most recent work:
madylan of manhattan: amazing adventures
Short Stories by Charles T. Mitchell
Madylan of Manhattan, Amazing Adventures, is a collection of short stories that capture the joy, vitality, and mystery of a range of escapades, as experienced by young Madylan, resident of Manhattan, New York City. The tales take place in and around New York City, Virginia, Kennebunkport, Maine, and South Korea. Madylan of Manhattan, Amazing Adventures, is a set of rollicking tales for all ages.
Other Works
hues of seoul: mystery and suspense in today’s korea
Short Stories By Charles T. Mitchell
Hues of Seoul: Mystery and Suspense in Today’s Korea is a series of evocative short stories linked together by a running tale of a life and death battle of wits between a malcontent, hermit-like native of central Seoul and an accidental visitor lured into a terror-laced den of no return on the deceptively tranquil slopes of Mount Namsan at the heart of the Korean peninsula. Join the two chance foes as the demented hermit’s menacing threats drive the visitor to spin timeless tales of the Korean peninsula. Who will triumph? Who will perish? Will the guardian slopes of Seoul’s Mount Namsan protect one over the other?
The God Song: An Artificial Intelligence awakening over Appalachia way
A Novel by Charles T. Mitchell
The God Song, a novel, explores a clash of cultures between comfortable tradition and mystifying new science, fueling questions about the role of more expansive machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in music, art, faith, and life. Nestled in the embracing mountains of Southwest Virginia’s Appalachia, follow a dancing child and her protective mountain enclave as The God Song examines the multilayered intersection of music, faith, family loyalty, tradition, greed, and technology, and the impact of artificial intelligence as it drives the emergence of a distinctly different music revolution.
(2023 2nd Edition, new subtitle. Original subtitle: Artificial Intelligence Meets American Appalachia.)
Dark Sings a Distant Herald: A Christmas Story on Holding Back the British Twilight
A Novel by CHarles T. Mitchell, as C. Talmadge Mitchell
Britain, a number of years in the future, some time after Brexit, is on the verge of the sunset of empire feared since the chaos of the post-WWII years, to include within the very borders of the home isles. Disillusioned, politicians have allowed the English Midlands to be absorbed into an experimental opportunity zone with increasingly repressive, separate regulations and practices that gradually erode the relationship between the zone and Britain at large. Step through the wicket gate and let the storyteller in this first book of the Distant Herald series take you on a fast-paced journey in search of lost traditions, misplaced identity, new friendships, and alternatives to the gathering twilight in the green and pleasant land. (2014)
Beach Time: Tales from Several Shores
Short Stories by Charles T. Mitchell
Beach Time is a powerful collection of stories weaving a tapestry of the shore as a place of reflection, a sanctuary for addressing life's challenges and opportunities, and as a point of departure for life's many journeys. Beach Time can be read straight through, engaging the themes linking the stories, or each story can be cherished individually as you travel to multiple shores in the US, Asia, and Europe-to be entertained by whimsical tales that both amuse and provoke deep thought about life's relationship with that in-between space where the land meets the sea and the sky. (2005)
Hues of Tokyo: Tales of Today's Japan
Short Stories by Charles T. Mitchell
Hues of Tokyo is a haunting collection of short stories with a backdrop of one of the world's most interesting cities. As you travel with visitors and natives through the streets of Tokyo, you will puzzle through the surreal encounter of a first time visitor to Tokyo, join a salary man who is looking for life beyond the company, or hold your breath as a young girl tries to find a way out of a traumatic abuse cycle. among other tales. Hues of Tokyo can be read straight through, as a whole work with interlocking themes, or each story can be cherished individually as you enter the world of a complex city of intrigue and history. However you approach the network of stories, you will be entertained by whimsical tales that both amuse and provoke deep thought about the relationships among past, present, and future-in Tokyo, and beyond.