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About Gregory May's Writing
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Gregory began writing short stories on the long train runs between cities while traveling with the Ringling Brothers circus. His short fiction has appeared in Audience magazine, and he has published numerous trade articles in The New Calliope and Clowning Around magazines. Two of his novels were quarter-finalists in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contests. His essay “Serious Silliness” was the MWA 2021 Ruck Scholarship winner and was published in the Pen In Hand literary journal.
He is currently represented by Margaret Danko of the High Line Literary Collective.
Reviews of May's Writing
"Some of the most absorbing sections are also the most shocking and the author does a good job creating a vivid picture of the horror that unfolds." --Publishers Weekly "The shocking opening scene--human sacrifice!--immediately draws your attention. The belief systems and cultural background are fascinating. The writing is excellent, smooth and clear." --ABNA Contest Judge "Excellent descriptive and historical details of the time period combined with fascinating characters and a fast moving but strong story line make for an excellent reading experience." --ABNA Contest Judge "Fast-paced, historical novel, ripe with attention to detail of the period. Main characters interact seamlessly, yet each stands on his own and contributes to this fascinating story." --ABNA Contest Judge Charlie’s Miracle
1216
Wiltshire, England Fifteen-year-old Charlie prowls the forests of thirteenth-century England with the outlaws who murdered her parents. When she is abducted by a con man magician, she is thrust from the shadows onto an international stage. The king has died while losing a civil war, and it will take a miracle for the realm to accept his nine-year-old son as the new sovereign—a miracle the magician plans to fabricate by killing Charlie. To escape she must use her captor’s tricks against him, but if successful, why would she return to her feral life? These illusions could make her rich. They could also save England. |
Tears of the Sun
In the fifteenth century on the slopes of the Andes Mountains, an Inca boy is just one of many royal sons, but when he turns twelve, a prophetic lie names him heir apparent over his eldest brother. Amid a savage rebellion that fractures the empire and attracts enemy nations, he escapes into the Amazon jungle where he is found by a family of hunter-gatherers. Now he must lead this tribe to retake the city of his birth, only to then defend it against an invading horde commanded by the fiercest warlord the Inca have ever faced.
Tears of the Sun was a quarter-finalist in the 2015 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.
The Bolton Abbey Beast
1906
North Yorkshire, England Seventeen-year-old Rafael has grown so large, many of the laborers and farmers in his rural village see him as a monster—an opinion he shares despite the boundless support of his family. When a twenty-foot, amphibious beast emerges from the legendary depths of a nearby river to feed upon Rafael’s neighbors, he must become the man his loved ones believe him to be in order to save his village from this true monster. | ||