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We Have Agency
Time and Space follows a woman on the verge of turning forty who, on the way to work, is kidnapped by three university-aged young men from the future and is taken forward in time to a society built on patriarchal dominance. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
I remember becoming angrier and angrier at the objectification of women and the failed promise of equality.
Women’s Liberation hit the news when I was in school. I also grew up with a Zoroastrian father who taught us, in accordance with his religion, that men and women are equal. I didn’t understand the need for Women’s Lib until my later university/early working years, when I saw how women were treated in the workplace. Decades on, and except for Federal and provincial Canadian laws, nothing had changed. Women who felt they were liberated because of issues around sex having been loosened were wrong. It seemed like only the older generation understood that changing laws and mores didn’t translate to women being treated and perceived as equal to men. Whether women were virtually unclothed in one culture or covered up to the eyeballs in another, they were still being treated as objects for men to control. They still had less value.
I was also getting fed up with how Toronto and Ontario treat Toronto’s public transit and the commodification of every aspect of life.
On a personal note, I had little control over any part of my life because of my brain injury. I guess I was telling myself through Time’s story that we may not see it, but we have agency.
What are some things that you find interesting about the human condition that you think make for great fiction?
Our weaknesses. And the forces that both exploit them and force us to grow. That often surprises us when they lead us to fulfilling our own potential.
What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?
Sexism:
- The objectification of women and how they’re perceived as either baby bearers or sex fulfillers for men.
- What equality truly looks like when men and women perceive women as having inherent worth.
- Women recognizing their own intelligence, both to receive help and to problem-solve their own challenges.
Classism:
- Through the neglect of public transit.
- In the commercial arena or public spaces.
Racism:
- I’ll leave this to the reader to ponder the way I presented it and its meaning.
Ageism:
- I made Time an older woman.
- Since then, I began writing a trilogy (The Q’Zam’Ta Trilogy) featuring a woman in her 60s. Book one, The Soul’s Awakening, is out now.
- With such an emphasis on stories with younger people and the whole mindset that the youth will “save us,” we need to hear stories about older people also able to “save us,” especially older women in nondescript jobs.
What is the next book that you are working on, and when can your fans expect it to be out?
I’ll be publishing The Soul’s Reckoning, book 2 of The Q’Zam’Ta Trilogy, in December 2025 and am currently writing book 3, The Soul’s Turning, which I hope will come out at the end of 2026.
I’m particularly excited about The Soul’s Turning because it’s set in far, far future Toronto, London, and Mumbai, and expands on some of the technology and themes I first explored in Time and Space. However, I’ll be making climate change an essential background to the character development and plot settings. And unlike Time and Space, it delves into the latter aspects of Revelation — what would a world without Satan and the beasts of “the elite” actually look like?
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Time is turning forty, but her ordinary morning walk to work shatters when three university-aged boys from the future snatch her into a shimmering white cube. Their destination: a technologically advanced, male-dominated future where girls are tightly controlled, kept cosmetically perfect, and denied knowledge and autonomy.
When their professor discovers the abduction, he’s furious. The boys had promised never to interfere with the past again. Now he orders them to dump Time in a desolate era few dare visit, The Nasty Time. It’s 2411. The world is stripped of equality, connection, and choice. Time is abandoned and left stranded.
But someone unexpected intervenes, offering Time a sliver of hope—and knowledge she never asked for. Now, survival may depend on learning more than she ever imagined.
Smart, satirical, and deeply unsettling, Time and Space is a genre-defying journey across centuries and systems of control. Shireen Jeejeebhoy blends speculative science, biting social commentary, and sharp humour in a story that asks: “What happens when the powerless are forced to reclaim their life—or be erased from their future?”
Time is waiting. Don’t delay.
