In a world where words are the ultimate currency, silence can be lethal.

In the not-too-distant future, humanity’s ability to communicate has...

Michael J. Martineck

Michael J. Martineck

Michael J. Martineck has written for DC Comics, The Truth About Cars, short stories, and long stories. Michael’s novel—The Milkman (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy), a murder mystery set in a world with no governments—won a gold medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards and was a finalist in the Eric Hoffer awards. His previous novel, Cinco de Mayo, was a finalist for an Alberta Reader’s Choice Award. He has also written two urban fantasy novels for young readers. Michael has a master’s degree in English, an undergraduate degree in Economics, but worked in advertising for years and years until he decided to teach, or try to teach is more like it. It's tough competing with screens, friends, enemies and the creeping nocturnality of college students. He lives on Grand Island, NY.

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The Tongue Trade

In a world where words are the ultimate currency, silence can be lethal.

In the not-too-distant future, humanity’s ability to communicate has fractured, creating a labyrinth of professional jargons so dense that only specialists like William Kirst, Private Interpreter, can unravel them.

Kirst is a linchpin in a society where understanding is a...

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Untouchable

FBI Special Agent Leah Capello knew the art world had a dark side, but kidnapping is a whole new hue. To save a young child she accepts the help of Joshua Fawls, who claims to be an art expert, seems a little psychic and is probably, more than likely, a delightfully skilled conman. Together they bend conventions, break rules, and learn that the...

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The Link Boy: A Free World Novel

An assassin, a priest and a schoolteacher walk into a secret nuclear power plant – to Edwin McCallum, detective by trade and artist by desire – there’s something wrong with this picture. He’s going to figure out what it is if it kills him. The Link Boy is the second novel set in the Free World, a post-government future, where there are no laws....

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Blog

Manuscripts are to trainsets, as. . .  Trick question. Manuscripts are

Trick question. Manuscripts are trainsets. You put them together, play wiith them a bit, try to get other people to appreciate your work and vision and, really, ultimately, no one ever will understand just how long it took to get that tree just right, or the symbolism of the campfire, or why these little pufferbellies are all in a row.

Arg! Starting a novel. I think writing is compulsive disorder. Seriously.

I think writing is compulsive disorder. Seriously. There is no reason in heaven or hell for me to start writing another book and yet, here I go.

Back at it Jury duty is over. Still reading books for a literary contest,

Jury duty is over. Still reading books for a literary contest, but that is more than welcomed. Especially compared to my peek into the underworld. It was not cool. I like books more than the real world.

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