Anthony Perconti lives and works in the hinterlands of New Jersey with his wife and kids. He enjoys well-crafted and engaging stories from across a variety of genres and mediums. His articles have appeared in several online venues as well as some indie press magazines such as Three Crows Magazine, Grimdark Magazine, Dark Matter Magazine, and Pulp Modern. He can be found […]
Four years later, D.M. graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Computer Science from the College of Engineering. After that, […]
Why did you choose to self-publish?
Book publishing is suffering from the same thing as television and movies. Everything is “bundled” at the executive level to drive maximum profitability and appeal to major investors, e.g. massive hedge funds. Everyone wants the biggest payout; advancing a company, let alone a huge one, by small steps, is very unfashionable right now.
I believe that’s wrong-headed, and so I’d rather strike out my own […]
Soldier to Sojourner: The Journal – Traveling on the 1970s Asian Hippie Trails is a compelling personal and historical travelogue of Gordon Schwerzmann’s time in the military and as a tourist in Asia.
Beginning with his stint as an Army officer in Korea in 1970 and continuing through civilian trips to Japan, Nationalist China, Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines, and Burma, the book is a wild and varied trip through exotic locales. Schwerzmann, a photojournalist and travel writer, documents his experiences through detailed descriptions, historical discourse and extrapolated musings, recollections of people he met, and a wide range of photographs […]
In Evolution Ended: The Next Stage of American Society, J.J. Jerome puts forth a comprehensive treatise that claims our current circumstances are not conducive to the survival of our species. Extremely well-written and authoritative, the book provides wide-ranging and detailed historical, scientific, economic, and cultural arguments to demonstrate how modern technology, cosmetic surgery, a lack of heroes and role models, and social media – among many other things – threaten to extinguish the fundamental practices that ensure a society can move forward. While there are places where Jerome neglects to give progress its due, Evolution Ended is an impressively […]
Thought-provoking and innovative, Reinventing Government Through Political Entrepreneurship and Exponential Innovation by Michael Mascioni is a rigorous examination of the future of government and business. Taking a close look at the impact many current technologies are having on the government, Mascioni highlights where countries’ governments, and societies in general, may be heading due to the rapid pace of change set by technological revolutions in AI, 3D printing, and other disruptors that can build on previous innovations. While covering technical topics, the book is easy to follow and flows well from one discussion to the next, for a well-rounded overview that […]
It’s 1972 and 13-year-old Danny Novak is hired by the Oregon Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America to spend the summer working at Camp Baker. The youngest staff member, Danny, quickly realizes that the troubled home life he’s escaping may have been easier than trying to fit in and be accepted by his older teenage workmates, as he must contend with the brooding, intimidating Mark, a 16-year-old senior staff […]
A world-hopping adventure, Darcy Hoover’s Cologne & Coffee is an entertaining thriller with two ribald protagonists, following renegade pilots Jaques and Ethan as they travel all over the globe for a good gig. Meanwhile, back in Canada, Ethan has challenged the authority of a violent man, risking his life every time he lands home, and all this flirting with danger must surely come to a head. Though the protagonists’ worldview can often seem more than a little macho and swashbuckling, their unapologetic nature is also part of their charm, making Ethan and Jaques’ escapades an entertaining escape.
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