Foretold in the Scriptures
The Manifestation of Evil follows a young girl whose seemingly ordinary life in Ankara slowly unravels under the weight of sinister visions, haunting figures, and a destiny tied to forces beyond her understanding. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
The inspiration for the setup for my story would have to be Genesis 3:15 in the Bible, where it says how God will put an enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel, and that verse was actually prophetic because it deals with the messiah, Jesus Christ, and the spiritual war. In my fictional book, I wanted Asya, a young Turkish girl who lives a normal life, to be visited by celestial beings to herald the birth of her firstborn child, who will change the world and her status as a chosen vessel. But she will be unaware of the type of celestial beings talking to her and the implications of what is being said to her. Just like the Virgin Mary in the Bible, who comes from a religious background, I wanted Asya to come from a religious background as well. Asya has no idea that the child she will give birth to is the antichrist, which was foretold in the scriptures.
What were some of the trials that you felt were important to highlight Asya’s development?
When it came to Asya’s development in the book, Asya went through betrayal and sexual abuse from a family relative, which was an awful thing, and that shaped her life to a certain extent, where she became an overachiever. Now, in my fictional book, I wanted to explore the background of the key players and characters in my book, especially their upbringing and events that will shape their lives, like the Russian president, Igor Alexander, who is an ultra nationalist and has a very dangerous antisemitic ideology.
What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?
The purpose of this fictional series is to make people aware of the times we are living in and to think about eternity because, truth be told, we live in a messed-up world. All you have to do is turn your TV on, and you will hear of wars and rumors of wars, and earthquakes in diverse places. People are losing their minds, and there is economic instability, uncertainty, and inflation. It does not take a scholar or a genius to know something is off with this world we live in, and it is full of evil.
Is this the first book in the series? If so, when is the next book coming out, and what can your fans expect in the next story?
The Birth of the Antichrist: The Manifestation of Evil, Part 1 is part of a series. The second book, His Arrival, will be out in January of 2026. This first book deals with all the events and circumstances that will lead to the birth of the antichrist, the man of sin.
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Time and Space
Time and Space is a science fiction story wrapped in a very human struggle. It follows Time, a woman on the cusp of turning forty, who is suddenly pulled out of her ordinary Toronto life and thrown into a future where time travel is not just possible but exploited. She encounters arrogant young men from a society built on patriarchal dominance, where women’s roles are reduced and history has been rewritten in chilling ways. The narrative shifts between the claustrophobic experience of being kidnapped, the surreal awe of futuristic landscapes, and the stark reality of oppression disguised as order. It’s a mix of adventure, social critique, and personal awakening, all told through the voice of someone caught completely off guard by forces far bigger than herself.
I enjoyed how raw this book felt. The writing is vivid and sometimes almost abrasive in the way it pulls you into the protagonist’s fear and confusion. I often felt a knot in my stomach while reading, especially in the early chapters where she’s mocked, manipulated, and treated as less than human. The banter of the boys who kidnap her is infuriatingly smug, and Jeejeebhoy captures that dynamic with unsettling accuracy. At the same time, the details of the future world are fascinating, almost cinematic. I could see the gleaming white roads, the seamless suits, the eerie efficiency of a society that values power over compassion. That contrast between wonder and dread kept me turning the pages.
On a personal level, the ideas behind the story really resonated with me. The future Jeejeebhoy imagines is not some far-fetched dystopia, it’s a mirror held up to our present choices and blind spots. The way women’s rights are slowly eroded in the book feels uncomfortably plausible, like a warning wrapped in fiction. I found myself angry at times, and then strangely hopeful, because even in her fear, the protagonist resists in small ways. There’s something incredibly relatable about her longing for home, her disbelief at the world around her, and her stubborn spark of individuality. The writing isn’t polished in a traditional sense, but it has grit, heart, and honesty, and I think that’s what makes it stick.
Time and Space is both a thrilling time travel tale and a sharp commentary on power, gender, and history. I’d recommend it to readers who like their science fiction with a social edge, and to anyone who enjoys stories that make them think uncomfortably about the world we live in. If you enjoyed the unsettling social critique of The Handmaid’s Tale or the time-bending thrills of The Time Traveler’s Wife, then Time and Space will be right up your alley.
