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Summer Reruns: The Original Songs of James J. Caterino, is the eleventh published song book from the writer/illustrator. This glorious collection serves as a greatest hits tomb, featuring such Caterino classics as “Across the Void”, “Taylor” (yes, that Taylor), “Betelgeuse”, “Scream Queen”, and “90s Comic Book Hero”. But there is more. Much more. Pristinely produced and packaged at 200 plus pages, this songbook/artbook also marks the debut of a new album from the songwriter, featuring “If Only I Were Human”, “Living in an 80s Music Video”, and the title track, ...

Jenna is stalked by a sinister man in a mask on the eve of her eighteenth birthday in The Man in the Window. What does he want, and is he even real? The Man in the Window is an action horror short story from James J. Caterino, the author of Time Travel Stories, Ghost Stories, Romance Stories, True Stories, To Meghan, and much more.

California Dreaming: How Not to Become a Hollywood Screenwriter is the entertaining and often hilarious tale of one man’s cinematic obsession and his attempt to get a movie deal done in the place where dreams are made. James J. Caterino is the author of Fantastic Films, Cult TV Shows, and Perfect Pop Songs, To Meghan, The Geek Girl and the Quarterback, and Miami Noir 1987.

A drive home from the airport turns into a harrowing, dystopian nightmare in the action adventure horror episode Wrong Turn, a riveting new short story from James J. Caterino the author of Night Skies, The Anti-Matter Girl, Time Travel Stories, Fantastic Stories 3, and much more.

An epic, glorious one-hundred forty-six page collection of sketches, drawings, paintings, and cover art, Four Color Crack: The Best Artwork of James J. Caterino, is packed with irresistible imagery from pop culture, movies, music, fashion, and the author's personal sketchbook. A beautifully packaged 8.5 x 11 inch artbook, Four Color Crack is a must own for art addicts, illustration fans, and lovers of high-quality, super cool coffee table books.

When a Partridge Family like band came to perform at my elementary school in March of 1974, it provided an epic moment in my life. A funny and nostalgic coming of age short story, My Encounter with The Partridge Family is another entertaining true tale from the pen of James J. Caterino, the author of Method Acting, To Meghan, and How Not to Become a Hollywood Screenwriter.

A girl from the year 2080 travels back in time to the present to save us from ourselves in the mind-blowing epic “Super 8 Images: A Time Travel Story”. An illustrator at an ad agency creates a drawing of a woman taking a selfie for a smart phone ad campaign. Then he comes across a real-life, living version of the exact same woman in “The Selfie”, a romantic science fiction thriller. Sixteen year-old babysitter Gina Zeneski takes the kids for a day at the amusement park and gets more than she bargained for in “Rollercoaster”, a pulse-pounding story of harrowing action. A weekend ...

Meeting Jennifer Beals is an essay about exactly that, meeting Flashdance star Jennifer Beals. From writer James J. Caterino, the author of True Stories, True Stories 2, Reviews and Essays, 50 Films, Unfinished Business, Cool Stuff, and much more.

Ballads and Love Poems: Original Song Lyrics with Illustrations and Photographs is just that, a fully-illustrated collection of original love songs brimming with emotion. A terrific coffee table book, this epic collection is the perfect read to place on your nightstand, bring with you on a flight, or take in anytime when you need the kind of feel-good boost that can only be delivered by the perfect love song. James J. Caterino is a freelance writer and illustrator and the author of over one-hundred published works.

Laura and Laurie: The Trilogy was just the beginning of something extraordinary. The Art of Appreciation: Laura and Laurie part IV is a short story/essay about love, friendship, destiny, and the power of giving.

An essay by James J. Caterino, the author of Romance Stories, Reviews and Essays, To Meghan, True Stories, Time Travel Stories, Ghost Stories, and so much more,

My Top Ten Favorite Books of All Time is and essay by James J. Caterino, the author of My Encounter with the Partridge Family, sort of, What If, Girl Pop, Make Me Cry Please, The Girl Out of Time, Romance Stories, To Meghan, True Stories, Time Travel Stories, and much more.

My Year as a Rookie: How I almost became a cop, is the entertaining, insightful, true, real-life story of how writer James J. Caterino, well, almost became a cop. James J. Caterino is the author of True Stories, My Encounter with The Partridge Family, Cool Stuff, Laura and Laurie, and much more.

In a dystopian world, Caitlin Star lives in the Congo rainforest with her animal and human friends, protecting this last paradise on Earth. After ten years of peace, her home is threatened by a new evil in the form of a ruthless tyrant who rules the remains of what was once America. To battle this new enemy, Caitlin finds she must travel back to her birthplace where she will face grave danger and new challenges beyond anything she could have imagined. The Legend of Caitlin Star is an exciting, brand new stand-alone Caitlin Star adventure from James J. Caterino the author of Caitlin Star: ...

Dr. Anton Mason is a brilliant biologist and anthropologist who has a problem asserting himself and has never gotten his way in life. He develops a revolutionary anti-aging genetic formula that turns back the clock of evolution to a time when we were a less frail species. When the project is stolen from him, Anton decides to begin his own human trials, using himself as the test subject. The formula changes him. He begins to transform into something stronger. Something faster. Something primitive and primal. Something, other than human. Dr. Anton Mason is “The Mesomorph”. “The ...

Fueled by the ugly rhetoric of a new leader, the cold civil war in America escalates until it splits the nation into two separate countries. Champion sprinter and Olympic hopeful Jasmine Pulp is trapped on the wrong side of the dividing line. She must now utilize all of her physical skills and mental toughness to survive behind enemy lines, in hope of escaping this dystopian fascist nightmare, and reuniting with her family on the other side. “The Pledge” is a harrowing piece of relentless action noir by James J. Caterino, the author of “Starfighter”, “Fireflies”, and “...

Kronos is one of the last of his kind. A descendant of the Neanderthal who once thrived throughout Eurasia, his people crossed the same ancient land bridge as the original Native Americans. They have roamed Pacific Northwest forests for thousands of years, and their occasional sightings by humans have become the mythic stuff of the Bigfoot legend. One day Kronos spots a helicopter with hunters, swarming down upon a family of wolves, including his friend Lucca. Kronos runs to the scene, trying to stop the slaughter. But then, the guns of the humans turn upon him. He is wounded, cut off from ...

Thirteen-year-old Anna escapes the horrors of Nazi occupied Warsaw and joins the underground. Under the guidance of a resistance fighter known as the Captain, she learns to survive, to cope with devastating loss, and to fight back. Every day is a challenge, and every mission is a battle against impossible odds. Then one night two allied planes fall from the sky, and everything changes in this action-packed, epic tale of despair, heartbreak, hope, and the triumph of the human spirit. “The Promise: A World War II Story” is a riveting, decades-spanning, sweeping story, and an emotionally ...

Am essay on legendary Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino by James J. Caterino, the author of True Stories, To Meghan, I Want to Believe, The Anti-Matter Girl, On Writing, Girl Pop, and What If.

Girl Pop is an essay about my favorite sub-genre of music. James J. Caterino is the author of Jordan Rose and the Tomb of Resurrection, The Anti-Matter Girl, Dreams, True Stories, To Meghan, I Want to Believe, Ghost Stories, Pop Star, Time Travel Stories, The Girl from the Stars, and much more.