M. Anthony Phillips
Michael Anthony Phillips was born in St. Louis, Missouri on July 20, 1961. His father worked as a Private Investigator and was an avid classic movie watcher who kept Michael up late at night watching movies with him. As a kid, Michael and his brother Sam stayed up late nights listening to the Mystery Theatre, the radio that carved Michael’s fondness for great storytelling.
Michael enjoyed playing Baseball as a youth and played through college and was invited to several Major League camps for tryouts. Affected by the tragic death of Bruce Lee on his birthday in 1973, Michael became an avid Martial Artist and when he knew it was now or never to follow his dreams, Michael left his hometown to be an actor in Hollywood and study martial arts with Bruce Lee’s former students in the late 90’s through the next decade. After working on countless television shows, videos, films, and commercials, he decided to try his hand at writing and started screenwriting and writing short stories for various literary magazines. Michael’s mother played a key role in his life while he pursued his craft, providing a place to stay when he came home from the West Coast, and peace of mind from multiple distractions. |
After a decade in Hollywood, M. Anthony decided to put his acting aspirations on hold and returned to St. Louis to write full-time. Having a passion to write about things that today’s Hollywood fails to grasp; M. Anthony is inspired to do things his way.
Now working on his ninth novel, M. Anthony Phillips hopes his name becomes synonymous with all the great writers of the present and the past, and to inspire a generation of writers of his own.
Now working on his ninth novel, M. Anthony Phillips hopes his name becomes synonymous with all the great writers of the present and the past, and to inspire a generation of writers of his own.
A Tall Dark Sin
Mystery/Drama
A dark and Mysterious man returns home to New Orleans in 1957 after being given up by his father because his new wife didn’t feel his skin color would fit into their climb into the social elite in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans.
Dorian Lancaster, a thirty-year-old, Colored man from Denver, Colorado, received a letter in the mail from someone he thought he’d never hear from again, his father, Oscar Broussard.
Oscar Broussard is a prominent Creole Colored man from the Seventh Ward who owns a big Molasses plant in town and has been married to his wife Margarite, a socialite who believes in keeping their status of the Crème of the Crop in the community.
In the letter, Dorian reads that Oscar is on his death bed and that he is requesting his presence one last time...
Dorian, after being on his own for quite a long time after being sent to his mother’s family as a child but ran away, is a construction foreman after a prominent businessman took a chance on him.
Dorian’s mother, Lorraine, left him and Oscar to pursue her Blues career, so Dorian grew up hard and traveled across the country by train riding the rods. He faced many hardships and racism before making his way to Denver.
Oscar Broussard has his trepidations dealing with his biggest rival, his old friend Auguste Dupree, the biggest entrepreneur in the Seventh Ward and owner of his newspaper the Pontchartrain Gazette.
Years ago, when they were teens, Oscar and Auguste were involved in a dice game that ended with a man being killed in a knife fight with Oscar. Auguste is now blackmailing Oscar for the deed to his estate that caused him to have a stroke from the stress. Oscar’s lawyer, Murray Jacobs has sent for Dorian to come and fight for a man he hasn’t seen in twenty-five years and a town he doesn’t know.
Arriving in town as a tall, dark stranger exuding magnetism that stirs up trouble at every turn, including going after Auguste’s three attractive daughters and fighting the Ku Klux Klan!
Dorian doesn’t know it, but this town has dark mysteries and secrets of its’ own and has swallowed up the strongest of men.
Will Dorian be able to solve to face his past and overcome the many obstacles in his way? Click the BUY NOW button at the top and join Dorians adventure to find out the truth in this compelling and sexy drama!
A dark and Mysterious man returns home to New Orleans in 1957 after being given up by his father because his new wife didn’t feel his skin color would fit into their climb into the social elite in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans.
Dorian Lancaster, a thirty-year-old, Colored man from Denver, Colorado, received a letter in the mail from someone he thought he’d never hear from again, his father, Oscar Broussard.
Oscar Broussard is a prominent Creole Colored man from the Seventh Ward who owns a big Molasses plant in town and has been married to his wife Margarite, a socialite who believes in keeping their status of the Crème of the Crop in the community.
In the letter, Dorian reads that Oscar is on his death bed and that he is requesting his presence one last time...
Dorian, after being on his own for quite a long time after being sent to his mother’s family as a child but ran away, is a construction foreman after a prominent businessman took a chance on him.