Pages: 331 | ASIN : B0FPDQ8FGL
Andersen Light: A Meta-Normal Novel
Tanya D. Dawson’s Andersen Light is a coming-of-age novel that weaves fantasy, trauma, healing, and self-discovery into the life of Georgie Jones, a brave teenager escaping abuse and finding her place in a world bigger and stranger than she imagined. After surviving an unsettling family situation, Georgie relocates to the coastal town of Mystic Creek to live with her father. What begins as a grounded emotional journey slowly opens into a metaphysical one, involving dreams, psychic mentors, a mysterious lighthouse, and a destiny Georgie could never have foreseen.
What hit me first and hardest was the honesty in the way Georgie’s trauma is portrayed. Dawson doesn’t sugarcoat it. She takes you inside the mind of a kid trying to hold it all together, and it’s messy and brave and human. It made me uncomfortable in places, but in the right way. Georgie isn’t a perfect heroine. She’s scrappy, smart, overwhelmed, and trying to find light in all the dark. The writing in these parts feels raw, coming straight from the heart. Dawson nails the voices of kids and teens without slipping into awkward attempts to sound “young.” There’s also something comforting in how safe the adult characters, like her father and the lightworker Luther become. There’s hope alongside the pain, and that balance matters.
I was surprised by the book’s mysticism. At first, it reads like contemporary fiction with serious emotional weight. Then suddenly, you’re in dream realms, lighthouses channel energy, and the story folds into something more like magical realism or soft sci-fi. That shift felt a bit jarring. I wasn’t always sure if the magical side added clarity or distraction. Some of the metaphysical explanations slowed the pace a bit. There were moments where the surreal worked beautifully, especially when it paralleled Georgie’s emotional healing.
Andersen Light is heartfelt and different. It’s for readers who like emotional depth in their YA, especially those who appreciate a blend of real-life grit with cosmic wonder. If you’re someone who’s survived something or loves stories about kids finding their strength, this will resonate with you. I’d recommend it to teens and adults alike, especially those who believe that healing can be both practical and mystical.
Pages: 405 | ASIN : B09HY7W6QK
High Fantasy
Protectors of the Light Crown centers around a gamer whose life is forever changed when a character from his dreams manifests in real life. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
I am operating on the concept that dreams are gateways into alternate realities. Whether or not that is seen as true or false in our human level of understanding doesn’t matter. In my novel, Protectors, Dexter Park initially struggles with the sudden strangeness of his own life after discovering that his dream experiences are indeed real ones, and not just figments of his sleeping imagination. When he accidentally yanks Tickle out of her own reality while asleep one night, it is only the beginning of a very wild ride.
How long did it take you to imagine, draft, and write the world your characters live in?
Using the “plotter” method, I outlined my characters and chapters in a very linear fashion. I’m so dedicated to the bullet-point process that Matt Posner of the School of Fiction podcast told me he’d never seen any other writer take it to such an extreme. I design my characters from their grandparents on down and tailor the story to their personal development. Once I’m sure of who and what I’m dealing with, I come up with general ideas for every chapter. Then, I fine-tune those chapters into detailed pieces and begin writing, starting with Chapter One, until I’m done and ready for rewrites and edits. That process took me ten years of stopping and starting as the rollercoaster of life got in the way. Book 2 won’t take nearly as long.
What do you think were some of the defining moments in Dexter’s development?
This is a story of superheroes in a story sprinkled with high fantasy. And superhero origins usually involved “daddy issues” or their dealing with losing parental figures, etc. Dexter is no different there, and a large part of his story arc involves deep insecurities from physical challenges and having to come to terms with having lost his mom and dad. When he joins The Protectors as a team of super-powered individuals pledged to take down an ancient evil, he’s its least effective member. I dedicated chapters specifically toward Dexter seeing himself in a better light.
What is the next book that you are working on, and when will it be available?
As I said, it took me ten years to write Protectors, but that won’t happen again. If Book Two takes more than five years, I’d be very surprised. I’m shooting for 3 years. I have other books in me, ready to go from paper to screen, but Book Two in this series trilogy is my baby. I’m presently working on that outline.
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Just hours after meeting, the duo find themselves locked in battle with a giant reptile, living on a spaceship, and joining a fledgling team of heroes pledged to take down a supernatural threat from their ancient past.
