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Welcome to my website, where you can learn a bit about me, my books, upcoming events and some of my ramblings on various issues as they pertain to reading, writing and publishing. You will also find contact information on this website. Please feel free to contact me with any and all questions, and I will be happy to respond.

I’d like to thank the Imperial Valley Press, a newspaper near and dear to my heart where I worked as a reporter for fourteen years—and learned to write—for hosting this website.

Guardian’s Legacy: The Last Princess of Latara Book 3 by Darren Simon now available!

Fourteen-year-old Charlee Smelton is a Guardian, a path forced upon her by fate. She’s come to accept this fact after fighting to save Earth, the world she thought was her home, and the magical
world of Janasara, the true home of her bloodline.
But the fight is not over.
Once more, Charlee must stand against not only her great aunt, the sorceress Theodora, but also an ancient evil—the Brotherhood—seeking to be reborn and to conquer worlds. If she is to save the universe, she’ll have to put her faith in the last person across the dimensional divide she would have turned to for help—a person who knows the truth about the cursed medallion that calls to Charlee. A war is coming, and her very soul is on the line



Tripp Unleashed Now Available!

I am excited to reveal the my new middle grade/young adult novel titled, Tripp Unleashed, a wild adventure as a teenager with unique abilities must unlock the secrets about himself in order to determine his destiny—if he can survive the journey ahead. Published by Tell-Tale Publishing, look for Tripp Unleashed available now!


I Bring The Storms & Other Tales
My second horror short was published this Halloween (2021) in Tell-Tale Publishing’s sixth annual horror anthology titled, I Bring The Storms & Other Tales. My story is titled, Friends Don’t Let Friends Die Alone, a frightening journey into madness as a teen comes to grip—or not—with the death of his best friend.


The Jungle & Other Tales
My first horror short was published on Halloween 2020 in Tell-Tale Publishing’s fifth annual horror
anthology titled, The Jungle & Other Tales. My story, Resurrection, takes the reader to the Old West
where a couple of lawmen and the bank robber they have captured decide to help a young boy save his
sister from those about to kill her in the old mining town of Resurrection. It could be the worst mistake
of their lives.

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