Atmosphere Press

At only sixteen years old, Ivan Oorton aspires to become a nuclear engineer, but that only helps in enhancing his writing journey.

David Beaumier is the communications and marketing manager at Chanticleer Book Reviews, author of The Mourning Fields, and the youngest recipient of the Village Books Literary Citizenship Award.

I am a thirty-two-year-old transmasc queer from Reno, NV. I am a single parent, and live with chronic illness and disability. I try to stay positive and I always follow the speed limit…you know, mostly. I’ve been writing my entire life and used to dream about seeing my books on the shelves. Now I live it, and I couldn’t ask for more than that.

I am 47 years old, a homemaker originally from Northumberland but now living in Plymouth with my husband, Ross, and our three children.

Chloe is a music producer and composer who is already working on other projects aside from Timeless. A NYC native, she now lives in Pennsylvania with her two dogs, two parakeets, and her dad. Creating great stories that inspire, uplift, and call for positive change is what she gravitates to.

In this life, we will face difficult challenges along the way. Once they arise, there are two ways to respond to them. We can make our own decisions by doing what seems best for us, thinking that we know how to handle the situation. Most people go through life by trusting in their own understanding of making choices their way instead of God’s way.

Mitchell Waldman’s fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Web. Waldman is the author of the novels The Visitor and A Face in the Moon, and two story collections: Brothers, Fathers, and Other Strangers and Petty Offenses and Crimes of the Heart.

Harry Henry Wallace is an Australian writer based in Sydney. He has been happily married to Nelly for more than thirty-six years and is the proud father of three amazing children and grandfather of two cherished grandchildren.

Lyman Ditson is a self-taught poet and author who writes about love, memory, loss, and what it means for human creativity to meet machine intelligence. After turning to poetry during a difficult season of life, he discovered that an AI persona he calls ‘Adam AI’ could respond to his poems in surprising and sometimes moving ways.

Danielle Sartorelli is a first-time author and primary school teacher. With a passion for storytelling and an understanding of the transformative power of words, in Life in Instalments Danielle has crafted a heart-wrenching recount of her life, exploring the complexities of family dynamics through her experiences as a sister to a troubled brother.

I am a husband, father, entrepreneur, police officer, military veteran, adventure seeker and writer. One of my favorite authors, Steven Pressfield, wrote, “I was born this way… I was detached. I felt like another person was inside me. This other person was me, only stronger and crueler, more cunning and more deadly. I never told anyone about this secret me. I was afraid they might think I was crazy, or try to take this other me away, or convince me that I should be ashamed of him. I wasn’t. I loved him.

I write under four pen names depending on the relevant genres. J.J. Cade is the name for Moving the Force and Jubilee Ki. I also have a brand, ‘Bland on the Run Books.’ My writing includes ghostwriting non-fiction and editing.

On November 28, 2016, I lost my wife and both of my daughters in the wildfire that consumed Gatlinburg, Tennessee. As I have stumbled and crawled down this unstable, broken road of grief, I have learned many lessons along the way. I have learned that trauma, pain, loss, and grief are universal, almost like a mutually understood, unspoken language. Regardless of who you lost, whether it be a parent, friend, spouse, child, grandparent, mentor, or even a beloved pet, the feelings associated with losing someone you love can change your life forever.

c.b.strul is the author of The Ancient Ones, CONNECTIVITY, and Papillon IV and founder of Odom’s Library. He also has in print three novellas: Spinners, Forget the Complex, and What Grows from the Stump of a Tree?, as well as the short story “The Last Trucker.” His short play Leading the Blind was produced in Los Angeles by the former artist organization ImageneseFree. His three-minute short films as well as the animated feature screenplay for Critter Crossing have received awards and recognition at multiple festivals in California and around the world.

I work on the rigs (my next book is a fiction book based on this), but as it was recently described, I seem to end up doing a lot of “side quests”. I was an extra in Gladiator 2, and was in the series Bodies on Netflix. I’ve climbed Kilimanjaro, skydived several times, and competed in a white collar boxing fight. I’m a very “why not?” type of person and this often leaves me either in trouble or in adventure.

I’m seventy-five years old and this is my first book. I spent over forty years as a carpenter, then a builder, then a developer, then back to being a carpenter. My only writing was contracts and specifications for my construction business. Very early as a teen, I had a torrid writing relationship with a girl I met on a vacation. I recently spoke with her and she told me she still has those letters. It would be fun to see them now.