C.A. Gleason
C.A. Gleason

C.A. Gleason graduated from the Los Angeles Film School with a major in directing. Following a three-year enlistment in the military, he began turning his short film and movie ideas into cinematic fiction. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he creates tales of action, horror, science fiction, and fantasy.

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The Fortress

A Molter War Story
From the series: Molter War

The bloodthirsty creatures invading the rest of the world are now spreading across America. Pocket communities wait to receive the latest intelligence or an order to fight.

Former infantryman Eugene and his wife Angie leave home to live with their daughter in The Fortress, a community with a constant rotation of armed guards and a curfew for the...

Battle of Oberstein

A Molter War Story
From the series: Molter War

When friends join ex-soldier Jonah on a European vacation, they discover that the beautiful German town where he was once stationed is completely vacant.

The strangeness doesn’t end there. One of their group falls into a coma, another sees a strange creature, and large mounds of dirt appear everywhere.

Before they can determine what is happening,...

Molter War

Book #1 from the series: Molter War

THE MOLTING SPREADS ACROSS EUROPE!

Former Army grunt Jonah Browne is a survivor. Guilt-ridden and haunted by the past, he is determined to set things right, one dead Molter at a time.

Fortunately, while stationed in Germany in the military, he learned the location of (abandoned) military bases, so he stocks up on guns, ammo, and explosives.

On his...

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They Got Out IV They Got Out 4 ebook, paperback, and audiobook are now

They Got Out 4 ebook, paperback, and audiobook are now available (links on book page).

And I wrote the first draft of They Got Out 5 this month. Two of the stories in They Got...

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The Scattered Tribes series begins with a novella... A novella about an

A novella about an integral character, whose backstory fueled the series and world building. The story is about Garmish, and his struggles will impact the world of Vraniga for...

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The satisfaction of a square peg sinking into a square hole. I recently

I recently updated my author profile to the artwork of Rookie Salvo (designed by Darko Tomic). This fits me perfectly as an author as the image shows all of the genres I write...

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Blog

An aged, honed passion I heard somewhere authors should throw out their

I heard somewhere authors should throw out their first million words. Quite a punch to the gut. But as I near that number or perhaps even surpass it (I think I have, if I also count the screenplays and short films I wrote and all those freewrites since I was a teenager), I get it.

There are two series (the other I’ll get to later this year) I couldn’t resist improving, even though I published it before, and had audiobooks produced. My worldbuilding on it has established permanent residence in...

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My first muse When I began publishing, I would print out a copy of a story

When I began publishing, I would print out a copy of a story and mail it to my parents. This is referred to as the poor man's copyright since it would be sealed and dated. There were a few stories I did this for, until I learned this was an exercise in futility and began copyrighting through the US Copyright Office. Soon after I'd forgotten what I'd done.

Recently this time capsule came back into my possession (thanks Mom). Before I opened the folder, I wasn't sure what I would find. It was a...

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A throwback to my favorite stage of cinema Engaging, daring and

Engaging, daring and unpredictable. Reminiscent of movies from the 1970s. The filmmakers should be proud.

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