James Bailey

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  • Bibliography:
    40 Books
  • First Book:
    April 2002
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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Book List in Order: 40 titles

  • monero

    In a world torn apart by an unpopular war, Gary--a dropout from UC Berkeley--flees to Mexico to escape the political turmoil and riots-and, most importantly, to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam. Now a fugitive, he becomes involved in the smugg...

  • The Journey

    Jake Brenner treks to Mexico in an attempt to find himself ... and exorcise the ghost of his dead father. But he soon crosses paths with Buck, an old adventurer, Fidencio, a Mexican gangster and Laura, the gangster's mistress.

    Greed prompts Jake t...

  • Man, Interrupted

    James Bailey's form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was as bizarre as it was unbearable. He was obsessed by a fear of drugs and their effects, believing himself to be in constant danger of becoming insanely high through people spiking his food...

  • Show Off

    David is bored with his life. After years of slaving away in a dead end job he has come to the realization that his thirty odd years have amounted to nothing. A violent encounter with some home intruders however, has shown David that there may be ano...

  • Lucifer's Return

    God has left our world, Lucifer has returned to take control. After centuries away Lucifer returns to a world that has changed dramatically from the one he knew. Lucifer struggles to understand modern society and is appalled at the atrocities mankind...

  • My Last Train Ride

    A short story of the last train ride a Jewish person takes until their arrival at a death camp. Written from a first person perspective, this story tries to convey the despair one would feel as one's fate was realised....

  • A Gnomish Solution

    The town of Stolten is a quiet Dwarven town occasionally interrupted by the odd explosion from the nearby Gnomish village. Durban, the local Innkeeper, finds he must enlist the help of the local gnomes and their contraptions in order to save his town...

  • Grave Ties

    Lost, thirsty and sunburnt, Frank sees a petrol station in the distance, gleaming like an oasis. All Frank wishes to do is resupply and head back where he came from so he can find his brother and give him the proper death he deserves rather than leav...

  • The Last Man

    The universe is dying, slowly each star is petering out until everything goes dark. The last civilisation has entrusted it's future to one ship searching for a planet that can still support life. Elim is the sole remaining pilot and is running out of...



  • My Own Universe

    Simon was a successful student with a promising career ahead of him. However, a new immersive video game has been released where he is able to create his own world and shape and destroy it however he wishes. Simon gradually grows addicted to this gam...

  • Night Caller

    Gary appears to be a normal man, bit of a night owl but friendly with his neighbours. Gary, however is a vampire who spends his evenings trawling the city for just the right person to feed on. Returning to his apartment in the city to watch some tele...

  • Bleak Rock

    An accident on a distant asteroid mining base has plunged Seth and his fellow miners into despair. Food is running short, power is running low and tempers are flaring. As Seth and his work mates struggle to shut down as many power draining systems as...

  • Fall of the Lich

    Azriel has conquered the continent at last, turning whole populations into undead. Raised as revenants these undead are immortal and still retain their thoughts and memories although their bodies slowly decay around them.Azriel has stumbled across a ...

  • False Impression

    Bron and Rast thought it would be an easy pay day, kill a wandering party of orcs that are harassing a nearby village then reap the rewards. The battle might just be harder than they thought though with some unexpected allies helping out....

  • Lonely Child

    John is a young boy of ten years, inquisitive, playful, mischievous much like any other ten year old. John was born and brought up in zero gravity however, never able to walk on Earth. An opportunity has come up for John to talk to some other childre...

  • Stolen Fears

    A young hacker has found some documents he shouldn't have, the world is going to end in a matter of a few years. Unfortunately the hacker dies in a car chase fleeing the police, but not before he passes on the information to his friend Michelle. Soon...

  • Rising Fears

    A major natural disaster with the potential to wipe out much of the human race is on the horizon. Four acquaintances work for an agency trying to prevent knowledge of the impending destruction from getting released to the general public and causing a...

  • Infiltration

    John is a prospector on the moon of Callisto. While on a surveying trip he finds a derelict ship at the bottom of a valley. Checking out the wreck he realises that this vessel has no business being anywhere near the moon. As he explores the interior ...

  • Pale Reflection

    In the near future death is little more than an inconvenience, a mind can simply be transferred into a new body upon death. Sam, a young boy, watches as his mother slowly passes away in front of him. He struggles to understand how her mind and consci...



