Bio
A lot can be said about A. S. MacKenzie. Some good...some even better. However, to truly understand the man you will need to go back to the beginning: Florida.On a spring day in 1974, A. S. entered the world through the hospital in Sarasota, Florida. Over the course of the next couple dozen years, he would find himself growing, learning, and engaging in all manner of activities. Things like walking, school, eating, driving, and ultimately reading. While the third activity listed is a decided favorite of his, it really is the last item that holds a special place in his heart.
You see, since A. S. was young, the one thing he was able to do better than most was read. He completed the 12th grade reading level assignments by age 8 and went on to complete the college level by age 11. His voracious love of reading led him to where he finds himself today: as a struggling writer.
Don't misunderstand, he is not struggling in the typical sense. He has a great job as an AV consultant in Atlanta for large-scale commercial clients, is married to a wonderful woman and happily spoils two adorable dogs. The struggle comes in the form of attempting to create a life as a writer. He constantly writes short stories, essays, reviews, and multiple novels (one of which is complete!) just for the sake of it. He also has a newsletter he sends out monthly with a new serial story installment.
The struggle is in continuing to climb forward in this life as a writer. There are times he finds himself tired, lazy, hungry, or too enthralled in a comic or book to write. It is here that he struggles and it is through this site he hopes to break free of that struggle. Through this website he can stretch his writer's legs (is that a thing?), and kick off the struggle to become the writer he always knew he could be.
A consistent one.
Additionally, he really enjoys plastic model building, gaming, cooking, and woodworking.
Genres
Free Book Giveaways
Long Walk Back
Two city friends spend a weekend camping out in the woods of upstate New York, trying to get away from their hectic lives.
But now it is time to head home.
Heavy fog, a lost map, and no GPS mark the start of their journey on the first day of their trek.
And it only gets worse from there.
Bears.
Bees.
Storms.
Each other.
The threats to their lives grow with each step as they struggle to make it back and it isn't certain if either wants the other to make it.
Hit Then Run
It was a store robbery gone wrong when the criminal got away but the victim was hit by a car.
Then it happened again.
And Again.
For newly hired detective, Phil Ford, this was beyond coincidence. Told not to investigate further, he couldn't let it go. When he falls into a much larger conspiracy involving death-for-hire, organized crime, and corruption in the Sanford Sheriff's Department; it will cost him more than he knows to get to the truth.
Ice Where There Was None
A block of ice in a Florida park. A victim posed inside.
The first officers on the scene struggle to maintain the melting evidence.
Then it happens again.
...and again....and again...
While the officers wonder why they are always the first on scene, their department begins to wonder the same.
A Red Affair
When an aide to a senator dies of an apparent suicide, D.C. believes it to be true, except for Senator Joseph Bell.
He, along with a fellow senator, embark on their own quest to uncover the truth behind the death and ultimately follow it all the way to the "Red Scare" hearings of Senator McCarthy.
