Brian Bakos: 19 books

Santa, the Grim Reaper, and others scramble to find new careers and identities. Outrageous political and social satire. Nothing is taken seriously in this book. “A smorgasbord of paranoid ramblings ideally suited to today's sensibilities.”

A road novel with fascinating turns through exotic Asia, workaday America, and Iran caught up in revolution. Readers travel realms where anything is possible, wonderful, or horrible. And always on the road ahead, just beyond reach, the mythical figure of Jon Glass who haunts the entire journey. A...

Brett's lies are getting him into serious trouble. Can big brother Joe stop admiring himself long enough to help turn things around? The brothers verbally joust with each other as they travel toward the ultimate test which will decide if Brett becomes a 'person of substance' or stays the way he is. Children's humor.

Nine offbeat tales guaranteed to disturb your cozy nights. From strange voyages and baffling powers to dystopian athletic competitions, these stories are for you if you enjoy burning the midnight oil with a good yarn. Happy reading!

Where do kids go when they are driven through the cracks - is it to some nightmare land?Throwaway delinquent Billy Conner seems useless to the world, but he’s all that stands between it and the workings of a vicious, supernatural conspiracy.Book 1 of the Terror Orchard series

Middle school wannabe baseball hero, Tommy Velasco, gets more help than he expects from a mysterious two-headed coin. He discovers that bad pennies keep coming back, however much you want to get rid of them. When he passes the problem on to the class queen bee, things get even more out of control, with possibly lethal consequences.Book 5, "Time Before Color TV" series

Matt’s struggle to win media fame by his 14th birthday leads to escalating disasters. Add some romantic complications and things become really disastrous.Young Adult humor.

"Coming up in the world" can bring unexpected problems as Johnny Badger learns the hard way. When the cantankerous Mr. Hank suddenly disappears and leaves Johnny his house, all of Forest Towne is in an uproar. Johnny uses his new found wealth to bully his way to acceptance with disastrous, and humorous results.

The last summer picnic turns into an astonishing disaster! What was supposed to be a fun day at the new state park becomes a life and death struggle with creatures right out of a science fiction horror movie. Middle grade humor and adventure. Book 1, "Time Before Color TV" series

The huge tire on the freeway outside town is not an advertisement, as people think, but a vessel from another universe on a sinister mission. Can Amanda and her friends make it back out alive? The fate of the world might hinge on the outcome, or at least Melissa's fancy new bike. Book 3 of the "Time Before Color TV" series

Those who don't keep the faith eventually get the "point." Trophy wife Laila has long chafed under the domination of husband Frank Armstrong. When she learns that her adult "step children" are plotting to cut her out of their dad's lucrative business affairs and frame her with...

Sequel to "Adventure Bike Club & the Tire Giant"Amanda and Quentin fly to an alien world where Quentin competes in a brutal tournament to save the Earth from invasion, but Amanda falls for the enemy team captain, and things become terribly complex. "Purple Nazis" control half the alien world...

The terrifying “Zone of Destruction” - ZOD, the absence of God. It has taken over the Raptor Aces, an elite Youth League air squadron and its commander, Dytran. They must overcome its toxic influence or face annihilation. Dytran is proud, dynamic, convinced of his superiority. Although a supporter...

Why are people vanishing in the little town of Bridgestock? Only nasty types have disappeared so far, but that could change. Ryan, a 13-year-old newcomer, must tackle this mystery, along with the issue of his “happy blended family” which he desperately wants to disappear as well. Maybe...