Books by Author R. Tim Morris

by R. Tim Morris
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Molt

A Novel
R. Tim Morris, 2019
Isabelle Donhelle is a professor of ornithology at the prestigious Hawthorne University in Boston. It's Isabelle's twenty-ninth birthday, and after escaping from a party she never wanted to be a part of, she has come to the conclusion that her life so far has lacked any significant, meaningful change. Until, following a chance encounter, Isabelle falls for a struggling student of hers. But things are not always what they seem, and this newfound relationship is much more than Isabelle wanted to believe it was. Now she must realize that change, whether desired or not, is always more complicated after the fact.

The Inevitable Fall of Tommy Mueller

R Tim Morris, 2019
Kate Prince had dreams of being a writer and living a life free of regrets. But she's been stuck for years in a dead-end editing job and married to a man she's never loved. Jesse Classen aspired to be an artist with the hopes of one day meeting the girl of his dreams. Instead, he found himself lost, falling into an affair with an older woman and floating directionless through the miserable world of comic book retail. Patrick Kohn thought he was making the right decision when he left New York to marry an old girlfriend. But now his wife has died, and Patrick must raise a son he's never been comfortable around while facing the reality of returning to the city and the friends he once left behind. And yet, whether by fate or simply good fortune, Tommy Mueller has managed to build the perfect life for himself. Since he was a child, he had always dreamed of living in New York City, and he did so upon graduating from high school. He became a published author and stumbled upon the perfect apartment in Morningside Heights. He met Rachel, his long-time girlfriend, during the catastrophe of September Eleventh. Tommy Mueller's life is exactly as he planned it. But the great city awaits the falling of all its inhabitants because the fall is inevitable.

This Never Happened

R. Tim Morris, 2017
Cepik Small doesn't belong here. Around Coney Island, he's known as "Epic" but his life could not be less so. And no matter how hard he tries, he can't shake the feeling that he was born in the wrong place, at the wrong time. The cocktail of drugs he takes daily doesn't help and the face-blindness from which he suffers only adds to his feeling of isolation. In his dreams, Epic lives in the countryside with the girl he loves. In his dreams, Epic is the cherished son of proud and ever-present parents. In his dreams, Epic is everything he was meant to be. But nobody ever lives their dreams, do they? Just as he begins seeing a new and unorthodox therapist, Epic also meets the bold and blithe Abigail Ayr. And when a novel found on the subway begins to strangely mirror events in his own life, the mysteries of Epic Small's dreams quickly and uncontrollably begin to unravel.

To Be Honest

R Tim Morris, 2019
Chester K. Eddy isn't completely honest. But he's trying to be. When the struggling New York stage actor decides being totally open and honest is exactly the change he needs in his life, Chester doesn't expect being so obnoxiously transparent will only make things worse. After his brother kicks him out, his favorite bar cuts him off, and his best pal Melissa tells him she needs a break from their friends-with-benefits relationship, Chester quickly finds he has few people left who still want to listen to him and his self-professed Honesty Movement. Along his way to newfound self-discovery, Chester will finagle his way into the tenuous role of Director's Assistant for a small-time theatre production of an unknown play; he'll accidentally attend Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings; he'll find himself in the company of suspected serial killers; he'll drink a bit too much. And he might even have an eye-opening encounter with a talking dinosaur. But there's one truth Chester realizes he hasn't been capable of admitting: he's in love with Melissa. And he can't be completely honest until he's ready to tell her as much.

The Lost Memories of Oceans

R. Tim Morris, 2022
Nettle is a Bluebell faerie from the lush lands of Sceanth, where fae are taught from birth about choosing their life veins, a stage in their development in which they slip into cocoons and experience dream-like excursions into other worlds. There are dangers, however, and Bluebell faeries risk losing themselves in their dreams if they do not choose their life veins carefully. Nettle has never found happiness in following the traditions of the Bluebells, nor does she know how to properly deal with her indecisive feelings for her girlfriend Piper and for her secret boyfriend, the satyr prince Brawn. So Nettle seeks comfort in her cocoon, in the hopes that she might discover a happiness that has so far eluded her. She wakes in the dark realm of Erw, in a turn-of-the-century fishing village on the shore of a sentient ocean, amidst unrelenting fog, black trees, and a rumored witch who seemingly controls it all. Worse, Nettle soon discovers she cannot wake from this dream. When a local fishergirl helps the faerie make sense of this world, Nettle must decide if she wishes to wake in Sceanth again, or if she will stay in Erw with the comforts she's found. But the Erw Witch won't stop until she destroys the very thing that haunts her own dreams: the Bluebell faerie herself.

More Time

R Tim Morris, 2020
We might have made better decisions if we'd only had more time. Maybe more time would have been all we needed to love them right. More time could have fixed our mistakes. More time might have only made things worse. More time could have meant a bigger love, but eventually, it might have proven to be a lesser one. And even when the measure of time itself is altogether powerless, love will inevitably find us and leave us in so many more ways. Featuring stories by Eloise Archer, Ioanna Arka, Emma Deshpande, Zev Good, R.Tim Morris, Natalie Pinter, Justine Rosenberg, Chet Sandberg, Abby Simpson, Isana Skeete, Lior Torenberg, and Perry Wolfecastle.

The Reasons We Had to Meet

R. Tim Morris, 2023
In this poignant tale of transitions, Chris moves to New York and his path soon intertwines with that of Jane's, a young woman looking for a missing cat. The Reasons We Had to Meet is a magical story that weaves itself around themes of mortality, affliction, and the profound impact of lending a helping hand.