Anthony Mathenia

Books

What fol­lows are my books. Some sto­ries, charm­ing and trite, oth­ers dark and heavy, most revolv­ing around themes of faith and reli­gion and love and life and truth. You may enjoy them or you may hate them. If you are like me, you may enjoy­ing hat­ing them. By vis­it­ing the cor­re­spond­ing pages for each, you’ll find excerpts, my views on what they are, and, if you’d like, an easy way to read them, in old-fashioned print or as a spiffy-new eBook. If there is one shame to the uprise in eBooks it is the impos­si­bil­ity of con­tin­u­ing the cher­ished tra­di­tion of book burning.

Happiness: How to Find It

Rose Gluck thought she knew what it meant to be happy, but things would change when Wyatt True came to her small, rural Missouri congregation. Through Wyatt, Rose will discover the meaning of love and unravel the mystery of her past while contending with her strict grandmother and the oppressive presiding overseer of her congregation. In the end, Rose's search for happiness will lead to a climatic choice between true love and true religion with eternal consequences. » Read

Paradise Earth

You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth is harrowing dystopian fiction novel by Anthony Mathenia, to be published in three parts: Day Zero (2012), Week One (2013), Forever After (2014). It provides an intimate look at the mindset of a cult member with their associate hopes, dreams, and fears. It depicts the struggle to hold onto to faith in God, even as one's faith in religion is destroyed in a raging blaze. » Read