Dorian’s mother, Lorraine, left him and Oscar to pursue her Blues career, so Dorian grew up hard and traveled across the country by train riding the rods. He faced many hardships and racism before making his way to Denver.
Oscar Broussard has his trepidations dealing with his biggest rival, his old friend Auguste Dupree, the biggest entrepreneur in the Seventh Ward and owner of his newspaper the Pontchartrain Gazette.
Years ago, when they were teens, Oscar and Auguste were involved in a dice game that ended with a man being killed in a knife fight with Oscar. Auguste is now blackmailing Oscar for the deed to his estate that caused him to have a stroke from the stress. Oscar’s lawyer, Murray Jacobs has sent for Dorian to come and fight for a man he hasn’t seen in twenty-five years and a town he doesn’t know.
Arriving in town as a tall, dark stranger exuding magnetism that stirs up trouble at every turn, including going after Auguste’s three attractive daughters and fighting the Ku Klux Klan!
Dorian doesn’t know it, but this town has dark mysteries and secrets of its’ own and has swallowed up the strongest of men.
Will Dorian be able to solve to face his past and overcome the many obstacles in his way? Click the BUY NOW button at the top and join Dorians adventure to find out the truth in this compelling and sexy drama!
The Bushido Way: a Sam Phillips Mystery
Detective/Drama
M. Anthony Phillips presents the debut of his hot new Private Detective series. Vietnam veteran Sam Phillips follows in the footsteps of his father into the world of private investigations. It’s the end of the Vietnam War in 1976 during the Fall of Siagon and a battle-worn Sam has just taken over his father’s company after his death. With his office above a seedy bar off Hollywood and Vine, Sam and his new assistant Constance Turner go weeks before they land their first case. With the help of his troubled friend Armstrong Jones—fresh out of prison for nearly killing two men, they are paid by an old friend Michelle Yamada to protect her little brother Ken, a Yakuza gang member being hunted by a rival gang, the Yokohama Black Rebels who killed their father—a crime boss. Chasing Ken is the notorious boss Hiroshi Ito, a sadistic killer like no other who has killed nearly all the Yakuza bosses in Little Tokyo. In the meantime Sam finds out he’s the father of a five-year-old Amerasian kid from Vietnam—dropped off at his doorstep in the middle of the afternoon. In protecting Ken, people close to Sam are getting killed off, including detective friends who are trying to capture Hiroshi for murder. When things start to not add up about Ken, Sam, and Armstrong begin to wonder if they’re being played the fool. With the body count adding up and Hiroshi getting closer to his target, Sam and Armstrong must go on the offensive before it's too late. |
Pray for Daylight: The Blood Feud
Fantasy
A half-vampire hybrid warrior named Simone is humanity’s last chance against vampires and demons from the underworld who is led by their leader, the vampire Kristain, her father.
Fought over at her birth by angels and demons of the Underworld, Simone Akonjo, a vampire-human was rescued at birth by a rogue Shaolin Monk who killed his own master to protect the infant from being destroyed in a vampire raid.
Set in 1850’s Paris, France, and present-day Seattle, Simone is raised by her adopted father Arkamun, a former Monk preparing her to battle ancient vampires he fought for years, including her father, Kristian. Kristian, a painter in the impressionist style like Monet, when on the evening of showcasing his life’s work is laughed at by aristocrats he invited including his beloved fiance’s father. He walks the streets of Paris and is bitten by the original vampire Andras and seeks to get revenge on those who wronged him. While killing his fiance’s father, he then turns on her who is pregnant with his child.
After killing the Shaolin Monk Arkamun raises the baby as his own with the help of others in a warrior society until he starts to realize that Simone is different than other girls.
Secluded from Parisian society for fear of the unknown, Arkamun keeps Simone’s heritage a secret from her until Kristian shows up to take his daughter. As Arkamun ages Simone ages very slowly and Arkamun knows that Simone must choose the path that was foretold for her.
Simone was given the biblical “Spear of Michael” weapon by Arc Angels and is chosen to lead an apocalyptic war against Kristian and his clan and demons for the sake of humanity along with the charismatic anti-hero Malic Turner, who is on a killing spree against vampires for killing his whole family, rogue Shaolin Monks and a courageous priest in this dark and exotic tale.
