A Gathering of Doorways (January 2009)
What would you do if your child was lost, and—even though you’d never admit this to anyone—it was all your fault? How would you react? Would you be a hero or a coward? And just how would you get your innocent child out of this situation of yours?
My protagonist Gil must face these questions on a hot summer day, when his son Noah wanders off on their organic farm. In his dreams as well as his waking moments, Gil has been involved with some shady beings who lurk in the old-growth forest that borders his land, and now he’s convinced his son is in there, lost. Both father and son embark on a quest of his own, and the countryside will never be the same again.
Read an excerpt from an opening chapter of A Gathering of Doorways, and check out some amateurish photos I took of the rural setting, about sixteen miles outside Chapel Hill (and everywhere else).
A Gathering of Doorways came out from Wildside Books in January 2009.
The Wannoshay Cycle (January 2008)
This novel takes place not too many years from now, and it tells the story of what happens when aliens arrive and try to integrate into society, and how humans react to these sudden changes. The book takes place in a world where terrorism has spread to America in the form of repeated bombings and violent attacks. Adding to the chaos and paranoia, three dozen alien ships crash-land in the middle of a blizzard, landing in the Midwest of America and Canada.
This novel was published by Five Star Books in January 2008. I wrote the first two stories featuring the Wannoshay aliens way back at Clarion in 1996, and finished up the novel version in 2003. Yes, these things do take some time… In the years between, I polished up almost half a dozen stories about the alien Wannoshay and published them in places such as Strange Horizons, Writers of the Future, and Interzone. There’s even a prequel story that appeared in the anthology Heroes in Training.
Feel free to check out the main page for The Wannoshay Cycle, which includes an excerpt from the opening chapter as well as some other goodies, like artwork and more.
Heart’s Revenge (May 2006)
Although categorized as paranormal romance, this novel is more of a ghost story and mystery with some romantic elements. However, it does have Blackbeard’s headless ghost in it, and scenes of haunted shipwrecks and wild ponies running on the beaches of Ocracoke Island.
This novel was a fun change of pace for me, as I dabbled in the world of romance mixed with action and ghosts. I started it in November of 2002 and finished it up in the spring of 2003, with many rounds of revising to follow. The book was published in May 2006 from Five Star Books.
Read an excerpt from the first chapter of Heart’s Revenge, by Julia C. Porter. And don’t forget to check out Julia’s blog! Even fake people need to blog, you know…
Other Novels (Currently in Progress):
- A Sudden Outbreak of Magic: A young-adult fantasy novel (which I’m planning as a trilogy or even a series) about a group of young people who get “infected” with magic, set in Dubuque, Iowa.
- The All Nations Team: An aging coach tries to keep his mixed-race baseball team alive — literally! — in the years before World War I.
- The Prodigal Sons: Brothers at each others’ throats on the family farm during a rainy summer.
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