James Maxey

James Maxey's mother warned him if he read too many comic books they would warp his mind. She was right! Now an adult who can't stop day dreaming, James ekes out a pittance by writing down his demented fantasies about superheroes and dragons. In 2015 the Arts Councils of Raleigh, Durham, and Orange County selected James as the Piedmont Laureate. The apocalypse draweth nigh.\n\nReaders interested in sampling Maxey’s odd ramblings might enjoy his science-fantasy Bitterwood series, the secondary world fantasy of his Dragon Apocalypse novels, his two superhero series Lawless and Whoosh! Bam! Pow! or the steam-punk visions of Bad Wizard. His short fiction has appeared in IGMS, Asimov’s, and over a dozen anthologies, with the best of his work appearing in the collections There is No Wheel and The Jagged Gate. \n\nJames lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina with his lovely and patient wife Cheryl and too many cats. For more information about James and his writing, visit jamesmaxey.net. Or, follow him on Twitter @JamesAllenMaxey\n\nJames Maxey’s Works\n\nTHE BITTERWOOD SAGA\n\nMarketed as fantasy, Bitterwood is actually post-apocalyptic science fiction set in a world where genetically engineered dragons have risen to power with humans living in their shadow as slaves and pets and prey. The four books of this series are Bitterwood, Dragonforge, Dragonseed, and Dawn of Dragons. \n\nTHE DRAGON APOCALYPSE\n\nSwashbuckling, dungeon crawling, reality jumping adventure ufilled with action, humor, and romance. The four books of the series are Greatshadow, Hush, Witchbreaker, and Cinder.\n\nWHOOSH! BAM! POW!\n\nNobody Gets the Girl: A Superhero Novel – Richard Rogers’ life has been erased by a time machine accident, turning him into a literal nobody. Who can save us? Nobody! \n\nBurn Baby Burn: A Supervillain Novel – The bad guys give up on conquering the world and team up to go rob some banks. Hijinks ensue. Also, the apocalypse. \n\nThe Covenant: A Superteam Novel – Heroes unite to save the world! Assuming they don't kill each other first. \n\nLAWLESS\n\nSmash Lass! Golden Victory! Atomahawk! She-Devil! These legendary heroes band together to form the world famous Lawful Legion! Lawless isn’t about them. Instead, it looks at the lesser known heroes who live in their shadow, people with weird of useless powers and not much hope of ever saving the world. \n\nCut Up Girl – Valentine Summers is besieged by time travelers, killer apes, and tabloid scandals. Can she save the city and her reputation? Exploding clones to the rescue! \n\nBig Ape – Harry Moreau is a big ape, with all the powers of a big ape, fighting crime under the code name Big Ape. His mom is a supervillain who's been kidnapped my another supervillain, so he has to go save her. The mother and son reunion is only a giant robot with laser eyes away! \n\nVictory – No hero is more respected than Golden Victory, a paragon of virtue who has, like, every great superpower you could want. When aliens show up and steal the moon, they offer to give it back in exchange for Golden Victory. What’s their beef? Who knows? But Big Ape and Cut Up Girl need to find out fast if they hope to save the world. \n\nOTHER WORKS\n\nBad Wizard – A sequel to the Wizard of Oz novel, where an adult Dorothy Gale must return to Oz to stop Oscar Diggs, the former Wizard, from conquering the Emerald City with a fleet of dirigibles. \n\nThere is No Wheel – Ten weird, funny, and haunting short stories of ghosts, cannibals, supermen and angels in the final days of a dying planet.\n\nThe Jagged Gate – Twelve short stories about aliens, perverts, artists and dragons in realms magical and familiar. \n