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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
Memoir of my hippy travel days in the mid-70s.
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Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
A thrilling novel of time travel, alien invasion, and mysterious portals -
A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories The Relocation Blues
A memoir of life's transitional experiences Adriana’s Family
A novel about alien contact.
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories.
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
An aging science fiction writer abandons his apartment and hits the road full time.
Invasive Procedures: Stories
A collection of science fiction stories.
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
A compilation of four novellas comprising the One Thousand series. Hippies and benevolent aliens pursue psychotic killers.
After the Fireflood
After the Earth's surface is obliterated in an apocalyptic firestorm, human survivors from the moon and outer colonies attempt to rebuild.
Caliban’s Children
Humans must ally themselves with true beasts to overcome a dark power that morphs humans into animals and binds them to its will.
The Fantasy Book Murders
Surreal and deadly hunt for a serial killer.
Opting Out and Other Departures
A collection of fantasy and science fiction short stories about wanderers and unlikely heroes.
Sunflower: A Novel
A woman's odyssey, first through America and then across continents, in the dark, post-Altamont days of the early 70s.
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Memoir of my return to the States after thirty-five years overseas.
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
A collection of fantasy short stories.
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Essays on a life-long quest for voice, inspiration and excellence in writing.
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
A collection of book reviews and essays on books, literature, and writing.
The One Thousand: A Novella
Science fiction thriller. A man possessed by alien entities recruits convicts for a murderous rampage.
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
Sequel to The One Thousand. A fellowship of alien-possessed psychopaths throw a party at which they plan to slaughter all the guests.
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
Sequel to The One Thousand Books One and Two. In southern Europe, the Team of Seven hunt a busload of alien-possessed psychopaths intent on unleashing a deadly pathogen in a major city.
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
Fourth novella in The One Thousand Series. The Team of Seven finally confront the alien-possessed psychopaths they have been hunting.
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
A memoir of my life in Greece.
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
A hippy girl's adventures in a wilderness commune, Haight/Ashbury, and Woodstock.
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
A collection of dark science fiction stories.
Love Children: A Novel
Young people raised by aliens return to Earth to seek their parents.
Painsharing and Other Stories
A collection of science fiction stories.
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
A collection of science fiction stories mostly set in India.
Author Archives: John Walters
Book Review: I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey Into the Mind of Philip K. Dick by Emmanuel Carrere
This is a very disturbing book. It was first published in French in 1993, and the English translation was published in the United States in 2004. Philip K. Dick died in 1982, and Carrere had several already-published biographies of Dick … Continue reading
Book Review: Mr. Magic Realism by Bruce Taylor
I met Bruce Taylor at a Clarion West writer’s gathering in Seattle. Up until then, I hadn’t met anyone in the year and half since I’d begun attending such events that had attended Clarion West anywhere near as far back … Continue reading
Book Review: Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle by Murray Morgan
I was born and raised in Seattle, but back in the 1950s and 60s when I grew up, Seattle was very different than it is now. It was a backwater, in fact, compared with many of the rest of the … Continue reading
Book Reviews: Bleed Into Me: A Book of Stories and After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham Jones
Stephen Graham Jones was one of the guest instructors at the 2016 Clarion West Science Fiction Writers Workshop. I first met him at a Tuesday night reading at the University of Washington Bookstore. Since he’s a Blackfeet Native American, I … Continue reading
Book Review: Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology Edited by Ellen Datlow
While I was at the Norwescon science fiction convention last spring, I attended a panel on the value of workshops for writers. There are all sorts of different types of such workshops, from local meet-ups of aspiring writers who informally … Continue reading
Book Review: Life Itself: A Memoir by Roger Ebert
As I mentioned in my recent essay on movies, Roger Ebert is the only film critic whose opinions I seek out about films I am interested in, at least those films made before 2013, when he died. Although I don’t … Continue reading
What Movies Mean to Me
I am writing this essay because I am in the midst of reading Roger Ebert’s memoir Life Itself, a review of which will appear soon. Ebert loved films, and he is one of the few film critics (perhaps the only … Continue reading
Book Review: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Don’t be fooled by the fact that this book is marketed as a so-called juvenile novel. It reads great for adults too. It is a frightening and important book about what happens when people lose their freedom in the name … Continue reading
Book Review: Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America by Jesse Jarnow
I find it difficult to criticize this book because I can appreciate the good intentions of the author, but criticize it I must. It could have been so much more than it is. It purports to be a history of … Continue reading
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