Every summer for years, Mike Marcon’s character, Doc, has barnstormed the Midwest in his ancient Jenny biplane - there to sell airplane rides, experience the lives of those he encounters, write about his adventures and live the simple life of a pilot still in love with the earliest days of aviation. But he has grown old enough now that he fears that the summer’s flying that he is about to undertake might be his last. That is, until he crashes in a West Virginia field and meets a young, simple girl who changes his life and makes him young again.
A personal note from Mike about this book:
"Writing this book was truely an act of love, both for the content and subject of the work and just the sheer joy of telling the story. If I live long enough, I will do a sequel for it."
Available in hardcover and paperback!
“Your stories move beautifully. They have real characters who live, walk around and breathe instead of lying, even eloquently, flat on the page forever. You know pace and how to do it. Your stories are page turners." - Eleanor Friede, Book Editor and Literary Agent, Delacorte Press, Macmillian Publishing, Eleanor Friede Books.
A personal note from Mike about this lady who has since passed:
"EF's notable published titles included Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah and A Gift of Wings by Richard Bach and The Minack Chronicles by Derek Tangye.
Eleanor was the consummate literary representative. And she was publishing royalty. She was also a pilot. And she loved the sky the way I do. She understood sky people who write, people like me. One of my major regrets is that she wasn't here to read The Last Summer. My short time with her as a my mentor could have been better spent had I appreciated her more as a friend, rather than just seen her as a ticket to literary success. Nevertheless, my time with her was precious; I am not represented by a literary agent at the present, mainly because I don't think there is anyone out there who could live up to her talents and her understanding of what being a published author goes through or does. And I sincerely doubt anyone out there today knows their way around the houses of big boy publishing the way she did. If the right agent ever comes along, and convinces me otherwise, I may change my view."
The Flight of Charles Sebastian Crow
If you are a skydiver, ever made a jump, or simply aspire to make a skydive, this is the fable written for you.
Charles Sebastian Crow knew that there was much more to flight than simply flying to subsist. He set out to prove it, and in the process , forever changed the way his flock practiced flight.
“Reading Mike’s work, on more than one occasion, I was reminded of the writings of Richard Bach. Mike has a rare gift and I look forward to more books from him.” - Patrick B. Moore
Midway Field
All of life is an illusion that we create. We choose our lives for the lessons a life teaches. We choose our roles in life for the adventures we experience. We create our lives and design them for specific reasons, and we understand at a basic level that we live many lives simultaneously in differing realities and existences. And we draw our talents and abilities from others of whom we are already a part. An aging pilot crashes on a mountainside, and he awakens to rediscover these truths. Midway Field is a fictional story, yes. But the possibilities are intriguing in this novella. It will cause you to ask questions. It will cause you to question everything.
A personal note from Mike about this book:
"I was inspired to write this tale because of my love for Richard Bach's book, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. If you couple Bach's words and philosophies with mine, I am pretty sure that you may have a very solid chance of discovering the true nature of your own reality. At the very least, you will understand the true nature of my reality."
“Mike's writing is at first simple story telling but that quickly leads to intrigue and a sense of a lot more going on in his words. This is one flight we will all board sometime and may just touchdown at Midway Field. Try this one and I bet you're gonna like it.” - Amazon Customer
“Whether we have a sense of certainty about the afterlife or not, most of us ponder what exactly happens in the moments after the light goes out of our eyes. This book is, in part, about those moments, but it is also much more. It explores our purpose here, in this lifetime, and our control of it, and it does so in a beautiful, swooping story about a pilot whose time has been a grand adventure.” - J. Bryan
Now available in hardcover!
The Outlaws
What happens when a group of aging pilots and skydivers decide that they are too old to live by the rules anymore, and they gather together to jump and fly as they did as youngsters? Now available in hardcover.
A personal note from Mike about this book:
"I wrote this book for one reason: And that is that I know that every skydiver who ever lived has harbored a secret desire to do what the characters in this book do. Then, while writing it, I discovered a few real skydivers who are actually living and doing today what I was writing about. Thier real names and locations will die with me."
“Mike has hit it out of the park again! “The Outlaws” is the stuff of a skydiver’s dream.” – Amazon Customer
Now available in hardcover!
Red Beans & Ripcords
That's me sitting on the wing of my airplane at Southern Parachute Center at Hammond, Louisiana, in the mid-1960s. I got my start as a jump instructor and jump pilot there, and my experiences at SPC would set the tone for much of the rest of my life as a skydiver and pilot. The stories in this book are some of my best, and I know you will enjoy reading about what skydiving was like in those days.
A personal note from Mike about this book:
"This was the very first book that I self-published, and by far, the one that has sold the most copies and generated the most feedback. The book that I am currently working on now, Evolution: The Story of the United States Army Parachute Team Through the Years, and the exhaustive research that is going into it, is generating more-and-more content and creating the possibility of a Red Beans & Ripcords II. Stay tuned."
“Marcon captures the wild state of the sport in the Sixties and paints a very accurate picture of the sport’s camaraderie. I hope he writes more! This guy knows the sport. But more importantly he tells a rip roaring good story. He really captured the wild and woolly roots of the sport.” – Amazon Customer
You can read more about it on Amazon here.
The Tears of an Aviator
The trouble with fatherhood is that it doesn't come with a flight manual. If only sons knew that. But when fathers and sons are aviators, the bond is flight. In his newest novella, Mike Marcon tells the heartfelt story of a father and son finding closeness in the sky during the father's last days.
"Great story about a father and son on that resolved their issues before it was too late." – Amazon Customer
Pot Pie's Christmas
Christmas 2022 is on the way! Pot Pie, the mouse, looks forward to it every year. He loves the old woman's cooking and especially delights in sampling the fallen bits of her freshly baked pies and cakes. But this year, as he anticipates the festive treats to come, his carelessness almost ends in disaster. Not to worry! In this classic story, with illustrations by Marianne Ashurst, Pot Pie's Christmas is a seasonal classic just for the young-at-heart, where love, kindness and courage will prevail. Written for children of all ages!
" 'Pot Pie's Christmas' is just what a good Christmas tale should be. A Christmas story full of cheer and warmth but one you could read in July." - Amazon Customer
