Fiction to chronicle the end of the age

Award-Winning Author Jeffrey Allen mays

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About Jeffrey

Jeffrey Allen Mays is an award-winning writer, speaker, and teacher. He is the author of the 2014 novel The Former Hero and other stories, essays, and poems. He lives and teaches in Austin Texas.

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Englewood Review of Books

“Jeffrey Allen Mays has…written a philosophical masterpiece that really makes readers think about what it means to be a true hero in his debut novel: The Former Hero…through the pain and the suffering Mays’ story conveys, he could not be closer to the truth.” – Alicia Smock

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San Francisco Book Review

“This book has many fantastic qualities. Jeffrey Allen Mays weaves in mythology, religious allegories and rich characters to create a vivid and intriguing novel. His ambition works in his favor to create a philosophical novel that delves deep into the idea of what being a hero means….The characters are impressively complex…”  – by Maggie Marshall.

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Review by Greg Lamb, author of A Dangerous Element and The People in Between

“Jeffrey Mays showed me what is in the art of the possible with his debut novel, The Former Hero. I hadn’t read anything as good in the genre of experimental literature since the early ’70s when Ishmael Reed wow’ed me with The Last Days of Louisiana Red

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Portland Book Review

“…an ambitious and philosophical novel that looks at the concept of a “hero” while following three protagonists are caught in an overwhelmingly corrupt city… characters are well developed. For readers looking for a bit more depth to their novels, this book might be just up your alley.” – by Whitney Smyth. 

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Musings

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Now, Allie! NOW!

Now, Allie! NOW!

“It’s time to go, Allie,” said Jack. He stood beyond the boarding gate looking at her; she had not yet followed him on board. “Where is this thing going?” “Away from here.” The steel platform on which she stood was...

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A quick one

A quick one

This is a writing exercise written in response to the prompt of the photo above. I have modified the description of the item in the picture for the purposes of the story. “David! Would you come here...

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