Born with the unfortunate talent of lying, James Wymore spent his youth explaining things he said before thinking. Gaining a kind of fame, people remembered him best for stretching the bounds of believability beyond breaking. His friends often benefitted from games or play time which incorporated these fantastic stories. However, family members usually just rolled their eyes and went on with what they were doing.
Taking the role of Charlatan to expert level, James pursued science and philosophy to better justify the ideas he created. Pushing theories and technology past their limits, he found plenty of safe space where nobody could contradict him. Or, if that didn’t work, he’d just say, “It’s magic.”
Eventually, he realized stories justify untruth with meaning. His efforts to become an astronaut, surgeon, dark wizard, and spy were all wasted. In the end, those credentials didn’t have any significance. People will forgive any disbelief for a good ending.
In addition to having over thirty short stories published, James has edited six anthologies: The Actuator: Borderlands Anthology, The Actuator 3: Chaos Chronicles, Windows into Hell, Choose Your Own Apocalypse, Mormon Steampunk: All Made of Hinges, and Backward Everything’s. He also acquired eighteen books for two different presses.
His stand-alone novels represent the full spectrum of genres: Theocracide, Exacting Essence, Salvation, Schism, and Thug #1. Finally, the bestselling Actuator series includes work by 25 authors in every fiction genre and uniquely blends all the major tropes of genre fiction.
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- “Fido” in Trace the Stars
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