The road ahead is fraught with danger and uncertainty, but the new group of unlikely friends know that standing together will give them a fighting chance in an unwinnable war against the demonic Venomous Wretch.
Aspry Jones is an Emmy nominated, live broadcast television veteran. He is currently working on a memoir and the sequel to Protectors of the Light. Crown. He lives in North Carolina and loves chess, dogs, nature, meditation, YouTube, all kinds of music, and is deeply entrenched in esoteric spiritual practices.
Protectors of the Light Crown
Protectors of the Light Crown is a genre-bending epic that intertwines fantasy, sci-fi, and social commentary in a bold, breakneck narrative. It opens with the grim downfall of King Greith—a monarch twisted by greed and transformed into a monstrous tyrant—and pivots unexpectedly into the life of Dexter Park, a nerdy gamer from a gritty, gentrified future Earth. When a character from Dexter’s vivid dreams, the charmingly chaotic Tickle, manifests in real life, the story takes off into surreal territory, blending action, humor, and tenderness as the duo grapples with bizarre threats and mysterious origins.
The writing style explodes with color. It’s cinematic, dramatic, and cheeky all at once. There’s a refreshing rhythm to the prose—sentences punch, pause, and pirouette like a well-choreographed dance. Dialogue crackles with personality. Scenes shift from the thunderous chaos of palace sieges to the intimate awkwardness of a diner booth, yet the transitions never feel jarring. The world-building, especially in the fantasy sections, is deep and darkly lyrical. The political history of Teraligia felt eerily familiar, with its corrupt thrones and cash-fueled coups.
That said, it’s the characters that pulled me in and kept me flipping pages. Dexter, our reluctant hero, is hilarious. He’s awkward, tired, and deeply relatable. Tickle is a burst of madness and heart, bouncing between childlike wonder and sharp-edged warrior with wild unpredictability. Their interactions are oddball magic—equal parts sweet and strange. I found myself laughing, then worrying, then totally smitten. The story walks a fine line between absurd and profound, never quite tipping over either edge.
The sheer volume of ideas can be overwhelming at time. There’s political allegory, dream logic, high fantasy, gritty urban decay, gamer satire, and even romantic comedy—sometimes all in the same chapter. It’s wild, and it works more often than not, but it can leave your brain spinning if you’re not buckled in. Still, I admired the boldness. It felt like the author wrote without fear, without filter, and somehow, that courage paid off.
Protectors of the Light Crown is a weird and wild ride—and I enjoyed it. It’s perfect for readers who want their fantasy laced with sarcasm, their heroes a little broken, and their stories to color outside the lines. Gamers, geeks, dreamers, and anyone who’s ever felt a little lost or out of place—this one’s for you.
Pages: 466 | ASIN : B0DNMM5K6K
T.V. Holiday’s Cataclysm: Legend of The Iron Warrior Vol. 2
This book takes readers on a wild ride. Think The Book of Revelation meets The Boys with a little family drama, street grit, and spiritual warfare thrown in for good measure. The world’s basically crumbling. Demons have taken over a once-utopian city called Crazy Vault, and now they’re gunning for Carnage Coast. The main players are a demon duo (Monsoon and the Crimson Queen), a no-nonsense Muay Thai fighter named Leslie, and this grizzled vigilante superhero called The Iron Warrior. It’s good vs. evil with a ton of gray in between, and everything’s got a poetic, almost prophetic edge to it.
The writing swings big. The prose is intense, dramatic, and at times kind of lyrical, like the opening poem “Crash and Burn” that sets the mood. There’s a rhythm to it that feels more spoken-word than traditional narration, and that gives it this unique vibe. I liked that. However, sometimes, it goes a step further. For instance, when Monsoon complains to Lucifer about being a benchwarmer in this whole hellish campaign, I was honestly rooting for him. He’s sitting on a literal throne of spikes, ready to unleash hell, and he’s stuck playing second string. That moment felt dramatic, but it had heart. The dialogue in those scenes is sharp too—taut and filled with seething tension. I live for power dynamics, and this book delivers on that front.
