M.W. Kelly
Mark is a science fiction author whose first book, Mauna Kea Rising, debuted in 2019. He served as a submarine officer in the US Navy, then taught astronomy at Arapahoe College where he was named instructor of the year in 2021. His articles and short stories have been published in Pilot Mag, the Torrid Literature Review, and Latitudes. Awards: Readers’ Favorite 5-star Award (2019), Rocky Mountain Writers IPAL Pen Award, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest honorable mention (2019, 2020), and HawaiiCon2020 Short Story First Place.
Mark’s Published Books
Mauna Kea Rising (Lost in the Multiverse Book 1)
In a parallel world, the British Hawaiian Islands sit between rival superpowers, Japan and the UK. Hellen takes her son on a sailing voyage to Hawaii, hoping to recapture the bond they once shared. Isolated at sea, the boat’s crew is unaware of a catastrophic solar storm. Throughout the Pacific, power grids fail. Cities plunge into darkness.
Elle: The Naked Singularity (Lost in the Multiverse Book 2)
Elle: the Naked Singularity is science fiction spiked with magical realism, a story in which a college student finds herself lost in the multiverse. When Elle slips to a parallel Earth, she must evade capture and find a way to return to her home world. “Echoing The Wizard of Oz, Elle’s story proves that thoughtful science fiction can rise to new heights of beauty, meaning, and compassion.”
20,000 Leagues Remembered (a short-story anthology)
150 years ago, we dived with him to the bottom of the ocean. Now Captain Nemo and his submarine sensation are back to entertain you again.
Take a wild adventure through sixteen amazing short stories, all inspired by Jules Verne’s enduring classic exploring the murky depths.
Over the Wall, A memoir of the Naval Academy class of 1981 (contributing editor)
Welcome to the USNA Class of 1981 40th Reunion E-Book ordering page! The Book contains over 500 classmate biographies and photographs, reunion pictures, an In Memoriam section for classmates who have gone before us, a "A History of Our Times" section containing articles and essays written by classmates and others and covering a variety of topics spanning the past 40 years and results from The Survey taken by more than 200 classmates.
