Robert J. McCarter

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  • Bibliography:
    60 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2011
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Ghost's Memoir

1 - Shuffled Off (Oct-2011)
2 - To Be a Fool (Oct-2013)
3 - Of Things Not Seen (Jul-2017)

Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story

1 - Meteor Attack! (Jul-2013)
2 - Toxic Asset (Sep-2014)
3 - Protocol X (Dec-2014)
4 - Off Book (Dec-2013)
5 - Hard Times (Apr-2020)
6 - Elemental Factors (Jun-2020)

A Walter Anchor Ghost Detective Story

1 - Detecting Haley (May-2019)
2 - The Ghost Bride's Gift (Jan-2020)
3 - A Long Hard Fall (Mar-2020)
4 - Death of a Dentist (May-2020)
5 - A Hollywood Kind of Murder (Jul-2020)

Woody and June Versus the Apocalypse

1 - Woody and June versus the Wannabe Warlord (Mar-2019)
2 - Woody and June versus the Fungus-Head Zombies (Apr-2019)
3 - Woody and June versus the Grand Canyon (May-2019)
4 - Woody and June versus the Ex (Jun-2019)
5 - Woody and June Versus the Third Wheel (Jul-2019)
6 - Woody and June versus Phantom Company (Aug-2019)
7 - Woody and June versus the Daring Rescue (Sep-2019)

Book List in Order: 60 titles

  • Shuffled Off

    A Ghost's Memoir - 1

    Sometimes death wakes you up... Death comes for us all, but when JJ Lynch dies, it's one hell of a wakeup call. He's forced out of the rut of his going-nowhere meat-life and must embrace his new after-life.  With a gallows sense of humor, JJ fights...

  • Probability: Resolve

    Can an android feel fear? A prototype, the only one of her kind, Nan must fight for her very existence. In a future New York City, she did what any Nanny would do to protect her charge and someone died. To survive, she must defend her actions and he...

  • The Turing Test Will Be Televised

    Walter is an old man, one of the oldest. He just wants to live a quiet, simple life with his wife Camille and watch his favorite reality show, “The Big Hookup.” It is being broadcast live from the Moon this season with a new twist: one of the gen...

  • Ghost Hacker, Zombie Maker

    Ghost Hacker (noun): an individual that uses programming knowledge and social engineering to repair or alter the virtualized neural duplicates of the deceased (commonly called "ghosts"). Zombie Maker (noun): bullets with a biological paylo...

  • Drawing the Dead

    Life and death are not that far apart…

    What happens when we die? Viki Dobos knows. Her job is to help people talk to their dearly departed. She draws the deceased, and they come to life on the page… briefly. When a rich Russian man hi...

  • Meteor Attack!

    Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story - 1

    Falling in love and saving the world...

    When Nik Nichols (aka Neutrinoman) and Licia Lopez (aka Lightningirl) first touch, electrons and neutrinos fly. But a relationship is the furthest thing from their minds. They've got to figure out their...

  • To Be a Fool

    A Ghost's Memoir - 2

    Who wants to rest in peace?    
    Want to have a happy afterlife as a ghost? Then, stay out of the bardo (your own personal hell); avoid your old meat-life--it only leads to trouble; and take your time with your unfinished business. In other wor...

  • Off Book

    Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story - 4

    An Impossible Mission…When Nik Nichols (aka Neutrinoman) and his new partner Quinn Rask head to Las Vegas on an off book mission to try to capture Chaosboy, they end up with much more than they bargained for. An impossible mission to stop a ne...

  • Toxic Asset

    Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story - 2

    Update: Grab the first three episodes for a great price in Neutrinoman & Lightningirl: A Love Story, Season 1 (Episodes 1-3)

    Friend or Enemy?
    When Toxicwasteman escapes from prison and takes hostages it is Neut...



  • Protocol X

    Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story - 3

    An Alien Encounter

    It's not easy being Neutrinoman or Nik Nichols for that matter. He's got a lot on his plate. Continuing alien attacks aimed directly at him, Toxicwasteman trying to recruit him into his band of villains, and Licia/Lightning...

  • Life After

    A Matter of Life and Life After Death

    A ghost trying to solve his own murder... An old man in a care home fighting for meaning at the end of his life... A holographic husband helping his wife through her grief... A couple living their lives k...

  • Of Things Not Seen

    A Ghost's Memoir - 3

    A QUESTION OF FAITH, A MATTER OF LOVE...Jesus Dominga is a Catholic ghost. His faith told him that he would go to heaven or hell upon his death. But instead he finds himself an earthbound spirit.Now Jesus has left his ghostly friends in Tucson to ret...

  • Seeing Forever

    A life worth living?

    Paul Cruz is no longer human. He’s a Singular, his consciousness technological, no longer biological. He was there at the beginning and helped ensure the survival of all the Singulars. Free from the limits of flesh and bloo...

