something happy.

 

Joy got a name before she got a plot. :) 

 

As it happens, it’s hard to write a tone or mood you don’t feel, so “happy” was a bit of a stretch, but I did manage hopeful.  Specifically, I wanted to fan the flames of hope that two very different beings at cross-purposes can work together and even connect with one another. I want to believe that when we do that, we come out stronger on the other side. 

 

The relationship between Joy and Shade is the heart of what makes this story unique, and also what makes it so good. This story is not a romance – body sharing doesn’t lend itself to anything so straightforward – but it’s as intimate a relationship as I’ve ever dreamed. 

 

I loved writing this book, and I hope you love reading it, too. 

 

Sincerely,

 

Christine

 

P. S. Okay, fine, I’ll stop looking over your shoulder now! 

Christine Amsden is the author of nine award-winning fantasy and science fiction novels, including the Cassie Scot Series.

Speculative fiction is fun, magical, and imaginative but Christine believes great speculative fiction is about real people defining themselves through extraordinary situations. She writes primarily about people, and it is in this way that she strives to make science fiction and fantasy meaningful for everyone.

In addition to writing, Christine is a freelance editor and political activist. Disability advocacy is of particular interest to her; she has a rare genetic eye condition called Stargardt Macular Degeneration and has been legally blind since the age of eighteen. In her free time, she enjoys role playing, board games, and a good cup of tea. She lives in the Kansas City area with her husband and two kids.

Author Links

Website ➜https://christineamsden.com/wordpress/

X ➜ http://www.x.com/christineamsden 

Facebook ➜https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christine-Amsden-Author-Page/127673027288664?ref=hl

 

Two souls, one body …

When Joy wakes up in an alley, she knows three things: she was brutally murdered, she has somehow come back to life … and she is not alone. She’s been possessed by an inhuman presence, a being that has taken over her dying body. That being is powerful, in pain, and on the run from entities more dangerous than he is.

Shade, a Fae prince on the run, didn’t mean to share the body he jumped into. Desperate and afraid, accused of a murder he didn’t commit, he only sought a place to hide—but if he leaves Joy now, he faces discovery and a fate worse than death.

Forced to work together to solve multiple murders, including her own, Joy and Shade discover hidden strengths and an unlikely friendship. Yet as their souls become increasingly intertwined, they realize their true danger might come from each other … and if they don’t find a way to untangle the knot their souls have become, then even the truth won’t set them free.

Knot of Souls is a stand-alone buddy love fantasy that forces two very different beings to work together … and come out stronger on the other side.

Knot of Souls is available at Amazon.

Dear Reader, Love Kate Damon

 

Dear Reader,

Thank you for your interest in my book Jury Duty is Murder. Some of you might know me as Margaret Brownley.  Under that name, I’m a New York Times bestselling author with more than forty-six romance novels to my credit.  You may wonder why, after all this time, I would change genres.  It wasn’t intentional.

I initially intended to write a courtroom romance about a sequestered jury set in the 1800s. However, after conducting research, I discovered that the first sequestered jury did not occur until 1907, which is quite late for stories set in the Old West. This knowledge led me to abandon the idea—or at least attempt to do so, but the characters kept popping up in my thoughts.  Finally, I gave in and began writing the story alongside my other projects.  What started out to be a historical soon turned into a contemporary mystery.

The story begins on the day the trial concludes, and the jurors—finally released after four grueling months—are free to return to their lives. But their relief is short-lived. One by one, jurors begin to die under suspicious circumstances. CeeCee, who served as juror number five, is convinced that someone is targeting them. She calls a meeting, but only three other former jurors—Harold, Helen, and Alex—show up. Ironically, the four who could barely tolerate each other during the trial are now forced to work together to uncover the truth before they also become victims. As their journey unfolds, so do powerful themes of friendship, betrayal, and the unforeseen cost of justice.

The book not only explores the suspense of tracking down a killer, but also the personal struggles each character faces after being sequestered for four long months.  Their journey reflects how a verdict can rip through lives in unexpected ways. 

