Czykmate Productions imprint: 8 books

“On that road it felt like the only place to go was its eventual end.” - from 'The Shoe Tree Incident'. In Heat, Steve Carr explores character and sorrow. The protagonists' lives had pushed them back into a corner and there was nowhere else for them to go, no matter how much they tried...

Seismic shifts in their lives force them to make sense of the aftermath. An American punk pilferer new to Berlin takes in a strange sex show that randomly reunites him with his long-lost sister. A disgusting man with a mind for money makes his millions in semen-stained clothing and basketball, and...

This collection of short stories covers a wide range of subjects—from sex, sports and homeless stories ("The Bar of Soap," "One Homeless Man," "The Sap") to school stories ("The Grand Experiment," "Letter to a Thief") and animal stories ("Jack...

Phoenix is the boy next door, or so everyone believed. When an accident transcports him to Léeñovâ, Phoenix's true self emerges. Léeñovâ looks and feels, at times, like Earth but is not. Phoenix is determined to get back to Earth, but as time progresses and friendships blossom, he wonders would...

An entire family attempts transit to a planet distant from Earth to find others of their faith and surprising results occur while the refugees cope with an unfamiliar world, its weather, its wildlife, its native sentient beings, a flood of additional refugees, food shortage, lack of communication and a rebellion. Can anyone return home to Earth???

The Kingdom of Kalfona knows it survives upon the ruins of an ancient, high-tech civilization. Official interpretation declares nuclear war was the harbinger of the Breeds Disease, the sinking landscape, and the fall of ‘Ancient Merka’, but historians who study the evidence don’t buy the party...

One More Than Thirty explores our struggles to connect with others, our desire to find meaning and purpose in our lives, and the inescapable void many try to fill. Characters discuss philosophical problems while attempting to reach profound and transcendental conclusions, much like conversations we...

“My Africa” is a story of Waro and his son, Ade who was born into an African royal family setting. Ade survived on the day of his birth by a mere chance and he was growing up to see many wrong beliefs of his people. After much struggles with his kinsmen and community, he finally fulfilled his...