EXPLORE FANTASY AT ITS FINEST
JIM MELVIN
AUTHOR OF EPIC FANTASY | CONTACT: JIMMELVIN57@GMAIL.COM
FAMED WRITING GURU DAVID GAUGHRAN FEATURES BOOK 2 IN VIDEO SERIES
I am a novelist and professional writer who specializes in epic fantasy. Previously, I was an award-winning journalist for several large newspapers and a communications director for Clemson University. Please explore this site and then learn more about me and my novels at the following links:
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Interview with the author: Listen here
Many of us are in dire need of relief. We’re like people on a strict diet who occasionally cast aside our discipline and devour a pint of ice cream for the pure pleasure of it. We can’t exist on sorrow alone. Sometimes we search for something good-natured and humorous to lift our spirits and put a smile on our faces.
This is what The Adventures of a Florida Boy is all about. It’s a short and sweet memoir about my childhood growing up on Tampa Bay that won’t challenge your beliefs or try to change your opinions. Rather, I’m hoping it makes you laugh and puts a warm feeling in your stomach. I also hope it revives memories of your own childhood wherever and whenever you grew up. If you’re in the mood for a lighthearted read that will lift your spirits, The Adventures of a Florida Boy fits the bill. It can be read in one or two sittings.
The book is now available for purchase on Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Amazon, Audible, Indigo/Canada, and Booktopia/Australia. It is also being distributed by Ingram Spark to a worldwide audience of bookstores, libraries, and other online stores not listed here. Ebooks are $3.99 and paperbacks are $9.99 in U.S. dollars.

Do You Believe in Magic? receives a Recommended Review from Kirkus Reviews, one of the leading industry-trusted sources for honest and accessible reviews since 1933. Only 25% of Indie books receive Recommended Reviews. Read the full review.
14 international awards!
High acclaim for the Dark Circles trilogy!
Dark Circles has won highest honors with fourteen awards in eight international contests in 2024, including becoming a double finalist in the Fantasy and Young Adult categories of the recently announced Best Book Awards. This is the perfect time to introduce yourself to this exciting coming-of-age saga appropriate for readers 13 and older.
Book 1: Do You Believe in Magic? (debuted May 25, 2023)
Book 2: Do You Believe in Monsters? (debuted Oct. 30, 2023)
Book 3: Do You Believe in Miracles? (debuted April 21, 2024)
The Death Wizard Chronicles (18 and OLDER)
For a thousand years, none have rivaled the power of Torg, the Death Wizard, as he ruled his people and kept peace on Triken.
Now a new evil has arisen. The sorcerer Invictus is greater even than Torg, and his greed and ambition threaten to engulf the land
in eternal darkness. Torg becomes freedom’s final hope, but first he must die to earn the victory.
Author’s note: The Death Wizard Chronicles is temporarily out of print as of January 2025. However, a revised edition of the series will be published later this year.

Forged in death
Book 1: $0.99

Chained by Fear
Book 2: $2.99

Shadowed by Demons
Book 3: $4.99

Torn by War
Book 4: $4.99

Blinded by Power
Book 5: $4.99

Healed by Hope
Book 6: $4.49