Todd Maternowski

Biography

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Todd studied Ancient Near Eastern religion and early Judeo-Christianity at the University of Chicago before heading into the real world. He has since worked as a ballroom dance instructor, bass player, mediator, credit specialist, art preparator, janitor, journalist, copy editor, armored car money counter, mambo dancer, and satirist. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his two tiny terrors.

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Books

The Last Honest Man
Price: $1.00 USD. Words: 10,660. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire
What if every single thing President Donald Trump ever said... were 100% true?
Old Cold Cannibal
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 105,680. Language: English. Published: March 28, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Dark, Fiction » Literature » Literary
1849. Two men —professional con artists on the run— cross the dangerous deserts and plains of Texas and New Mexico, on a quest to find and slay a Dragon that has laid waste to the countryside.
NYE-186f
Price: Free! Words: 1,890. Language: English. Published: September 15, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
(3.00 from 3 reviews)
75,000 years ago, a specific group of undesireable immortals launched from Earth, sent into deep space to colonize a nearby planet. Advancements in technology since has let Earth build entire civilizations on that planet in the meantime. Now, 75,000 years later, the original ship approaches: do they allow the craft to land, or blow it out of the sky?
Exmortus III: Tombs in Chorus
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 113,000. Language: English. Published: August 1, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » General
After accidentally unleashing the Apocalypse, Ash Xavier finds himself in a tough spot. After all, what can one man and two baby girls do against a vast army of unkillable beasts led by the Son of God? In TOMBS, Ash finds himself on a dark and twisted journey in which he becomes both hunter and prey, victor and vanquished, lord and criminal.
Exmortus II: Temples Diabolic
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 96,630. Language: English. Published: October 1, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » General
Abandoned by his family, his friends and his god, Ash Xavier finds himself utterly alone in a hostile world. Holding a mysterious key that may unlock the gates of Hell itself, Ash must choose whether to do the honorable thing and sacrifice his life for humanity's survival —or to embark on a mad quest for the woman he loves, a mysterious beauty that may be entirely a product of his imagination.
Exmortus
Price: Free! Words: 107,060. Language: English. Published: July 30, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
The holy men of Exmortus Abbey have unearthed a terrible evil. To save their floundering faith, they dug up an artifact of immense power —and unleashed the demon avatar of long-dead gods.
Golem
Price: Free! Words: 5,160. Language: English. Published: July 1, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
(4.00 from 3 reviews)
Zev, a student from a Midwestern college, is in Prague for his friend's bachelor party. Having heard the story while shopping at the Synagogue's gift shop, Zev decides that he must break into the attic and see the legendary Golem of Prague for himself. What he finds, however, is something completely unexpected...
Cultic
Price: Free! Words: 4,460. Language: English. Published: June 22, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories
(3.67 from 3 reviews)
An up-and-coming professor of mystery religions and the occult performs a Tarot divination on himself at the urging of his students -- and finds he will be murdered within the next three days.

Smashwords book reviews by Todd Maternowski

  • Apocalypse Rising on July 15, 2012

    An excellent read, a mixture of Wings of Desire with Good Omens and a little Hellboy thrown in. Plenty of mythological/fantastic elements to chew on, and memorable characters that go beyond the standard cardboard cut-outs of good and evil.