The original idea of this character and the world he inhabits was born in 1999, as in “party like it’s.” I also kicked around the idea that Spencer was born on Friday the 13th, which seems a little cliche, but I thought it would be fun that occasionally his birthday would fall on a Friday. Today he turns twelve years old.

In any case, it just kind of happened that the series got going in such a way that the main character’s timeline is very close to real time, and rather than try to force things into being timeless (which is virtually impossible in a modern setting unless you dislocate your characters to an alien landscape), I decided to just run with it.

If you haven’t already, click the image or click here to order or download the book. If you haven’t seen it yet, click and watch the series ebook trailer.

And for anyone not on Facebook, I have officially announced the name of the third book: “Schoolhouse Number Five.” For a peek at the cover, check out my Thinking Skull page on FB.