Michael Robertson

Would you stop if you saw a little girl wandering through the woods at night? Andy did. He's now dead. This is Andy's story. The Girl in the Woods - A Ghost's Story is the first in a collection of Off-Kilter Tales. It's a short story about a man in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or the right place at the right time. You decide.

In a world where walls provide safety, Heidi finds herself wanting nothing more than to run free. Trapped in a community with people she despises, she volunteers to be the runner for them. The supply runs offer her relief in an otherwise claustrophobic environment …They also leave her vulnerable to attack in a broken city.

For as long as Dragon can remember, he's lived in a lead-lined box. It might be for his own good, but he's under no illusion he's still a prisoner.Nuclear war has left the world uninhabitable. With radiation levels so high, the only way to survive is encased in lead.Dragon's only connection to the world comes through competitive gaming. A community linked by high-speed networks with every gamer fighting for the monthly prize. A prize coveted almost...

After having found and successfully rescued his ex-wife from the diseased in Summit City, Rhys races to where he arranged to meet his son to discover he isn't there ... But there's hope. The boy's left a trail. With just enough breadcrumbs to keep them going, Rhys and his ex-wife follow the path of their son and his protector in a race against both the spread of The Alpha Plague, and a crazed psychopath hell bent on their destruction ... The Alpha...

After helping clear a colony of vicious parasites, Seb Zodo has come back from his most recent mission with more questions than answers.How did the grubs find their way to Carstic in the first place?Does it have anything to do with Moses?Could the leader of The Shadow Order be that callous in his pursuit of wealth?To find out the truth Seb has to defy his obligation to The Shadow Order and go A.W.O.L.In a galaxy where Moses holds great power, Seb...

Seb Zodo had a hunch from the second he met Moses, but even he understood he needed more than that before he acted upon it.Now he knows the truth, he plans to return to the Shadow Order's base for a long overdue showdown with the villainous shark.With his friends behind him, Seb's ready to finally end his affiliation with the Shadow Order and rid himself of the prophecy hanging around his neck.Once he's defeated the darkness in the galaxy, he can...

Have you ever been confused when people talk about sustainable living? Do you want to know about the real Holy Land, the one that doesn't get shown on the news? Ever wondered what living in a communal village would really be like? In September of 2011, the author went to Israel to answer all these questions for himself. Eco 7: Zionists, Green Freaks, and Hasidic Hippies is the insightful and inspiring memoir of his five months on the Hava-ve-Adam...

Do you have a plan for the apocalypse?Rhys doesn't.But as he watches chaos spill from the Alpha Tower, he knows one thing for sure ...He must get to his son before the virus does.If you like high stakes and edge of your seat action in a post-apocalyptic world, then The Alpha Plague is for you. Get it now to join Rhys at ground zero as he tries to save his loved ones and survive a disaster that will leave the world changed forever.This box set includes:The...

Marie, eight months pregnant and grieving the loss of her parter, has fallen from grace in Nirvana. Recently a hardworking, privileged member of society, a chain of events has reduced her to nothing more than an estate rat and a drain on the system. Under the oppressive boot heel of poverty-like all people on the estate-Marie battles the challenges of surviving the expansive gap between the two social classes. But Marie has one advantage ... she...

"Winner of the 2009 Honor Book Award, New Jersey Council for the Humanities" Michael Robertson is professor of English at the College of New Jersey. He is the author of the award-winning Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of Modern American Literature and the coeditor of Walt Whitman, Where the Future Becomes Present. Despite his protests, Anne Gilchrist, distinguished woman of letters, moved her entire household from London to Philadelphia...