A half-vampire hybrid warrior named Simone is humanity’s last chance against vampires and demons from the underworld who is led by their leader, the vampire Kristain, her father.
Fought over at her birth by angels and demons of the Underworld, Simone Akonjo, a vampire-human was rescued at birth by a rogue Shaolin Monk who killed his own master to protect the infant from being destroyed in a vampire raid.
Set in 1850’s Paris, France, and present-day Seattle, Simone is raised by her adopted father Arkamun, a former Monk preparing her to battle ancient vampires he fought for years, including her father, Kristian. Kristian, a painter in the impressionist style like Monet, when on the evening of showcasing his life’s work is laughed at by aristocrats he invited including his beloved fiance’s father. He walks the streets of Paris and is bitten by the original vampire Andras and seeks to get revenge on those who wronged him. While killing his fiance’s father, he then turns on her who is pregnant with his child.
After killing the Shaolin Monk Arkamun raises the baby as his own with the help of others in a warrior society until he starts to realize that Simone is different than other girls.
Secluded from Parisian society for fear of the unknown, Arkamun keeps Simone’s heritage a secret from her until Kristian shows up to take his daughter. As Arkamun ages Simone ages very slowly and Arkamun knows that Simone must choose the path that was foretold for her.
Simone was given the biblical “Spear of Michael” weapon by Arc Angels and is chosen to lead an apocalyptic war against Kristian and his clan and demons for the sake of humanity along with the charismatic anti-hero Malic Turner, who is on a killing spree against vampires for killing his whole family, rogue Shaolin Monks and a courageous priest in this dark and exotic tale.
Isabella: The Jade Warrior
Fantasy
An ancient Jade Amulet, a beautiful American girl with Asian ancestry, and a Celestial dragon go on an exotic adventure to the Far East to find the dragon’s lost mate before another team gets there first. Join Isabella Treehorn, her brother Kaelyn, Uncle Titus, and the crazy Witch Grace with the dragon Tianlong as they race against time to find Ling Ling, Tianlong’s mate in the frozen regions of Mongolia and the Himalayas. Isabella is a simple girl of twelve with mixed heritage and who has trouble fitting in her school. Her mother on her death bed gives Isabella a family heirloom, a Jade stone amulet with unbelievable powers of Chi and telepathy. But with that fortune, the necklace also brings death to every other generation of the Treehorn women dating back to their ancestors in the Ming Dynasty period. Ancient Demons the Lords of Death put a curse on the first princess for her wicked ways and have killed off most of the princess’s descendents. The princess named Dalyn was protected by Tianlong and Ling Ling and escaped before the demons could kill them as all the other dragons in the kingdom. Tianlong teaches Isabella about the powers of the amulet and her destiny as they go on their perilous journey against the demons and a power-hungry team of Paleontologists in this exciting adventure. |
Carr Square: The Village
Drama
When four little boys discover a mysterious package from an abandoned building in St. Louis, Missouri, it has the potential to lead to war between two communities already simmering from a blistering summer in nineteen sixty-nine. Michael, his brother Tim, Antonio, and Stevie looking for adventure on the Fourth of July when they find a package left there. Also, it’s a moment in time that’s crucial for the boys as they bond in a friendship that shapes their futures. The Village is alive as well as the community thrives in its history and togetherness. In the meantime, a gangster by the name of Marcus is looking to take over Carr Square to raise his status as a force to be reckoned with. Coming from the infamous Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project, Marcus is ruthless with his gang and Carr Square would be a hefty notch on his climb to the top. Pruitt-Igoe is boiling over with crime and drugs, causing a revolt against the Housing Authority but a fear against Marcus and his gang. The Carr Square boys will stop at nothing to save their community from the onslaught of Marcus and his gang. |
Payback: The Bushido Way 2 A Sam Phillips Mystery
Detective/Drama
It’s 1976 and Sam Phillips, fresh off his old case a year ago, is now the most hunted man in Los Angeles. Ken Yamada, the new crime boss of the Japanese Yakuza is in town to exact some payback on Sam for the death of his sister Michelle Yamada.
Being a P.I. in L.A. is tough enough for Sam and his small investigations team with the addition of his best friend Armstrong Jones, who finally gets his P.I.’s license, and Maria Ozawa, a Little Tokyo beat cop, but Yamada has increased the intensity by putting out a hit on Sam with a price tag on his head, literally. Yamada wanted the head of Sam Phillips on a platter.