For those who appreciate the humor in my romance novels, there's no need for concern. Our four amateur detectives will keep you laughing with their comical antics as they work to solve the mystery.

I really enjoyed writing the book, but it didn’t come about without a lot of headaches. Since the book is so different from what I normally write, I had to use a pen name.  That made me an unknown writer, and finding a publisher was no easy task.  I will forever be grateful to The Wild Rose Press for publishing the book.

I hope you enjoy the story and have fun attempting to unravel the mystery alongside the four jurors who have taken on the role of amateur detectives. The question is, who will arrive at the solution first? Them or you?

Love Kate Damon

When Kate Damon is not writing, she and her husband enjoy RVing, spending time with family and friends, raising Monarch butterflies, and playing a wicked game of bridge.

Writing as Margaret Brownley, she has published more than 40 novels and is a New York Times bestselling author. Known for her memorable characters and humor, she is a two-time Romance Writers of America Rita finalist.

Not counting the book she wrote in sixth grade, and the puzzle of the missing socks, this is her first mystery.

Website ➜http://margaret-brownley.com/

Twitter ➜https://www.x.com/katejuryduty

Facebook ➜https://www.facebook.com/MargaretBrownleyAuthor/ and https://www.facebook.com/p/Kate-Damon-61565155275435/

Instagram ➜https://www.instagram.com/katedamonbooks

BookBub➜https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kate-damon

Goodreads ➜ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4072660.Kate_Damon and https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/163681.Margaret_Brownley

The verdict is in; a famed athlete is headed for prison. The jurors have done their job and are free to go back to their lives. But after being sequestered for four months, life as some knew it no longer exists.

HAROLD ASHMAN’s house is almost destroyed by a careless driver. Exotic dancer, CEECEE LAINE, discovers that her boyfriend is two-timing her, and she no longer has a job. Actor ALEX MANNING learns his career is down the tubes, and 72-year-old, HELEN RYDER, discovers her family is plotting to put her in an old folks home.

Then things take a turn for the worse. When former jurors start dropping like flies, CeeCee, Helen, Harold and Alex are convinced there’s a killer on the loose. Now the feuding foursome must find him before he kills them—or before they save him the trouble by killing each other.

Jury Duty is Murder is available at Amazon.

 

Dear Reader, Love Christopher Kaufman

 

Dear Reader,

I am a creative artist and a storyteller. I create books with vivid audio albums filled with cinematic/symphonic music, narration and sound design and which are also live theatrical shows. I compose music for the classical concert stage and film. I present multiple concert series’ and perform as reader, conductor and player. 

Looking back…I started writing fantasy books with illustrations when I was nine years old. Later, I discovered music and lived the life of a composer for many years. My stories never left me. In fact, I am the type of person who needs some kind of active imaginative world to get myself to sleep. I emerged from my schooling phase with a Doctorate in music composition (Cornell) and the complete event structure for Tales Of The Ocean City through book eight, which I am completing now. Of course, when I get to each new area of the story it burgeons out, grows new branches and new things happen from the early conceptions.

There is much autobiography in my stories.

In Tales Of The Ocean City is chronicled a young civilization turning the corner into the future. The main characters are young Harl’ut and his lifelong companion, Vispushin - she is a perianth (a kind of telepathic pegasus).  They are close, like family, and speak to each other mind-to-mind.

Before moving into the future, the citizens of The Ocean City must face their brutal and primitive past. This happens in multiple ways. For Harl’ut, he undergoes an initiation ritual adventure at the end of Book Two where he faces images and personifications from the past, resolves them and battles a terrible monster. The Ocean City itself, in the over-all five book opening series, must face an enemy from ancient times, The Vorm, with whom they co-evolved on the ancestral isle and who are now threatening their very existence. In books four and five, the heroes of The Ocean City engage in epic war with the Vorm and Harl’ut and Vispushin lead a cadre of young warriors into the Vorm Hive on a vital mission.