  • Anomalous Readings

    Explore the Curious and Confounding

    • A gritty sci-fi / western featuring a genetically modified talking horse
    • A karmic sci-fi apocalypse haunted by the “ghosts” of the dead
    • A man who erases memories, desperate to remembe...

  • Woody and June versus the Wannabe Warlord

    Woody and June Versus the Apocalypse - 1

    Meeting a Girl at the End of the WorldWhen Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona.What...

  • Woody and June versus the Fungus-Head Zombies

    Woody and June Versus the Apocalypse - 2

    Seriously? You Call This a First Date?When Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona.Wood...

  • Detecting Haley

    A Walter Anchor Ghost Detective Story - 1

    A Ghost Trying to Solve His Own Murder...Walter Anchor hates being a ghost. He wants nothing more than to solve his own murder, finish his unfinished business as an earthbound spirit, and move on. But when he and his best ghost-friend Emily stumble a...

  • Woody and June versus the Grand Canyon

    Woody and June Versus the Apocalypse - 3

    If the Z's Don't Get You, the Canyon WillWhen Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona.W...

  • Woody and June versus the Ex

    Woody and June Versus the Apocalypse - 4

    Everyone's Got a Crazy Ex, Even at the End of the WorldWhen Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona&helli...



  • For a Horse Named Corwin

    A Man and his HorseCenturies ago when the Ancestors settled on the desert planet of Valdrin, they imposed a technology quarantine. No electricity. No genetic modifications. No exceptions.Evan Wilcox snuck back home with his genetically modified horse...

  • Woody and June Versus the Third Wheel

    Woody and June Versus the Apocalypse - 5

    Him and Her and… Her?When Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona, except each other.There's nothi...

  • Woody and June versus Phantom Company

    Woody and June Versus the Apocalypse - 6

    Desperate Times Call for Foolish MeasuresWhen Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona, ...

  • Woody and June versus the Daring Rescue

    Woody and June Versus the Apocalypse - 7

    He'll Do Anything to Get Her BackWhen Woody Beckman meets June Medina, neither expects the adventures that will follow. Dedicated go-it-alone survivors, they've learned not to trust anyone in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona, except e...

  • A Boy, a Girl, and a Ghost

    A Novel of... Love, Life, & FamilyA Boy. Sixteen-year-old Aaron Wade. With his “second strike” with leukemia in remission and his health restored, the summer of 1977 feels like a turning point… until he starts to see a ghost in the Cedar City, ...

  • Creatures Featured

    Two dragons, a kraken, Cthulhu and a bunch of zombies, lots of monsters here. A couple of unicorns, a naiad, the Grim Reaper, and the Devil, plenty of creatures too.From the fertile imagination of Robert J. McCarter comes Creatures Featured, a collec...

  • The Ghost Bride's Gift

    A Walter Anchor Ghost Detective Story - 2

    Walter Anchor wants to solve his own murder, but with no leads and nothing else to do he solves other murders to pass the time. When his best ghost-friend Emily finds a dead bride alone in a hotel without a scratch on her, things go from bad to ...

  • Neutrinoman & Lightningirl

  • The Blood of Carterville

    Carterville, AZ. Population: 286. People with powers: 198 Just a sleepy former mining town turned tourist haven in the mountains of Northern Arizona until the incident. The meteorite that gave everyone in the town powers, but only while near Car...

  • A Long Hard Fall

    A Walter Anchor Ghost Detective Story - 3

    Walter Anchor spends his afterlife solving murders in the hope of one day being good enough to solve the toughest murder of all. His own.But when his partner and best ghost-friend Emily finds a body on top of a skyscraper killed by a long, hard fall,...



  • Hard Times

    Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story - 5

    Everything will change...Detained in a secret government prison and stripped of his powers, Nik Nichols (aka Neutrinoman) must face a new kind of enemy.Deprived of human contact and with only a faceless interrogator to talk to, Nik must battle his in...

  • Death of a Dentist

    A Walter Anchor Ghost Detective Story - 4

    Walter Anchor spends his afterlife solving murders in the hope of one day solving the toughest murder of all. His own.But when his partner and best ghost-friend Emily convinces him to relive his last few days to find a lead in his very cold case, eve...

  • Elemental Factors

    Neutrinoman and Lightningirl: A Love Story - 6

    A team arises...After his split from the military, Nik Nichols (aka Neutrinoman) sets out to recruit other quantum metamorphs to defend the earth from alien aggressors.But when a routine flight turns into a desperate struggle to save the airplane and...

  • A Hollywood Kind of Murder

    A Walter Anchor Ghost Detective Story - 5

    Walter Anchor spends his afterlife solving murders in the hope of one day solving the toughest murder of all. His own.When a case brings him to Hollywood, Walter takes on a murder that could only happen in Tinseltown. An actor playing the part of a c...

  • The Red Arrow Murders

    Walter Anchor spends his afterlife solving murders in the hope of one day solving the toughest murder of all. His own.But when he and his partner and best ghost-friend Emily stumble upon a series of murders committed for a ghost to find, for Walter a...

