Twenty Books. Twenty Doorways.
Stories, satire, family history, publishing wisdom, language, leadership, and a few creatures who refuse to behave.
Welcome to the Pen Odyssey book collection. Browse by interest, discover something unexpected, and step through any doorway to explore the book in more detail.
Stories, Satire & Imagination
The Sloth Rebrand
A Satirical Allegory of Image and Outrage
What happens when public image matters more than identity—and outrage becomes part of the brand?
The Hen Commandments: Cluck Yourself First
A sharp barnyard satire about social media, public approval, performative empowerment, and learning to live the advice you preach.
Gardner Protocol
The Case of the Time-Traveling Trial
A genre-bending mystery where courtroom logic, time travel, and literary absurdity collide.
ASTRA: The Ghostwriter of the Galaxy
A speculative adventure about authorship, imagination, and what happens when storytelling reaches beyond Earth.
Floridian Frolics: A Canine Crime Mystery
A playful Florida mystery where canine curiosity, crime, and comic complications share the same leash.
A Whisper of Walnuts
Tales from the Nutty Side
Walter the Walnut and his friends tumble through mysteries, enchanted acorns, hidden treasures, and the wonderfully peculiar village of Nutwood.
Young Readers & Family Adventures
Noah the Squirrel’s Ark Adventure
A Tale of Acorns and Friendship
A warm woodland adventure about preparation, kindness, friendship, confidence, and making thoughtful choices.
Andy the Ant – The Bee He Was Meant to Be
A whimsical story about discovering who you are—even when the answer is not quite what anyone expected.
The Grumpy Bunny’s Guide to Surviving Easter
Benedict’s Big Hop
The Easter Bunny would rather skip Easter entirely, but friendship, community, and one determined child have other plans.
The Tooth Fairy Files
Secrets from Under the Pillow
A playful journey behind the familiar legend, revealing what might really happen after the bedroom lights go out.
Paws & Claus
The Hidden Magic of Pets at Christmas
Fifteen connected Christmas Eve adventures celebrate the chaos, companionship, and unexpected magic pets bring to the holidays.
The Halloween Spookmaster
The Funny History of Tricks & Treats
A lively trip through the curious history, traditions, legends, and oddities behind Halloween.
Family, Memory & Generations
Father Goose: A Memoir
My Life with Mother
A personal journey through memory, family, identity, and the stories that remain long after childhood ends.
Reading Census Records Like a Story
The Elcik Family System Across Generations
Discover how ordinary census records can reveal migration, identity, opportunity, family structure, and the unfolding story of generations.
Raising Girls to be Women and Raising Boys to be Men
A Collection of Moments That Shape What Lasts
Reflections on the everyday moments, examples, conversations, and relationships that help shape the adults children become.
Ideas, Language & Leadership
The Balance Point
Finding Stability in an Unstable World
An exploration of how to find steadiness, perspective, and useful structure when the world around us refuses to stay still.
The Pendragon Guide to the English Language
A dragon scholar leads an entertaining expedition through spelling, grammar, idioms, word histories, metaphor, and the glorious oddity of English.
Ready & Able
A Leadership Fable in Three Parts
A leadership fable about the difference between having the ability to lead and being genuinely prepared to do so.
For Authors & Readers
The Smart Author’s Guide to Book Reviews
The QuillQuest Approach to Seeking, Understanding, and Using Reviews with Integrity
A practical guide to approaching book reviews thoughtfully, ethically, and strategically—from both the author’s and reader’s side of the relationship.
The Publishing Relationship Trilogy
Three Essays on Authors, Readers, and the Future of Publishing
Three connected essays examine the relationships that shape publishing—and what authors, readers, and changing technology mean for its future.
Find Your Next Doorway
Some readers arrive looking for a practical guide. Others want a mystery, a family story, a talking animal, a dragon with opinions about grammar, or a sloth with a public-relations problem.
That is the point of Pen Odyssey.
Different books. Different voices. One continuing journey through ideas and stories.
Explore a book. Follow your curiosity. See where it leads.