Much of this can be interpreted as a metaphor for our personal journeys. I emerged from much conflict in my youth to a very positive place filled with career and personal success and am moving forward as a storyteller. When writing TOC, I realized that there were specific things that relate to my childhood experiences and that certain characters relate to people of my past and present. I will save going into those specifics for another time - but am happy to report that the perianth race is based on my animal family - we call them pets…but they are so much more.

I believe in the transformative power of imagination, especially as demonstrated in the fine arts.  That’s why I like to use the word classical in defining TOC, i.e. Classical Epic Fantasy.  Much of my work is about feeding and growing imagination in one way or another. I hope people experience my work and then feel differently about how they experience the world around them.  Imagination is the highest function of the human mind - it gives us art, music and scientific theories…and helps us envision a better future for ourselves and our civilization. It has been damaged in many ways in our modern lives. Fantasy can help cure this.

I hope experiencing my work help you to see and experience life with imagination. Everything around you is alive, everything is a story waiting to be told.  Tell yourself these stories as you walk through life.

Keep reading fantasy! Live with imagination!

With love for my readers and fantasy,

Christopher Kaufman

Christopher Kaufman is an author, composer, presenter, illustrative artist and performer. He started imaginative fantasy books with illustrative art at the age of nine. During high school years he found music and attended The New Orleans Center for The Creative Arts and went on to major in music composition in college. He finished his schooling – earning his DMA in music composition at Cornell University where he studied with Pulitzer Prize Winning composers who prize his abilities as a composer.

Christopher is the type of person who needs imaginative fantasy scenarios to get to sleep. Therefore, he emerged from Cornell, not only with his degrees in music, but with the full event structure for his classic epic fantasy series Tales Of The Ocean City in his mind.

He began writing the story down in the early 2000’s, but it did not really come to life until he developed his home music ‘laboratory’ and started creating the music and text at the same time. Thus books one and two of TOC came about simultaneously as both graphically illustrated pages and effulgent audio albums filled with cinematic epic symphonic music.

They exist now as physical books and audio albums (that go together) and the new Video Book version.  He performs live tours with the music pouring through speakers, live narration and the colorful pages streaming on screen – a true immersive multi-media experience.

He also maintains his career as a composer for the concert stage with a full body of work, from solo works thru orchestral. He specializes as well in ‘environmental works’ which feature soundscapes crafted from hundreds of natural sounds, live musicians (from soloists, chamber groups and to full orchestra), videos filled with both natural and artistic images and readings from the works of John Muir and others.

Kaufman’s books feature full-page graphic illustration and go-with audio albums filled with epic cinematic music, narration and sound design.  All available, with generous discount packages, at kaufmantales.com (epubs and the new Video  Book version available there!).

His author page is talesoftheoceancity.com.

His you-tube channel is SOUNDARTUS.

Visit him at Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/talesoftheoceancity.

Christopher believes in the transformative power of imagination.

“Live with imagination!”

 

A young civilization is turning the corner into the future, but first they must face a terrible enemy from their deepest past – THE VORM.

The main characters are a young man named Harl’ut and his lifelong companion Vispushin – who is a perIanth, a kind of telepathic pegasus. Join them on this epic adventure as they lead a group of young warriors into the heart of the Vorm Hive.

Book One: Battle In The Sky is the first of five books which comprise the opening series of this epic tale. Here, Harl’ut and Vispushin and The Princess Bryn’lynn, engage in desperate battle over the southern plain with savage Vorm warriors. You will be uplifted by the passionate and thrilling conclusion of the first installment of this fantasy adventure. 

In Book Two: Descent Into The Abyss, Harl’ut recovers from his harrowing adventure from Book One: Battle In The Sky. He walks through the streets of The Ocean City, visits the Sculpture Garden and his friend, Elá, the bard, and engages in exciting training games with warrior/mentor, Calanctus. Then the story takes you down the throat of the vast volcano, Pla’than’taa, once worshipped as a god, where Harl’ut enacts a deadly initiation ritual, confronts the barbaric past of his people and battles a terrifying monster. 

Pick up your copies at https://kaufmantales.com/.