Lit

Book cover with a blue background, featuring a lit candle with a yellow flame. The title reads "Lit" and the author's name is J. C. Cole. The subtitle is "A Novel."

A lighter becomes a silent witness to human connections, passing between owners while sparking love, rebellion, and redemption through their intertwined stories.

Ordell's Constellation

Cover of a science fiction fantasy book titled "Ordell's Constellation" by J.C. Cole. The cover features a hand holding a mountain landscape with a starry sky, mountains, and celestial lines connecting stars.

In a galaxy where every constellation hides a world shaped by its Maker, Ordell — son of a synthetic mother — discovers he can reshape reality itself. His journey across the stars becomes a fight to free the synthetics and forge worlds where they can truly prosper. A three-time award finalist.

Leaving Seattle

Book cover titled "Leaving Seattle: A Novel by J. C. Cole" with a black and white photo of Seattle skyline and highway in the background, turquoise border, torn paper effect on top left corner.

Two lives, one changing city. Aaron clings to a Seattle that’s disappearing; Erin searches for her place within it. Their stories weave together into a funny, sincere meditation on why we hold on — and when it’s time to let a place go.

Momentous

The book cover for 'Momentous: A Memoir' by J. C. Cole features a silhouette of a person with a red, neural network-like pattern in the head, surrounded by a collage of black and white photographs and images. The cover includes a reader review badge indicating a bronze award and a sticker noting the book as a 2024 fiction potluck winner.

A boy comes of age in 1980s and ’90s America, navigating an absent father, a traumatized mother, and a family marked by addiction and faith. A dark, humorous memoir about the memories we keep, the ones we discard, and how both shape who we become. Award-winning.

‍ ‍Beginnings

Book cover featuring a stylized female face with colorful pom-pom hair and the title 'Beginnings' by J.C. Cole.

Controversial, humorous, suspenseful, inspirational, Beginnings sets the story in motion, and leaves your mind to wonder. Each plot is unraveled just enough to let your imagination take hold and run wild. This collection of stories explores a diverse variety of genres and story lines, bringing each to life through the eye of a camera.

‍ ‍Children's

Beginnings

A young girl with big eyes and curly hair holding a colored pencil, looking up. A doodle of colorful, abstract shapes and objects radiates from her head, symbolizing creativity, with the text 'J. C. Cole' at the top and 'Children's Beginnings' at the bottom.

Children's Beginnings is an inspiring and fun way for young writers to practice their creative thinking and writing skills. Story starts across many genres, complete with writing and drawing pages - you decide how each one ends. This unique book will open up the endless world of possibilities for storytelling.