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MICHAEL S FIELDS

Michael S Fields is the author of novels such as Spirits of the Darkness, The Syn Saga: Ghost of the Medallion, The Syn Saga: Soul of the Serpent, The Blackwood Conspiracy, Corporate Hordes, and Hostile World. Some of his other works include a short story called The Armageddon Season that was published in Poetry and Short Story Forum Press: a small magazine in Philadelphia.

EARLY AND PERSONAL LIFE

A lot of Michael's books comes from past experiences. When he was elementary school, he had a hearing problem. The teachers in the school confused this with mental issues and assigned him to special classes. They told his parents not to expect him to grow up to be anything. By the second grade, he had surgery and the problem is fixed. As he got older, the only thing he really wanted was to tell stories. Throughout his life, he always just wanted to entertain the world to whatever was on his mind.

Some of his influences in his life include the mean Mrs. Culver in Spirits of the Darkness. He had similar experiences in Elementary School when this particular school secretary would always harass him and send him to the office. Other influences in Spirits of the Darkness include Appalachian Deep which consists of a giant turtle with an archaic city on its back. This was thought up when he was a small child when he became attached to his pet turtle and imagined the lining on his shell to be like another world. His main character, Sinclair Housen, finds a weapon called a cetra that protrudes blades at both ends of the hilt and can create portals to the world of the dead. This and the character of Harlem (a guardian angel in that world) to be developed as a small child.

CAREER

His first big break was getting a short story published in a magazine in Philadelphia called Poetry and Short Story Forum Press. That book was Armageddon Season. This is a story about young Mike Carter and his friends trying to make it home during a violent snow storm as they are chased by bullies. It was the first story featured in that magazine and received some critical praise.

At about fifteen years later he finally got his first novel published under the publishing company Solstice entitled Spirits of the Darkness. The cover was designed by him and his nephew Bryan Gibbs and was the only one of his book covers that was specifically his creation. After that it fell under rules and regulations. The novel reached the top of the chart for bestseller in the Amazon.com website and gradually gained more readers as time went on. This success warranted a sequel entitled The Syn Saga: Ghost of the Medallion and helped generate more fans to the acclaimed book series.

Following Spirits of the Darkness came The Blackwood Conspiracy and Corporate Hordes published by Sarah Publishing. As The Blackwood Conspiracy dealt with horror with monsters in a plagued town, Corporate Hordes dealt with the horror with working and dating as an aging adult. Both books received praise and media attention.

Hostile World is his fifth book and is getting a lot of media attention. It's about a teenager named Chris Bennington who falls for this girl and gets bullied in school. However, one day he and the bully gets abducted by aliens right in front of her, and Chris finds himself in another world. With the help of an alien friend and a robot sent from Earth, he desperately finds a way back home. He soon discovers that he is on live TV, and his friends and family watch as he is being hunted by the inhabitants who live in this strange, hostile world.

The third book in the Spirits of the Darkness series, The Syn Saga: Soul of the Serpent continues Syn's adventures as he tries to be a normal boy to avoid government attention. When a being from the dark world seeks him out, Syn has a decision to face and he also has to correct some mistakes he made on the other side that could affect his alternate self.

Currently, a fourth book is planned entitled The Syn Saga: Guardians of the Nether where Syn must use his powers one last time to find a serial killer, and the government is one step closer to abducting him. With his friend Colin trapped in another world, Syn is willing to give himself one last final adventure.

INDEPENDENT FILMS

In addition to writing books, Michael had a small career in making smaller films. These are a series of films following the misadventures of Tyler Moore entitled The Roommates, The Roommates Holiday Special, and Loser's Anonymous. Aptly known as The Roommates Saga (with his book Corporate Hordes as a continuation of the films), it involves passive-aggressive Tyler dealing with bad roommates and his struggles to keep the woman he loves. In 2003, The Roommates screened at the State-Wayne theater in Michigan and received a thunderous standing ovation. The two films followed and saw the last screening in January of 2008. One novel materialized after the last film and a final film entitled Kindness for Weakness has since released and is available on DVD and Blu-Ray on Amazon.com.