The newly crowned king of the Japanese mafia makes his “bones” by intruding on rival gang turfs with the best drugs, prostitution rings from Southeast Asia, and massage parlors that money can buy.
Sam and his girlfriend, Ramona Hightower, are involved in a high-speed car chase on the Sunset Strip with Yamada’s men in high pursuit and gunfire being exchanged that leaves Sam’s car turned over and Ramona in the hospital close to death.
Sam is told of the bounty on his life when he returns to his old neighborhood in Long Beach with locals placing bets on his life. When Sam’s partner is beaten half to death by the LAPD even though he tried to tell them he was working as a Private Investigator for Captain Pierpont, he became disillusioned at the time when Sam needed him the most.
When another attempt on Sam’s life leads to the death of a young detective who jumped in front of the bullets to save Sam, Sam has had enough of trying to play defense. He plans an assault on Yamada and hires ex-convicts and a revived Armstrong to take it to Yamada, with the blessing of Captain Pierpont, who gives Sam twenty-four hours to bring Yamada to justice or they’ll go in and burn Little Tokyo down to the ground in this explosive crime drama.
It’s 1976 and Sam Phillips, fresh off his old case a year ago, is now the most hunted man in Los Angeles. Ken Yamada, the new crime boss of the Japanese Yakuza is in town to exact some payback on Sam for the death of his sister Michelle Yamada.
Being a P.I. in L.A. is tough enough for Sam and his small investigations team with the addition of his best friend Armstrong Jones, who finally gets his P.I.’s license, and Maria Ozawa, a Little Tokyo beat cop, but Yamada has increased the intensity by putting out a hit on Sam with a price tag on his head, literally. Yamada wanted the head of Sam Phillips on a platter.
The newly crowned king of the Japanese mafia makes his “bones” by intruding on rival gang turfs with the best drugs, prostitution rings from Southeast Asia, and massage parlors that money can buy.
Sam and his girlfriend, Ramona Hightower, are involved in a high-speed car chase on the Sunset Strip with Yamada’s men in high pursuit and gunfire being exchanged that leaves Sam’s car turned over and Ramona in the hospital close to death.
Sam is told of the bounty on his life when he returns to his old neighborhood in Long Beach with locals placing bets on his life. When Sam’s partner is beaten half to death by the LAPD even though he tried to tell them he was working as a Private Investigator for Captain Pierpont, he became disillusioned at the time when Sam needed him the most.
When another attempt on Sam’s life leads to the death of a young detective who jumped in front of the bullets to save Sam, Sam has had enough of trying to play defense. He plans an assault on Yamada and hires ex-convicts and a revived Armstrong to take it to Yamada, with the blessing of Captain Pierpont, who gives Sam twenty-four hours to bring Yamada to justice or they’ll go in and burn Little Tokyo down to the ground in this explosive crime drama.
The Boy King and the Dragon that Couldn't Breathe Fire
Fantasy
This is the story of two unlikely friends from a time of dragons, kings, and knights and the kingdoms that shaped them. They were born to be mortal enemies but their destinies were forged by a chance encounter on a fateful day. Prince Linus, a Thirteen-year-old son of King Leo of the Kingdom of Avalon is a righteous boy who loves his father and mother—Queen Catherine. Linus wants to prove himself as a man to his father who protects the future heir from participating in hunts and Jousting. Linus longs to joust someday and of course to follow his father in hunting game. Deep in the mountains of Avalon, Ivan the young dragon and son of Doakone the Dragon King must prove himself to be the next leader of the Doakone Clan. Ivan was taught by the elders, that humans are evil and hunt them for food. Wanting to prove himself to his father that he deserves to be clan leader Ivan sneaks out through the Black Forest after his father leads a hunt. What Ivan sees later has changed Ivan’s life. He sees his father tortured and killed by King Leo and quickly flies home. The shock has led to Ivan unable to breathe fire and is banned from becoming clan leader. A spell of poison is put on King Leo from the dragon witch Leona in revenge that kills Leo as he consumes Doakone. Linus becomes a boy king and quickly changes Avalon into a peaceful nation by banning dragon hunting. Thought to be a weakling he is challenged by a legion of brutal Nomads that are conquering the region. Now Linus and Ivan must put aside their differences to help each other out for Avalon. |