  • A Gnomish Invention

    Trouble has come again to the town of Stolten as an elf maiden collapses inside Durban's Inn, the last member of her party that had gotten lost in a blizzard. Durban goes out into the storm to rescue her friends with the unwanted help of his gno...

  • Wishful Thinking

  • The Greatest Show on Dirt

    Minor league baseball is the land of dreamers, where young men endure months on the road, long bus rides, bad food, and constant pressure while they hone their craft and reach for the next rung up the ladder. Like the players on the field, the men...

  • New Exodus

    A new home has finally been found by one of the seven ships that abandoned Earth thirty years earlier. Seth is one of the first to set foot on the planet and explore what appears to be a paradise. Things are not all they seem however, and they might ...

  • Opposing Resistance

    John has fought against the rising domination of the Covax Corporation for months. Their revolutionary new drug giving them a near unlimited bank account and growing stranglehold over the government. An opportunity has arisen that could give him t...

  • Atonement

  • Brainjack

    A space station around Mars has suffered a series of strange murders. Jack, the security chief of the station, must struggle against the odds to find out who or what is causing these deaths before he becomes a victim himself....

  • Answer

    Brent has been searching for evidence of the afterlife, ghosts, anything supernatural for years with no success. With his money beginning to run out and resignation setting in, Brent receives an email from an unknown sender suggesting he pay a visit ...

  • Almost, Texas

    Charmer Lewis had the looks of a male model and the smarts of a Harvard student. One would think he would be on top of the world, but that was not the case. Even as a small boy, he was always wondering why he was on this planet and the true meaning o...

  • Nine Bucks a Pound

    From the moment he's drafted, Del Tanner shows the Twins a smooth left-handed stroke and a slick glove at first base. But his path is blocked by players who possess the one thing he lacks-power. When a teammate's injury is the only thing to spare him...



  • Sorry I Wasn't What You Needed

    Ten years ago, C.J. Neubauer fled his family, trading coasts to provide himself three time zones of buffer space. Random email and social media posts yield all the contact he needs. Until a late-night phone call from his wistful father. Unaccustomed ...

  • A Living Hell

    Justin's world is in turmoil,
    and it doesn't seem to get any better.
    He has to deal with bullying, homophobia, neglect,
    divorce, disrespect, liars, backstabbers, and betrayal.
    Who is a friend, and who is not?
    Who can you trust ...

  • The First World Problems of Jason Van Otterloo

    In Jason Van Otterloo's neighborhood, the Fourth of July fireworks are provided by his drunken parents brawling in the driveway. One moment they're not speaking to each other, the next they're on the couch like teenage lovers. He's not sure which is ...

  • Dispatches from a Tourist Trap

    Thanks to his parents' separation, Jason Van Otterloo is starting his sophomore year of high school three hours away from all his friends--including his new girlfriend, Sian. Tiny Icicle Flats is a quaint Bavarian-themed mountain village that has bee...

  • The Flip Side

    Penny wise or pound foolish? A heartbroken young Brit decides to turn his love life over to the flip of a coin -- in this delightfully British rom-com in the vein of Jenny Colgan, Rosie Curtis, Nick Hornby, and David Nicholls. To coin a phrase, Jo...

  • The Way Back To You

  • The Mystic and Other Poems Philip

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  • A Nose For Trouble

    A Nose For Trouble, is a thrilling novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. The story is set in a make-believe place where a community of do- gooders lives on edge daily, fearing two and four-legged life forms that regularly stray dow...

  • Comicorum Graecorum Fragmenta

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  • DrillGamez

    • / General Fiction
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    The history of Chicago's street gangs, so I researched news articles, books, forum posts, interviewed old students and people from Chicago communities, and researched old social services records from the 1950s and 1960s. I translate poorly written pi...



  • This Is Who We Are Now

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    On the brink of a milestone birthday he'd rather not celebrate, Henry Bradfield returns to his childhood home in Vermont to find his old belongings are the hottest items at his parents' garage sale. When Henry learns that his prized Spider-Man comics...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Bailey has published 40 books.

James Bailey does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Nose For Trouble, was published in August 2023.

The first book by James Bailey, monero, was published in April 2002.

No. James Bailey does not write books in series.
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