Leslie might be my favorite part. Her storyline is gritty, grounded, and totally relatable. She’s a fighter—literally and metaphorically—and her struggles with family expectations resonated with me. The whole scene where she trades her late father’s bracelet for a mysterious crown was a gut punch. And then, when that crown turns out to be cursed and she starts hearing voices, it’s like—boom, body horror, identity crisis, demonic possession. It’s a lot. But it works. Her transformation into the new Crimson Queen is creepy and tragic, and I couldn’t stop flipping pages. It felt like a Greek tragedy wrapped in a superhero origin story wrapped in a horror flick.
If you’re into dark urban fantasy with heavy spiritual stakes and characters that bleed, then you’re going to love it. It’s got elements of superhero noir, apocalyptic theology, street-level family drama, and even a twisted love story or two. It’s not light reading. It’s heavy, chaotic, and a little messy in the best way possible. If you’re looking for clean-cut heroes and clear morality, this ain’t it. But if you love your stories raw, bold, and full of fire? Cataclysm is your jam.
Pages: 336 | ASIN : B0DZ3CS927
My Feelings and Process
In the The Quasi-Crystal, a young gem cutter is launched on the journey of a lifetime after discovering an extraordinary crystal that exists simultaneously across multiple realms. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
Each of my books has a theme. In this book, it was about truth and scientific inquiry. The fog that Ran-dhal has to battle represents many things. It is the fog of ignorance, it is also a fog that prevents us from seeing into the inner workings of thing. It is the fog science tries to clear when they look deep into the nature of things, be it peering into the structure of an atom or looking into the deep recesses of space. Exploring these issues was the inspiration for the book. In my reading I came across this concept in physics of a quasi-crystal, that has the properties of a rock and a crystal. I expanded the concept to have the quasi-crystal exist in two realms. In one it would look like an ordinary rock and be a magical crystal in another.
In a lot of coming-of-age fiction novels authors often add their own life experiences to the story. Are there any bits of you in this story?
In some ways there is some of me in the book. I usually identify most closely with the secondary characters in my books. So, in this book, I identify more with Theb, the gem cutter, than with the major characters. Theb is the observer, the one who asks the most questions, the one who never quite gets it. I feel he represents my feelings and process better than the other characters.
How did you manage to balance magic and its use throughout the story to keep it believable?
I deliberately tried to keep the magic to a minimum. In fact, one can question if there really is any magic in the books. The power to reach into minds and control them isn’t really magic, but a skill that can be acquired through training and practice. The fact that crystals store power isn’t really magic, although it seems like it. So, there are only a few fundamental “powers” in the books and that made it much easier to manage.
Will readers soon see a fourth installment in The Wanderer series? If so, can you give us a peek inside?
There is a fourth installment in the Wanderer series called The Golden Tree. This book concentrates on The Wanderer. I felt her story was incomplete and I wanted to get back to her. She has already been to the Silver Forest and found the Golden Pulcher, so what comes next for the person who has obtained enlightenment? The book should be out middle 2025.
I have also outlined a fifth book in the series that will take us back to Remer and his family and I’m looking to possibly do another three book series that gets more detailed on what happens inside the silver forest. So stay tuned!
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Bracat has changed since the Moment—the collective joining of minds—opened up new possibilities of peace for its people. Even the rogue wizard Malzus is seeking forgiveness for his past sins. But this new feeling of unity is tentative, and the future is never certain . . .
In the midst of this change, gem cutter Theb discovers something curious: It looks like an ordinary stone, but he knows it is something extraordinary. A crystal that exists in two realms at once, but only Theb can see its uniqueness.
Then Theb begins to have dreams of a woman, calling for help from a deserted island far away from Bracat. An impenetrable fog is threatening the island, and the strange crystal seems to be the only answer.
There are others who hear the woman’s call. To find the source, Theb joins with a reformed wizard, a former thief, and an old enemy. Together, they vow to find the voice, braving the turbulent ocean to discover what is hidden behind the fog.
The Quasi-Crystal is a literary fantasy adventure with themes of magic, morality, and self-determination. It is the third book in The Wanderer series, which uses the structure of the fantasy genre to explore social justice issues.
LITERARY TITAN 