  • Unfinished Business

    Walter Anchor wants nothing more from his afterlife than to solve his own murder, complete his unfinished business, and move on. This failed actor turned dentist teams up with a ghost named Emily to find his murderer. But when they solve a serie...

  • Out of a Christmas Sky

    Carterville, AZ. Population: 293. People with powers: 201Just a sleepy former mining town turned tourist haven in the mountains of Northern Arizona until the incident-the meteorite that gave everyone in the town powers, but only while in or n...

  • Where the Past Belongs

    When the alien telepathic corgi known as Angelica Huston saves middle-aged geek Ashton Bach's life, they embark on the time travel adventure of a lifetime and everything changes.With Angelica, Ashton defends the most powerful technology in the univer...

  • The Case of the Purple Unicorn

    Private investigator and Arizona native Conner Bright tries to hide from his past with a b-movie quality Australian accent, alligator skin boots, and a bowie knife strapped to his side, but it always seems to catch up to him. When a little girl ...

  • The Rescue of Jules Verne

    A world within our world. A secret tunnel hidden under the Eiffel Tower. A small central sun at the center of our planet warming those lands in the hollow earth. Seas with no horizon because of the concave nature of those lands. Adventures beyond the...



  • Chupacabra

    Private investigator and Arizona native Conner Bright tries to hide from his past with a b-movie quality Australian accent, alligator skin boots, and a bowie knife strapped to his side, but it always seems to catch up to him. When a bizarre murd...

  • Woody and June versus the Chase

    Some Exes Just Can't Take a HintWoody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together with something to lose. Each other.After escaping...

  • Woody and June versus Two Guns

    One Person's Game is Another's Nightmare Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together with something to lose. Each other....

  • Woody and June versus Winslow

    Isn't Winslow the Place to Take it Easy?Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together with something to lose. Each other.With D...

  • Woody and June versus the Infection

    Time for the Rescuer to be Rescued Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together with something to lose. Each other. ...

  • Woody and June versus the Siege

    Outnumbered, Four Thousand to Three Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together with something to lose. Each other. ...

  • The Last Flight of the Acurus

    He'll risk everything to save his friend Adventurous by nature and inspired by man's colonization of the Moon and Mars, Rajesh Wells became a belter, one of the pioneering men and woman living and dying in the asteroid belt. But when disast...

  • Gossamer Threads

    A story from an unusual apocalypse. The aliens came in peace and we met them with violence. After we attacked them, we thought they left for good, but the day the alien's gossamer threads fall, everything changes. Now the dead become gossamer gh...

  • Gossamer Ghosts

    A story from an unusual apocalypse. The aliens came in peace and we met them with violence. After we attacked them, we thought they left for good, but the day the alien's gossamer threads fall, everything changes. Now the dead become gossamer gh...

  • Contemporary Musings

    What happens when you take the fertile imagination of a science fiction and fantasy writer and apply that to modern, contemporary stories? In these pages, Robert J. McCarter does just that, applying the wit, compassion, and character-oriented approac...



  • Wild and Wise

    A world within our world. A secret tunnel hidden under the Eiffel Tower. A small central sun at the center of our planet warming those lands in the hollow earth. Seas with no horizon because of the concave nature of those lands. Adventures beyond the...

  • Destroyer of Carterville

    Carterville, AZ. Population: 290. People with powers: 200Just a sleepy former mining town turned tourist haven in the mountains of Northern Arizona until the incident-the meteorite that gave everyone in the town powers, but only while in or n...

  • A Hollow Earth Thanksgiving

    A world within our world. A secret tunnel hidden under the Eiffel Tower. A small central sun at the center of our planet warming those lands in the hollow earth. Seas with no horizon because of the concave nature of those lands. Adventures beyond the...

  • Woody and June versus the Pod

    What Do You Do When the Game Changes? Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now f...

  • Woody and June versus the Impossible Choice

    Can They Keep the Band Together? Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face t...

  • Woody and June versus the Reunion

    Is Love and Understanding Enough? Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face ...

  • Woody and June versus the Standoff

    Hanging by a ThreadWoody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together ...

  • Woody and June Versus the End

    Is this the End? Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future togeth...

  • Woody and June versus the Apocalypse: Volume 3 (Episodes 13-17)

    Love and the ApocalypseWoody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future toget...

  • Faces of Carterville

    After the events of The Blood of Carterville, Henry Carter can't return to the town that bears his name, but that doesn't mean mysteries don't still find him. When he travels to Pagosa, Springs Colorado to investigate a haunting, he'll find more...

  • Finding Time

    Time. Limited. Inescapable. Precious beyond measure. But what happens when time doesn't follow the rules we all know? What are the possibilities? The perils? In this innovative and thought-provoking collection, Robert J. McCarter, author of Cont...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Robert J. McCarter has published 60 books.

Robert J. McCarter does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Finding Time, was published in October 2024.

The first book by Robert J. McCarter, Shuffled Off, was published in October 2011.

Yes. Robert J. McCarter has 4 series.
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